JUNE 20, 1983
MONDAY, JUNE 20,
MECHANISED HOUSING CONSTRUCTION METHOD ENCOURAGED ***
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED ANOTHER MECHANISED CONSTRUCTION TENDER WORTH $282,7 MILLION FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF A NEW PROJECT IN TAI PO WHICH WILL HOUSE 17 000 PEOPLE IN 3 948 RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS BY 1986.
+ IT IS THE FIRST SUCH TENDER ACCEPTED THIS YEAR USING THE TIME-SAVING MECHANISED METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION, AND THE SECOND SINCE LAST YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY SAID TODAY.
HE SAID TWO OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS HAD ALSO BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR TENDERS THIS YEAR BY MECHANISED CONTRACTORS FROM THE AUTHORITY'S PREQUALIFIED LIST.
+THE NEW MECHANISED TENDER IS FOR THE PILING AND BUILDING OF TWO TRIDENT BLOCKS FOR 10 210 PEOPLE AT THE FU SHIN RENTAL ESTATE IN TAI PO AND THREE WINDMILL BLOCKS AT AN ADJOINING HOME OWNERSHIP ESTATE.
*THE BLOCKS WILL BE BUILT BY USING A SYSTEM OF WALL AND TABLE STEEL FORMS TOGETHER WITH THE PRECASTING OF SOME NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS,
+THIS SYSTEM WILL BE TIME-SAVING RELATIVE TO THE CONVENTIONAL BUILDING METHODS AND THE FINISHES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE SUPERIOR.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE AWARD OF MECHANISED CONTRACTS HAD FOLLOWED A PRE-QUALIFICATION EXERCISE HELD BY THE AUTHORITY LAST YEAR TO ENCOURAGE FIRST-CLASS LOCAL AND OVERSEAS BUILDING CONTRACTORS TO USE MECHANISED METHODS ON AUTHORITY PROJECTS.
+SINCE THE MECHANISED TENDER EXERCISE BEGAN, SEVERAL LOCAL CONTRACTORS HAVE STARTED USING MECHANISED METHODS ON THE IR OWN VOLITION WITHOUT SECURING A MECHANISED CONTRACT.
+MECHANISED METHODS ARE AN ASSET TO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND THE AUTHORITY SINCE THEY WILL INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY WHILE ALSO IMPROVING STANDARDS OF WORKMANSHIP.
+THE PROGRESS AND SUCCESS OF THE MECHANISED CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.
THE FIRST MECHANISED CONTRACT WAS AWARDED LAST DECEMBER FOR THE THIRD PHASE OF KWONG FUK ESTATE ALSO IN TAI PO.
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