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HSIN-YIEH ARCHITECTS & ASSOCIATES

architects

WILLIAM W. T. HSU and C.L. TANG

project designers

ANDREW JEAN

structural engineer

HIP LEE CO. LTD.

general contractor

CABLE COVERS LTD.

prestressed concrete contractor

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THE completion of a seven-storey, 27,000 sq. ft. building at Ngau Tau Kok in the New Territories by a system of in-situ post-tensioned con- struction, and at a cost comparable to traditional reinforced concrete design, points the way to a wider use of this construction method on future multi- storey buildings in Hong Kong.

Far East BUILDER, November 1970

The structural engineer for the pro- ject is of the opinion that until the organisation of sufficient capital in- vestments and skilled workers in the precasting industry in Hong Kong, there is much to recommend a more general application of in-situ post- tensioned structures both for apart ment blocks and factory buildings,

Floor construction in progress

since any number may be constructed simultaneously regardless of the avail- ability of precasting yards and erection equipment.

To lend support to this thesis, he cites a three-bay eight-storey post- tensioned rigid frame factory building with core walls and continuous floor slabs, now being erected. The estimat-

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