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Tenders invited for slope upgrading works
The Civil Engineering Department is inviting tenders for upgrading 30 slopes and retaining walls throughout the territory under its accelerated Landslip Preventive Measures (LPM) Programme.
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The works are expected to commence in mid-November for completion in two
The Chief Geotechnical Engineer of the department's Geotechnical Engineering Office, Mr Allan Watkins, said the contract for the upgrading works was the second one to be let in 1995-96.
He recalled that the Secretary for Works had announced earlier this year that the government's programme to upgrade government-owned man-made slopes listed in the 1977 Slope Catalogue would be completed by the year 2000 at a cost of some $1.3 billion.
Mr Watkins said at least four contracts per year were expected to be let over the five-year duration of the programme.
"Studies of private slopes and retaining walls have also been accelerated considerably and that over 200 slopes will be studied in the 1995-96 year.
"A statutory notice will be served by the Buildings Department requiring owners to carry out upgrading works if the studies revealed that a slope or a retaining wall is not up to the required standards," he added.
Tender forms and further particulars can be obtained from the Chief Geotechnical Engineer/Works, Geotechnical Engineering Office, 10th floor, Civil Engineering Building, 101 Princess Margaret Road, Kowloon.
Tender offer will close at noon on October 6.
End/Friday, September 15, 1995
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