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Schedule

Planning: Seven linked blocks with

through access on every floor. Centralised passenger lifts.

blocks

two

19/21 domestic blocks stepped to

floors height.

Five

floors,

12-13

Foundations: 30 in. diameter cast- in-situ, bored piles for all blocks except "C".

Lengths varied from 8ft. to 86ft. Total length 19,020 ft.

60 in. caissons, heavily reinforced were used for Block "CTM“.

Lengths varied from 39ft.--70ft. Total length 2,366 ft. Structure: Cast-in-situ reinforced concrete cross walls at 13ft.-4in. crs. or 15ft. crs. 4in. thick con- crete floor slabs with 12in. deep beams.

Finishes: Internal Flats: painted

unplastered concrete

cement render floors.

walls,

Public space: unpainted concrete walls fair-faced, clear- finished brick-work, colour- ed granolithic floor. 6in. x 6in. ceramic tiles to heavy

wear areas.

External

without finish.

Exposed concrete

Toilet walls; permanent colour

chip.

Timing: Commencement of general

contract: November 2, 1964. Commencement of tenancies of first block: September 1, 1967. Commencement of tenancies of last block: March, 15, 1968.

Site Area: 5.598 acres

No. of flats: 2,054

Site density: 2,314 persons/acre.

Site coverage: 26.8 per cent. Ancillary provisions:

Eight shops

Kerosene store

Estate office

Two transformer houses

(at roof level) Kindergaten (120 places)

Library

Community centre

Basketball court

Ballcourt

Children's playground

Soft drink stall

Carparking provision: 1:50 flats. Lifts: (Passenger) 6 nos. 4,000 lb. (26 persons) x 200 f.p.m. serving G. 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20th floors. (Refuse) I no. 1,500 lb. x 200 f.p.m.

The general contractor was Good- man Corporation (E & B) Ltd. Piling was carried our by Gammon (H.K.) Ltd.

Sub-contractors included:

Electrical: British General Electric

Co., Ltd.

Lifts:

Hitachi Elevator Engineer- ing Co., (H.K.) Ltd.

Fire Services: Yue Sang Engineer-

ing Ltd.

Louvres:

Welfare Co.

Glazed doors: Hong Kong Metal Window Mfg. Co.

doors:

Canton

Steel panel w.c. Metal Window Co. Aluminium toilet louvres and glazing under shells: Honest Trading Co.

Colour chip to external walls: Loxley & Co.

Acoustic spray to ceilings of roof shells and office: Duro Industries, I.td.

Cost Breakdown

Estimated final construction cost of building HK$19,492,000.

Cost of land HK$1,549,019. Cubic content of building 10,323,800 cu. ft.

Gross area of building 1,038,000

Building cost per ft. cube HK$1.89.

Site formation

($661,406)

cost

per sq.

foot

Building HK$17.50.

Building Cost Breakdown

IIK$

51.05 per person

126.72 per person

137.39 per person

541.32 per person

286.38 per person

44.69 per person

Piling ($1,641,740) Substructure

($1,780,000) Superstructure

($7,013,400) Finishing & estate office

($3,710,400) Lifts ($579,000) Electrical ($389,000) Windows & glazed

30.02 per person

metal doors ($606,900) incl. glass Plumbing and drainage ($859.500) Roof building

46.84 per person

66.34 per person

($278,600)

11.50 per person

Building cost per person HK$1,- 504.48.

External works

($516,500)

39.87 per person

sq. ft.

Plan area of building 65,412 sq. ft.

Block D seen from west

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Far East BUILDER, April 1968.