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You haver prefer to give it to this man or to the 14241 other man, but you always decide upon the lowest tender ?
The lowest tenderer always gets it.
Do you pass the contracter's work, or is it left to 14292 some of your assistants to pass it?
A.
We have an overseer on one job we are doing at the present time, and myself, and sometimes one of my assistants, go round, if it requires a lot of attention.
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So that part of the work is passed by your assistants?
You dont have the time ?
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The Chairman:-
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Sometimes there is work you would like to condemn, but dont, on the score of expedienoy. There is a job I am doing now, that is exceedingly dangerous, and it has been so long that we are trying all we can to keep it up with shoring. It is much more important to get the building up. Mr Assistant, Mr Haggard, goes round,
I also go round so often.
and
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We were speaking just now of the possibility of suggest ing a change in the working of the Department, Supposing it were arranged that the one Department should do the whole of this work, which is now done under the Building Ordinance, partly by the Sanitary Department and partly. by the Public Works Department, would one Executive
passing the plans, Engineer be able to do all the work - and all the work done by the Building Authority ↑
One Executive Engineer would.
Would he want an Assistant Engineer under him ?
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Yes, I think he would, because of the qosvenging lanes,
and the surveying of new stronts, and geặting the
aligrment.
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We will suppose that the work can be done with the se moɑmt of Inapeators, but as regarde, the officers »f the
Department, you would want an Executive and an Assistant Engineer, you think ↑
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