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TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1988

"IT IS A FREE

STANDING

CONCRETE

WALL WITH THE

COLOUR AND

TEXTURE OF TIMBER ALTERNATING WITH THE TEXTURE OF WASHED PEBBLES IN A PLEASING COMPOSITION OF SHAPES AND AREA SIZES.

SUN. THEY ASPECT

"THE APPARENT COLOUR CHANGES WITH THE ANGLES OF THE ALSO VARY AS ONE WALKS PAST, EACH PANEL PRESENTING A DIFFERENT WHEN VIEWED FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE DUE TO ITS MODULATED SURFACE.

"IT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY INTRODUCING A NEW

FOR WHICH IS THE PATENT CONCRETE, CASTING ENGINEERING FIRM CALLED PROCEDES ROUSSET.

WALLS

TECHNOLOGY IN FORM FRENCH BY A OWNED

SUCCESSFULLY IN AND DECORATIVE DIFFERENT COLOURS ON

"NOT ONLY HAS THE FIRM USED COLOURED CONCRETE

BUT IT HAS ALSO ACHIEVED LARGER RETAINING GRAPHICALLY EXPRESSIVE FINISHES IN UP TO THREE THE SAME PANEL.

FOLLOWING

THIS

SUCCESS,

AWARDED CONCRETE

THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAME FIRM TO PRODUCE DECORATIVE ANOTHER CONTRACT TO THE FACING PANELS FOR A 12-METRE-HIGH AND 96-METRE-LONG RETAINING WALL GASCOIGNE ROAD, IMMEDIATELY BELOW QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL.

"THE DESIGN CALLS FOR A DETAILED PATTERN OF AN EXPOSED AGGREGATE FIELD TINTED TO PRESENT A SOFT MR LINDEYER SAID.

A SENIOR

AT

ANGULAR LINES IN

EARTHY COLOUR,

"

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER "TO CREATE SPECIAL INTEREST,

AU, WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CESD), MR STANLEY

FOUR CHINESE PAINTINGS AS WHO 18 AN ACCOMPLISHED PAINTER, PRODUCED

COMPLEMENT THE OVERALL THE BASIS FOR LARGE SCALE PANELS INTENDED TO COMPOSITION OF THE WALL FACE.

AND ARE EXPECTED THE CAISSONS

"ALL PANELS HAVE NOW BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CAST TO BE PLACED IN POSITION IN JUNE OR JULY THIS YEAR ONCE ARE COMPLETE.

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WESTERN RECLAMATION AND GASCOIGNE THE COSTS OF THE WALLS AT ROAD ARE ABOUT $1.3 MILLION AND $1.6 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.

IN MR LINDEYER SAID THE TECHNIQUE IS EXPECTED TO BE USED AGAIN

GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE A MAJOR PROJECT BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE OF THE CESD AND THIS ALSO INVOLVED THE LANDSCAPE UNIT.

"THIS TIME A RETAINING WALL IS GOING TO RISE UP ABOVE KING'S ROAD OPPOSITE TAI KOO SHING," HE SAID.

то 22 METRES

A COMPETITION FOR THE

"THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD ORGANISED DESIGN OF TWO GRAPHIC PANELS TO BECOME PART OF THE FACING COMPOSITION.

THE

FEATURES SERVICING THE "THE WINNING ENTRY HIGHLIGHTS SPECIAL

DISPLAY SUCH AS GRAPHIC

MASS TRANSIT A EASTERN DISTRICT IN RAILWAY, EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR."

/MR LINDEYER