No_10_October_1968 — Page 24

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Sculptural shape of rear wall facing adjoining property

designed to a very much lighter floor loading.

The original architectural design for heavy concrete fins was changed to one for light aluminium fins as the structur- al frame was a cantilever type. This overall reduction in loading along the perimeter of the floors resulted in lo- wering the cost by approximately 12 per cent.

It was anticipated that if the floor slabs could be so arranged to form a complete flat soffit ceiling, they would provide better rigidity of the structure and no compression steel would be needed in the cantilever plates, even with only a 17in. construction depth. A comparison of costs between false floor and false ceiling was made by the quantity surveyors and the former de- sign was eventually selected.

The structural design then pro- duced followed closely an original pro-

Section A-A

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AIR-CONDITION

PIPE

DUCT

WATER TANK

İLIFT MACHINERY RM.

METER

ROOM

Section B-B

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Far East BUILDER, October 1968.