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Consultants invited for survey of buildings

The Buildings Department is inviting firms of consultants to register their interest to undertake a consultancy study on buildings in the territory completed between 1959 and 1980.

A notice of invitations for registration of interest was gazetted today (Friday).

The consultancy study, covering some 25,000 buildings throughout the territory, will focus on the steel corrosion and material deterioration of the buildings, with particular emphasis on their cantilevered structures. The scope of work will include:

surveys and inspections of buildings within the age group;

* selection of a representative sample of buildings from the population for

further investigation;

* detailed testing of sampled buildings and assigned cantilevered slab canopies;

assessment of the structural conditions of the building population and the structural adequacy of the cantilevered slab canopies; and

* reporting and giving recommendations on future inspection and investigation

strategy.

A spokesman for the Buildings Department said the study would start in the middle of next year and be completed in about two years' time.

Firms and consortia wishing to register with the Buildings Department should write by registered post on or before December 20, 1995 to the Director of Buildings (Attn: Chief Structural Engineer/Dangerous Buildings 1), 12th floor, Murray Building,

Garden Road, Hong Kong.

End/Friday, November 24, 1995