(d) New Administration Building, Garages and Workshops.—Contract No. 5 of 1948 was let on the 13th February, 1948, and 60% of the work was carried out by the end of the year.
(e) Repairs to the Deck of No. 3 Nullah under Main Runway (Contract No. 9 of 1948).—Investigations into the strength and structural condition of the deck of this nullah proved that it was unsafe to carry the heavy loads of modern aircraft now using the airport. The contract was let on 16th February, 1948, and, at the end of the period under review, the northern half of the work was successfully completed.
121. General Works at Arsenal Yard. Contract No.232 of 1947: This contract comprised building a boundary wall, external and internal fences, the demolition of unwanted buildings and the rehabilitation of the remaining buildings, the erection of Nissen Huts for storage purposes and the construction of a portion of the blockyard floor.
122. General Works at Castle Peak Nightsoil Disposal Station: —Contract No.257 of 1947 consisted of the dredging, sandfilling and rubble mound foundations for an island pier, the construction of the pier and pumphouse and quarters thereon, the supply and installation of the pumps, and equipment and the laying of a temporary armoured hose 1,600 feet long on the top of pipe trestles. Work commenced in November, 1947, and was almost completed at the end of the year.
123. Causeway Bay Road Widening and Raising:—This work was carried out under three contracts, (a) the Maintenance Contract, under which 675 square yards of dry rubble pitching and 850 lineal feet of toe block were constructed between August and October, 1947, (b) Contract No.268 of 1947 for Rubble Masonry to Pitched Slope under which approximately 1,100 square yards of rubble masonry were laid, together with the pointing of 675 square yards of dry pitching, and (c) Contract No.281 of 1947 for Formwork and Steelwork for Sheet Piles. This contract called for the supply of M.S. reinforcement formwork and labour for the manufacture of the sheet piles for the cut-off wall. At the end of the financial year the contractor had delivered all the M.S. reinforcement, and had made all the formwork. The manufacture of the piles was suspended owing to the non-arrival of the pile shoes and spacer forks from the U.K.
124. Government Stores—Marston Hut:—The design of the structure was checked and the building strengthened by the addition of knee and wind bracing.
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(d) New Administration Building, Garages and Work- shops.-Contract No. 5 of 1948 was let on the 13th February, 1948, and 60% of the work was carried out by the end of the
year.
(e) Repairs to the Deck of No. 3 Nullah under Main Runway (Contract No. 9 of 1948).-Investigations into the strength and structural condition of the deck of this nullah proved that it was unsafe to carry the heavy loads of modern aircraft now using the airport. The contract was let on 16th February, 1948, and, at the end of the period under review, the northern half of the work was successfully completed.
121. General Works at Arsenal Yard. Contract No. 232 of 1947: This contract comprised building a boundary wall, external and internal fences, the demolition of unwanted buildings and the rehabilitation of the remaining buildings, the erection of Nissen Huts for storage purposes and the construction of a portion of the blockyard floor.
122. General Works at Castle Peak Nightsoil Disposal Station: --Contract No. 257 of 1947 consisted of the dredging, sandfilling and rubble mound foundations for an island pier, the construction of the pier and pumphouse and quarters thereon, the supply and installation of the pumps, and equipment and the laying of a temporary armoured hose 1,600 feet long on the top of pipe trestles. Work commenced in November, 1947, and was almost completed at the end of the year.
123. Causeway Bay Road Widening and Raising:-This work was carried out under three contracts, (a) the Maintenance Contract, under which 675 square yards of dry rubble pitching and 850 lineal feet of tow block were constructed between August and October, 1947, (b) Contract No. 268 of 1947 for Rubble Masonry to Pitched Slope under which approximately 1,100 square yards of rubble masonry were laid, together with the pointing of 675 square yards of dry pitching, and (c) Contract No. 281 of 1947 for Formwork and Steelwork for Sheet Piles. This contract called for the supply of M.S. reinforcement formwork and labour for the manufacture of the sheet piles for the cut-off wall. At the end of the financial year the contractor had delivered all the M.S. reinforcement, and had made all the formwork. The manufacture of the piles was suspended owing to the non arrival of the pile shoes and spacer forks from the U.K.
124. Government Stores-Marston Hut:-The design of the structure was checked and the building strengthened by the addi- tion of knee and wind bracing.
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