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Date:
Time:
Reporter:
25.11.86
2.15 to 5.00
JPM
Polytechnic, and that a design competition was asked for despite the
advice, because it is certainly -
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is the Council ever satisfied that
it is the most cost-effective process of going about it?
DTEIT:
Yes, Sir. For the third Technical
Institute at Chai Wan no competition was held; we watched the two
architects we had chosen and selected one on the best performance,
the best merits and the best design so we didn't have it again.
As
I say, I doubt we will be building any more and we now have sufficient experience, I think.
MR CHEONG:
What was the assessment from the Council
in respect of the performance of Chai Wan as compared with the other
two that were done by competition?
DTEIT:
Well, we used the same architectural
consultants for Chai Wan, we avoided the competition. The Institute
is now almost completed and will be opened next September; I think
the standard there is certainly as good as Sha Tin, which the same
consultant built.
MR CHEONG:
At a higher cost or lower cost?
DTEIT:
I think about the same, but I am really
not briefed to talk about the Chai Wan cost, it has certainly been
acceptable and it has come in under budget.
MR CHEONG:
Was it also a factor that in inviting
competitive design the VTC place a higher priority on the aesthetic appeal of the building designs, and probably insufficient priority
to the cost factor?
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DTEIT:
Sir, this is a slight misquotation from
Paragraph 128 of what in fact happened and in fact, there was no priority given to costs because the estimated cost of each building was given to the architect and he had to work within that, and they all did except one and that obviously was rejected. The design of
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