2.06. In Division I, Group I dealt principally with buildings for the Medical and Health Services Department and the Urban Services (Urban Areas) Department; and Group II with buildings for the Police Force and Fire Services Department; while in Division II, Group III looked after buildings for the Education and Social Welfare Departments and the programme of Resettlement and Low-Cost Housing; and Group IV undertook the work of the Post Office and Prisons Department, the Urban Services Department (New Territories Section) and the New Territories Administration.
2.07. This system of allocating the building programme of specific departments to various groups simplified liaison with the departments concerned and, without undue specialization, enabled each group to build up a background of experience of the building requirements of the client departments, thereby facilitating a better output of work. 2.08. Early consultations on all projects were held between architects, structural engineers, quantity surveyors and electrical engineers. In the same way, advice from the Maintenance Section on the behaviour and failure of building materials was also available.
Quantity Surveying Section
2.09. This section was responsible for the preparation of estimates, bills of quantities and contract documents, the measurement and valuation of variations, and the settlement of interim and final payments. Work on 87 contracts valued at $32 million was directly carried out by the section; in the case of 5 contracts totalling $13 million, bills of quantities were prepared by private quantity surveyors, whilst for 9 resettlement and low-cost housing contracts outside surveyors provided basic unit bills of quantities.
2.10. Considerable time was spent on work connected with maintenance of buildings, on general supervision of Grant-in-Aid school construction in New Territories, and on examination of drawings, specifications, and documents for schools constructed under the Government Grant-in-Aid Scheme.
2.11. A comprehensive revision of the Schedule of Prices for works of maintenance, alterations and additions was started.
Structural Engineering Section
2.12. Both the number of design projects and the tendency to construct higher buildings threw a heavy load on the capacity of this section. 102 projects consisting of 318 building blocks were in the design stage whilst 67 were under construction.
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2.06. In Division I, Group I dealt principally with buildings for the Medical and Health Services Department and the Urban Services (Urban Areas) Department; and Group II with buildings for the Police Force and Fire Services Department; while in Division II, Group III looked after buildings for the Education and Social Welfare Departments and the programme of Resettlement and Low-Cost Housing; and Group IV undertook the work of the Post Office and Prisons Department, the Urban Services Department (New Territories Section) and the New Territories Administration.
2.07. This system of allocating the building programme of specific departments to various groups simplified liaison with the departments concerned and, without undue specialization, enabled each group to build up a background of experience of the building requirements of the client departments, thereby facilitating a better output of work. 2.08. Early consultations on all projects were held between architects, structural engineers, quantity surveyors and electrical engineers. In the same way, advice from the Maintenance Section on the behaviour and failure of building materials was also available.
Quantity Surveying Section
2.09. This section was responsible for the preparation of estimates, bills of quantities and contract documents, the measurement and valua- tion of variations, and the settlement of interim and final payments. Work on 87 contracts valued at $32 million was directly carried out by the section; in the case of 5 contracts totalling $13 million, bills of quantities were prepared by private quantity surveyors, whilst for 9 resettlement and low-cost housing contracts outside surveyors provided basic unit bills of quantities.
2.10. Considerable time was spent on work connected with main- tenance of buildings, on general supervision of Grant-in-Aid school construction in New Territories, and on examination of drawings, specifications, and documents for schools constructed under the Govern- ment Grant-in-Aid Scheme.
2.11. A comprehensive revision of the Schedule of Prices for works of maintenance, alterations and additions was started.
Structural Engineering Section
2.12. Both the number of design projects and the tendency to construct higher buildings threw a heavy load on the capacity of this section. 102 projects consisting of 318 building blocks were in the design stage whilst 67 were under construction.
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