ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
Assistant Director:
G. P. NORTON, A.R.I.B.A.
J. C. CHARTER, A.A.Dip., A.R.I.B.A. (from 7.3.63)
GENERAL
2.01. The Architectural Office was responsible for the control of the Government building programme. Most of the work was designed and supervised by staff of the office, but it was necessary to engage private architects on a number of projects due to the size of the programme in hand.
2.02. Maintenance of Government-owned buildings and buildings leased by Government, numbering 1,733, was the responsibility of the Maintenance Section of this office.
2.03. All work was carried out by contract, and the staff engaged on the design, supervision, and associated clerical work, numbered 382. Expenditure on new works rose by 50% to $162,934,000 which was made up of $65,329,000 on resettlement and low cost housing, $37,812,000 on work by private architects and $59,793,000 for general projects undertaken by the office. A further sum of $6,545,000 was spent on maintenance and alterations, and $59,000 on works carried out from funds received as a result of the World Refugee Year.
2.04. The professional staff of the Architectural Office comprises architects, quantity surveyors, building surveyors, structural engineers and electrical engineers.
Architectural Divisions
2.05. Apart from the Senior Architect/Maintenance, all architects were engaged on new works and were in 2 divisions under Chief Architects. Each division was sub-divided into 2 groups, consisting of a Senior Architect, 5 architects, 5 assistant architects and normally 8 architectural draughtsmen. A group was responsible for the building programme of a particular Government department or departments whose requirements constituted the bulk of the programme, the remainder of the work being apportioned amongst the 4 groups as requirements demanded.
ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE
Assistant Director:
G. P. NORTON, A.R.I.B.A.
J. C. CHARTER, A.A.Dip., A.R.I.B.A. (from 7.3.63)
GENERAL
2.01. The Architectural Office was responsible for the control of the Government building programme. Most of the work was designed and supervised by staff of the office, but it was necessary to engage private architects on a number of projects due to the size of the programme in hand.
2.02. Maintenance of Government-owned buildings and buildings leased by Government, numbering 1,733, was the responsibility of the Maintenance Section of this office
2.03. All work was carried out by contract, and the staff engaged on the design, supervision, and associated clerical work, numbered 382. Expenditure on new works rose by 50% to $162,934,000 which was made up of $65,329,000 on resettlement and low cost housing, $37,812,000 on work by private architects and $59,793,000 for general projects undertaken by the office. A further sum of $6,545,000 was spent on maintenance and alterations, and $59,000 on works carried out from funds received as a result of the World Refugee Year.
2.04. The professional staff of the Architectural Office comprises architects, quantity surveyors, building surveyors, structural engineers and electrical engineers.
Architectural Divisions
2.05. Apart from the Senior Architect/Maintenance, all architects were engaged on new works and were in 2 divisions under Chief Architects. Each division was sub-divided into 2 groups, consisting of a Senior Architect, 5 architects, 5 assistant architects and normally 8 architectural draughtsmen. A group was responsible for the building programme of a particular Government department or departments whose requirements constituted the bulk of the programme, the re- mainder of the work being apportioned amongst the 4 groups as requirements demanded.
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