ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE
Assistant Director:
D. W. WALKER, B.Sc. (Eng.), M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.E.E.
GENERAL
7.01. The major activity of the sub-department was maintenance and repair of Government plant and equipment. Other important work comprised technical design, manufacture, installation and consultation.
7.02. Administration was carried out from the head office at Harcourt Road, where the electrical and air-conditioning/refrigeration workshops were also situated, the mechanical workshops being located at Caroline Hill, San Shan Road and Fan Gardens.
7.03. Staff were also posted in various Government plant-rooms and buildings throughout the Colony.
7.04. Throughout the year Urwick, Orr and Partners, Management Consultants, investigated and reported on various aspects of the sub-department's activities.
AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION SECTION
7.05. In addition to its responsibilities for the operation and maintenance of plant and equipment, the Air-conditioning and Refrigeration section supervised installations and certain maintenance work carried out under contract. Direct labour was occasionally used in the installation of room coolers.
7.06. Installation of air-conditioning plant with a total capacity of 1,074 tons of refrigeration was completed by contract, and work progressed on other plant totalling 2,120 tons capacity. The largest completed installation was at the Kai Tak Airport Terminal Building, whilst of those under construction that in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was the biggest.
7.07. Both private and departmental architects engaged on Government building projects called on the Air-conditioning section for design, preparation of drawings and supervision. Faults on refrigerators and room coolers were repaired by the section's maintenance staff.
ELECTRICAL SECTION
7.08. In addition to the Electrical Section's normal functions of design, installation and maintenance of Government electrical equipment, there were also repairs to be carried out after the advent of
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ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE
Assistant Director:
D. W. WALKER, B.Sc. (Eng.), M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.E.E.
GENERAL
7.01. The major activity of the sub-department was maintenance and repair of Government plant and equipment. Other important work comprised technical design, manufacture, installation and consultation. 7.02. Administration was carried out from the head office at Harcourt Road, where the electrical and air-conditioning/refrigeration workshops were also situated, the mechanical workshops being located at Caroline Hill, San Shan Road and Fan Gardens.
7.03. Staff were also posted in various Government plant-rooms and buildings throughout the Colony.
7.04. Throughout the year Urwick, Orr and Partners, Management Consultants, investigated and reported on various aspects of the sub- department's activities.
AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION SECTION
7.05. In addition to its responsibilities for the operation and main- tenance of plant and equipment, the Air-conditioning and Refrigeration section supervised installations and certain maintenance work carried out under contract. Direct labour was occasionally used in the installa- tion of room coolers.
7.06. Installation of air-conditioning plant with a total capacity of 1,074 tons of refrigeration was completed by contract, and work pro- gressed on other plant totalling 2,120 tons capacity. The largest completed installation was at the Kai Tak Airport Terminal Building, whilst of those under construction that in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was the biggest.
7.07. Both private and departmental architects engaged on Govern- ment building projects called on the Air-conditioning section for design, preparation of drawings and supervision. Faults on refrigerators and room coolers were repaired by the section's maintenance staff.
ELECTRICAL SECTION
7.08. In addition to the Electrical Section's normal functions of design, installation and maintenance of Government electrical equip- ment, there were also repairs to be carried out after the advent of
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