Client's Requirements
1. Sisters' quarters
Units
Matron's flat
Assistant matrons' flats
3
Senior sisters' flats
15
Sisters' flats
24
12
Sisters' sleeping-in quarters Senior sisters sleeping-in
quarters
2. Nurses' quarters
Male student nurses
Male nurses' dormitories
Male day dormitories
Female nurses
Female day dormitories
20 rooms
2 units 1 unit 42 rooms
1 unit
A car park for 100 cars has also been constructed.
Buildings
The buildings are sited on the former tennis courts and vacant ground next to the existing quarters. They comprise: a 13-storey block for sisters' quarters
at present ten- storeys with provision for a further three floors to be added at a later date; an additional block of seven storeys for nurses; and a three-storey extension to the nurses training school.
Reinforced concrete framework with brick panels was used for the structures. They stand on spread reinforced concrete pad footings and no piling was required on the rocky site.
External walls are generally finish- ed in shanghai plaster, cement painted.
Internally all rooms have emulsion painted plaster walls and either p.v.c. tile or teak block flooring. Toilets and bathrooms have porcelain tile walls and mosaic tile floors.
The construction time for these buildings was 23 months.
Sub-contractors
and Suppliers
www.
Lifts The Jardine Eng. Corp. Ltd. (Schindler)
Electrical installation
China Engineers Ltd.
The
Air-Conditioning Winsome (E.
& B.) Ltd.
Ironmongery
Store.
The Government
Electrical and plumbing fittings
The Government Store.
P.V.C. flooring Dreyer & Co.
Ltd. (Marley)
Metal windows and doors
—
The
Canton Metal Window Mfg. Co. Ltd. Paint Duro Industries Ltd.
Nurses' quarters seen from sisters' block
Costs
HK$
Site formation
327,000
Building works
4,730,000
Air-conditioning
54,000
Fee & Resumption
924.000
Total
6,035,000
View from car park of nurses' training school
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Far East Architect & Builder September, 1967
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