Committee
P.W.D./Authorized Architects Liaison Group
Building Construction and Civil Engineer-ing Sub-Committee of the Metrication Committee
Representative(s)
Principal Government Building Surveyor (Chairman) Government Building Surveyor (Secretary) Technical Secretary5.04 The Public Works Department/Authorized Architects Liaison Group, consisting of representatives of the Office and members of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects and the Engineering Society of Hong Kong, serves as a useful link between Government and architects and engineers in private practice. Two meetings were convened during the year, in which views were exchanged on matters arising from the interpretation and application of the Buildings Ordinance.
5.05 The office maintained, as in past years, two separate organizations rendering service to the public in the event of emergencies. Both work in conjunction with the Police. The first organization provides professional and technical staff on a round-the-clock basis to assist in matters arising from building collapses, fires, landslides, etc. The second organization is set up, during typhoons or when there are excessive rains, by the assembling of two groups of professional officers, one on each side of the harbour, on a shift basis, to attend to reports of damage or danger to private buildings.
5.06 The unprecedented rainstorms in June, which lasted for several days, brought about a large number of landslides causing many deaths and destruction of property worth millions of dollars. Of these landslides, the most significant occurred around the areas of Po Shan Road, Conduit Road, Kotewall Road, Shiu Fai Terrace and Sau Mau Ping Resite Area. During this period, over 250 cases of damage or threatened danger to private buildings were reported, and the Office was forced to suspend all normal work in order to deal with these emergency matters. At the end of June, a Commission of Enquiry was appointed by the Governor to inquire into the circumstances in which these disasters occurred and to make recommendations to prevent the recurrence of such disasters.
5.07 During the period under review, disciplinary proceedings were instituted by the Building Authority against one authorized architect and four registered contractors for failing to comply with
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Committee
P.W.D./Authorized Architects
Liaison Group
Building Construction and Civil Engineer- ing Sub-Committee of the Metrication Committee
Representative(s)
Principal Government Building
Surveyor (Chairman)
Government Building Surveyor
(Secretary) Technical Secretary
5.04 The Public Works Department/Authorized Architects Liaison Group, consisting of representatives of the Office and members of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects and the Engineering Society of Hong Kong, serves as a useful link between Government and architects and engineers in private practice. Two meetings were convened during the year, in which views were exchanged on matters arising from the interpretation and application of the Buildings Ordinance.
5.05 The office maintained, as in past years, two separate organiza- tions rendering service to the public in the event of emergencies. Both work in conjunction with the Police. The first organization provides professional and technical staff on a round-the-clock basis to assist in matters arising from building collapses, fires, landslides, etc. The second organization is set up, during typhoons or when there are excessive rains, by the assembling of two groups of professional officers, one on each side of the harbour, on a shift basis, to attend to reports of damage or danger to private buildings.
5.06 The unprecedented rainstorms in June, which lasted for several days, brought about a large number of landslides causing many deaths and destruction of property worth millions of dollars. Of these landslides, the most significant occurred around the areas of Po Shan Road, Conduit Road, Kotewall Road, Shiu Fai Terrace and Sau Mau Ping Resite Area. During this period, over 250 cases of damage or threatened danger to private buildings were reported, and the Office was forced to suspend all normal work in order to deal with these emergency matters. At the end of June, a Commission of Enquiry was appointed by the Governor to inquire into the circum- stances in which these disasters occurred and to make recommenda- tions to prevent the recurrence of such disasters.
5.07 During the period under review, disciplinary proceedings were instituted by the Building Authority against one authorized architect and four registered contractors for failing to comply with
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