Surveyor and 4 Class III Map Draughtsman passed the departmental examination to Class II Map Draughtsman.
4.63. One Assistant Land Surveyor has been awarded a scholarship to attend a London University course on Surveying.
Annual Figures from 1957
4.64. Appendix J illustrates the work completed by the Survey Division from 1957 to 1962. When compared with the strength of the division, a clear indication of the considerable increase in skill, output and efficiency of all staff is revealed.
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Chief Engineer:
G. J. SKELT, B.Sc.(Eng.), D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E.
GENERAL
5.01 The office was created in March, 1958 on the recommendation of the Special Committee on Housing 'to plan, and as each plan is approved, to carry out new engineering works precedent to the rapid and large scale development of areas of Crown Land and reclaimed sea which would not otherwise be developed at the present time.' Expansion has been rapid, as shown in the following table:
Year Staff Value of work carried out 1958 - 59 5 $ 0.6 m 1959 - 60 57 $ 4.4 m 1960 - 61 104 $ 8.8 m 1961 - 62 110 $17.6 m5.02. The main work of the office falls into four groups:
(1) Investigation
(2) Planning
(3) Site Formation
(4) Co-ordination.
INVESTIGATION
5.03 Subsoil investigation was carried out under an annual contract. Both for convenience and to provide a central pool of information, other offices were invited to make use of the contract. The information most frequently required was the depth of rock below the surface, for which the standard penetrometer was normally used. The work done is summarized in the following table.
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Surveyor and 4 Class III Map Draughtsman passed the departmental examination to Class II Map Draughtsman.
4.63. One Assistant Land Surveyor has been awarded a scholarship to attend a London University course on Surveying.
Annual Figures from 1957
4.64. Appendix J illustrates the work completed by the Survey Division from 1957 to 1962. When compared with the strength of the division, a clear indication of the considerable increase in skill, output and efficiency of all staff is revealed.
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Chief Engineer:
G. J. SKELT, B.Sc. (Eng.), D.I.C., A.M.I.C.E.
GENERAL
5.01 The office was created in March, 1958 on the recommendation of the Special Committee on Housing 'to plan, and as each plan is approved, to carry out new engineering works precedent to the rapid and large scale development of areas of Crown Land and reclaimed sea which would not otherwise be developed at the present time.' Expansion has been rapid, as shown in the following table:
Year
Value of work
1958 - 59
1959 - 60
1960 - 61
1961 - 62
Staff
carried out
5
$ 0.6 m
57
$ 4.4 m
104
$ 8.8 m
110
$17.6 m
5.02.
The main work of the office falls into four groups:
(1) Investigation
(2) Planning
(3) Site Formation
(4) Co-ordination.
INVESTIGATION
5.03 Subsoil investigation was carried out under an annual contract. Both for convenience and to provide a central pool of information, other offices were invited to make use of the contract. The information most frequently required was the depth of rock below the surface, for which the standard penetrometer was normally used. The work done is summarized in the following table.
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