the Buildings Ordinance during construction of buildings. The architect and two contractors were reprimanded; the other two contractors were permanently removed from the register of building contractors.
5.08 The Working Party on Structural Regulations was re-convened at the end of the year for the purpose of converting the proposed draft structural regulations into metric form.
5.09 The Chief Structural Engineer, Mr. H. K. CHENG, later promoted to Government Structural Engineer, represented the Department at the International Conference on the Planning and Design of Tall Buildings held in August at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He also served as a State-of-Art reporter of Technical Committee 20 on Concrete Design Standards and presented at the Conference his paper on Concrete Design Standards in Asia.
HEAD OFFICE
5.10 The Head Office is responsible for matters of policy, law revision, co-ordination, disposition and training of staff. The Principal Government Building Surveyor, in overall control, is assisted by the Government Building Surveyor (General) and, with effect from September, the occupants of the newly created posts of the Government Building Surveyor (Works) and the Government Structural Engineer.
5.11 With an increased establishment of building surveying and structural engineering staff, the Office was re-organized in November. The original three general divisions were expanded to five. In addition to the Dangerous Buildings Division, a new Works Division was created to form the Specialist Branch.
5.12 In recognition of the need for greater control over soil engineering aspects in connection with foundation and site formation works, five civil engineers were seconded to the office in September to form a new Civil Engineering Unit.
5.13 The large volume of emergency work generated by the June rainstorms paralysed the normal function of the General Divisions. Processing of plans was suspended for about a month as the staff of the General Divisions were directed to assist in dealing with dangerous buildings and sites. A substantial backlog of applications for approval of plans was created, which continued to increase throughout the year.
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the Buildings Ordinance during construction of buildings. The architect and two contractors were reprimanded; the other two contractors were permanently removed from the register of building contractors.
5.08 The Working Party on Structural Regulations was re-convened at the end of the year for the purpose of converting the proposed draft structural regulations into metric form.
5.09 The Chief Structural Engineer, Mr. H. K. CHENG, later promoted to Government Structural Engineer, represented the Depart- ment at the International Conference on the Planning and Design of Tall Buildings held in August at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He also served as a State-of-Art reporter of Technical Committee 20 on Concrete Design Standards and presented at the Conference his paper on Concrete Design Standards in Asia.
HEAD OFFICE
5.10 The Head Office is responsible for matters of policy, law revision, co-ordination, disposition and training of staff. The Principal Government Building Surveyor, in overall control, is assisted by the Government Building Surveyor (General) and, with effect from September, the occupants of the newly created posts of the Govern- ment Building Surveyor (Works) and the Government Structural Engineer.
5.11 With an increased establishment of building surveying and structural engineering staff, the Office was re-organized in November. The original three general divisions were expanded to five. In addition to the Dangerous Buildings Division, a new Works Division was created to form the Specialist Branch.
5.12 In recognition of the need for greater control over soil en- gineering aspects in connection with foundation and site formation works, five civil engineers were seconded to the office in September to form a new Civil Engineering Unit.
5.13 The large volume of emergency work generated by the June rainstorms paralysed the normal function of the General Divisions. Processing of plans was suspended for about a month as the staff of the General Divisions were directed to assist in dealing with dangerous buildings and sites. A substantial backlog of applications for approval of plans was created, which continued to increase throughout the year.
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