ROUGH ESTIMATE OF COSTS OF MATERIALS FOR HONG KONG RECONSTRUCTION.
PUBLIC AND CIVILIAN BUILDINGS
TABLE "C",
Sheet 1.
GOVERNMENT QUARTERS
APPROX. UNIT PRICE
REPAIR
REBUILDING
REPAIR
REBUILDING
MATERIALS
UNITS
1941
March 1946
No. of Units
Cost March 1946
No. of Units
Cost March 1946 |
No. of Units
Cost March 1946
No. of Units
Cost March 1946
Cement
Tons
$ 90
$ 250
10,510
$ 2,620,000
43,830
$11,000,000
220
$ 55,000
340
$ 85,000
Mild Steel
200
500
2,260
1,130,000
14,750
7,360,000
50
25,000
50
25,000
"}
Teak
250
1,000
12,260
12,260,000
12,410
12,410,000
40
40,000
140
140,000
"J
Hardwood
Fir Poles
100
GOO
4,800
2,880,000
6,200
3,720,000
10
6,000
70
42,000
"}
100 pcs.
200
1,000
820
820,000
820
820,000
Bricks
1000
20
150
3,430
515,000
98,200
14,700,000
50
8,000
340
51,000
91
Tiles
- 15
60
13,400
Lime
Tons
15
120
9,950
I
Glass
100 sq. ft.
15
60
14,830
Elect. Wire
100 yards
60
300
5,620
I
Elect. Points
100 Nos.
200
1,500
1,170
804,000
1,200,000
890,000 11,820
1,680,000 6,370
1,760,000
22,900
1,370,000
270
16,000
200
12,000
59,700
7,060,000
110
13,000
270
32,000
680,000
B30
26,000
90
6,000
1,910,000
95
28,000
30
9,000
1,150
1,730,000
24
36,000
8
12,000
Baths
Nos.
160
400
1,400
560,000
840
336,000
100
40,000
45
18,000
Wash Basins
50
160
2,120
340,000
1,680
270,000
100
16,000
45
7,000
Water Closets
60
200
7,260
1,452,000
9,890
1,978,000
100
20,000
45
9,000
Sinks
50
100
1,630
163,000
950
!
95,000
100
10,000
45
5,000
Cisterns
100
300
3,020
906,000
2,740
822,000
50
35
15,000
20
6,000
Pumps
A
200
600
3,020
1,810,000
2,740
1,650,000
50
"G.I. Pipe
100 ft.
35
90
3,100
279,000
2,350
212,000
32
3"
11
3
45
120
1,900
228,000
2,250
270,000
32
1"
65
11"
""
Misc. (15%)
"
150
1,920
288,000
2,250
335,000
120
300
1,920
"
576,000
2,250
X
X
X
X
4,839,000
X
675,000
10,597,000
32
2 2 2 2 2
30,000
20
12,000
3,000
10
1,000
4,000
10
1,000
5,000
10
2,000
10,000
10
3,000
X
54,000
X
62,000
TOTALS
2
*
$38,000,000
$80,000,000
$460,000
ROUGH ESTIMATE OF COSTS OF MATERIALS FOR HONG KONG RECONSTRUCTION.
SERVICES BUILDINGS
TOTAL
$540,000
TABLE "C",
Sheet 2.
REPAIR
REBUILDING
REPAIR
REBUILDING
MATERIALS
UNITS
No. of Units
Cost March 1946
No. of Units
C'ost March 1946
No. of Units
Cost March 1946
Cost 1941
Units No. of
Cost March 1946
C'ost 1941
82
Cement
Tons
2,500
Mild Steel
30
$ 625,000 15,000
6,400
$1,600,000
13,230
45
22,000
23
2,340
$ 3,820,000
1,170,000
Teak
800
800,000
13
1,000
Hardwood .....
800
480,000
33
1,000
1.000.000
600,000
13,100
13,100,000
$ 1,200,000 50,570
468,000
14,850
3,280,000 13,550
$12,650,000 $ 4,550,000
7,400,000
2,970,000
13,550,000
3,380,000
Fir Poles
100 pcs.
Bricks
1000
"
1,600
240,000
Files
150
32
Lime
Tons
1,750
9,000
210,000
Glass
100 sq. ft.
900
54,000
6,900
240
1,000
400
Elect. Wire
[
100 yards
800
240,000
780
5,610
820
1,040,000
5,080
15,000
22,670
120,000 11,810 24,000 16,160
219,000 6,510
3,360,000
820,000
762,000
1,860,000
1,420,000
970,000
560,000
164,000
7,270
820
4,360,000
727,000
820,000
164,000
104,000 108,140
16,200,000
2,080,000
340,000 38,100
177,000 60,970
2,290,000
570,000
7,800,000
915,000
1,953,000
Elect. Points
100 Nos.
50
75,000
67
100,000
1,244
1,865,000
243,000 11,810
390,000
250,000
710,000
178,000
7.180
1,225
2,139,000
428,000
1,840,000
245,000
Baths
Nos.
400
160,000
64
26,000
1,900
760,000
300,000
950
380,000
150,000
Wash Basins
"
520
83,000
200
32,000
2,740
440.000
140,000
1.925
310,000
96,000
Water Closets
520
104,000
160
32,000
7,880
1,576,000
472,000
10,095
2,020,000
606,000
Sinks
375
37,000
174
17,000
2,105
210,000
105,000
1,169
117,000
59,000
Cisterns
520
156,000
160
48,000
3,590
1,180,000
360,000
2.920
880,000
292,000
Pumps
3,070
1,850,000
614,000
2,760
1,660,000
552,000
"G.T. Pipe...
100 ft.
80
7,000
280
25,000
3,212
290,000
113,000
2,640
238,000
93,000
$"
160
19.000
120
15,000
2,092
250,000
94,000
2.380
286,000
116,000
1"
160
24,000
120
18,000
2,102
315,000
136,000
2,880
357,000
155,000
160
་།
48,000
170
51,000
2,102
X
514,000
X
796,000
X
630,000
4,759,000
252,000
1,438,000
2.430
X
730,000
292,000
10,103,000
2,782,000
Misc. (15%)
TOTALS .....
Hong Kong, 30th March, 1946.
$3,900,000
$5,800,000
$42,860,000
$11,200,000
$86,340,000
$21,400,000
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