FIVE HUNDRED SPECIALISTS
FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1990
KONG
REGISTER OF OVER 500 SUBJECT THE COUNCIL IS SUPPORTED BY A SPECIALISTS DRAWN FROM AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND HONG WHO WILL FORM THE BACKBONE OF THE VALIDATION AND REVIEW TEAMS.
THE HKCAA, ITS STAFF AND SPECIALISTS WILL WORK
DEGREES ARE INSTITUTIONS AND TO ENSURE HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED STANDARDS.
WITH EDUCATORS
MAINTAINED AT
TIGHTER GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL ON BUILDING WORKS PROPOSED
A
PROPOSES TO
THE TODAY BILL PUBLISHED
(FRIDAY) GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OVER BUILDING TO TIGHTEN BUILDING AUTHORITY
THE NORTH-WESTERN NEW
WHERE TERRITORIES WORKS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF
EMPOWER
UNDERGROUND CAVITIES ARE PRESENT.
THE CONTROL MEASURES ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUILDINGS BILL 1990 WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE.
(AMENDMENT)
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, MR IN EXPLAINING THE BILL, GOVERNMENT
SERIOUS FOUNDATION THAT
DIFFICULTIES HAD BEEN JOHN SHELTON, SAID
NEW TERRITORIES (AROUND ENCOUNTERED IN AN AREA OF THE NORTH-WESTERN YUEN LONG) WHICH WAS UNDERLAIN BY KARSTIC MARBLE BEDROCK.
"IN ORDER TO ENSURE
THAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA IT IS
THAT IMPORTANT
ADEQUATE
PROCEEDS CONTROL
T
HE SAID.
SAFELY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY, MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
THE
MR SHELTON POINTED OUT THAT THE BILL, WHICH SEEKS TO AMEND
REGULATIONS, WAS INTRODUCED AS A EXISTING BUILDINGS ORDINANCE AND RESULT OF STUDIES COMMISSIONED BY THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE.
BY GEOLOGISTS, HE SAID, "MARBLE WITH CAVITIES, TERMED 'KARST'
APPROXIMATELY TRIANGULAR AREA OCCURS IN ISOLATED PATCHES BENEATH AN OF LAND EXTENDING FROM TAI TONG SOUTH OF YUEN LONG, HA TSUEN SOUTH TIN SHUI WAI TO FAIRVIEW PARK."
OF
MR
SHELTON
SAID THE
MARBLE
STRATA
CONTAINED SIGNIFICANT THE GEOLOGY OF
CAVITIES AND SOLUTION FEATURES IN SOME LOCATIONS AND THE AREA WAS HIGHLY COMPLEX.
GEOLOGICALLY FEATURES
HE SAID THAT SAFE DEVELOPMENT OF A SITE IN SUCH A COMPLEX AREA REQUIRED A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE GEOLOGICAL
THE ENGINEERING BEHAVIOUR UNDERLYING THE SITE AND HOW THEY AFFECTED OF THE FOUNDATIONS.
AND
DESIGNED, CAREFUL
THIS COULD ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY CARRYING OUT PROPERLY
INVESTIGATIONS, AND QUALITY
RELIABLE GROUND INTERPRETATION OF THE GROUND INVESTIGATION RESULTS.
HIGH
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