120 ft. main span in Singapore flyover
THE proposed flyover at Whitley Road, Thomson Road and Jalan Toa Payoh junction, Singapore (Far East Builder, June 1968) will have dual three-lane carriageways, each 12 ft. wide, allowing a free flow along Whitley Road and Jalan Toa Payoh. It will be connected to Thompson Road by means of two clover leaves.
Gammon (Singapore) Ltd. are the main contrac- tors for the structure which is estimated to cost S$3.25 million and is due for completion by December 1969.
Slip roads, 18 ft. wide, will provide connections between Jalan Toa Payoh to Thomson Road and Whitley Road to Thomson Road. Right hand turns from Whitley Road to Thomson Road and from Thomson Road to Whitley Road are incorporated into the junction design by means of a light-controlled diamond interchange.
The structure basically consists of reinforced concrete piers on steel piles forming the foundation and prestressed concrete beams with concrete slabs forming the deck. The main pier which spans over Thomson Road is 120 ft., while the remaining piers are spaced at 70 ft. centres. Clover loops are of cast in situ reinforced concrete construction with the pier position varying in length.
manufacturing and driving plant. Housing Board projects absorb about 50 per cent of the total piling work carried out in the Republic.
The Board has invited tenders for setting up its plant at Mandai, where it operates a granite quarry. Some 60 per cent of the Board's housing blocks require piling and the aim is to reduce its dependence on private firms for pile supplies and driving operations.
Building plans approved
THE Hong Kong Building Authority approved a total of 20 new building plans in May. Statistics re- leased by the authority show that in the same period 47 newly-completed buildings were certified for oc- cupation as compared with 40 in the preceding month.
Of the new buildings, one was for domestic pur- poses. 17 were for non-domestic purposes, and 29 for Eleven combined domestic and non-domestic use. buildings were under complete demolition in May. In addition, the authority approved the demolition of five buildings.
Cost of new building work in the colony during May was HK$74,368,391, while a total of HK$820,- 932 was spent on site formation work. In the same period 73 new buildings of all types were erected. This total includes six factories and godowns, six offices and shops, 53 houses and flats, and eight other buildings of mixed accommodation.
New resettlement estate at Chai Wan HK$89,243,467, while HK$1,600,759 was spent on
A NEW resettlement estate is to be constructed shortly in Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island to provide homes for another 30,000 people. The estate will have seven 16-storey domestic blocks and three primary schools, each six storeys high.
To be known as the Hing Wah Resettlement Estate, the blocks of flats will be situated at the corner of Chai Wan Road and Occupational Road on the west of the Chai Wan (Area 7) Resettlement Estate. Provision has been made for a welfare building, an estate administrative building and two restaurants.
Work on forming the site is expected to begin this month and be completed in 1970. The whole estate is expected to be ready in 1972.
Housing Board to form piling division
CONTRACTORS in Singapore have expressed con- cern over the announcement by the Singapore Housing and Development Board that it is to start its own pile
Cost of new building work during April was
site formation work and 94 new buildings of all types were erected.
Third stage of police school
project at Aberdeen
WORK on the third stage of Hong Kong Govern- ment's scheme for redevelopment of the Police Training School at Aberdeen will begin in August for completion in early 1970. Estimated to cost HK$3.7 million, this stage will comprise nine new buildings and improve- men's to two existing revolver ranges.
Four of the new buildings, ranging from three to seven storeys high, will be used as quarters for training officers and staff of the school, while the remainder will consist of a caretakers' living block, a store room and a guard room and transport office.
Work recently began on a new sub-divisional police station at Aberdeen. The contract, worth HK$1,040,014, has been placed with Tat Cheong Hong.
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Drawing of Aberdeen Police Training School, Tall blocks in centre background are new quarters for recruits
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Far East BUILDER, July 1968.
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