Quarry Development
3.28
The forward planning of the Quarries Section of the Civil Engineering Office is concerned with
(a) meeting the construction and building industries' demand for quarry products and planning future operations to maintain supply.
(b) improving the operation and efficiency of Government quarries and planning production to meet the demands of the Civil Engineering and Highways Office for quarry products.
Electrical and Mechanical
3.29 Forward planning in the Electrical and Mechanical Office has three basic timescales each corresponding with the type of service concerned. A good deal of the Office's work is contingent on the long term plans of others, so that much planning is concerned with the provision of future services which are adequate, flexible and expeditious.
3.30
The shortest of these timescales is in connection with the compilation of schedules of preventive maintenance and planned overhauls of equipment. These must be kept under constant review in accordance with experience and the operational needs of client departments in order to optimise levels of equipment reliability and availability while preserving cost effectiveness. The freeze on recruitment instituted in January 1975 greatly frustrated these efforts and the maintenance intervals of much plant and equipment were extended. This, whilst overcoming the immediate problem, created a much more serious problem for the future which has become most apparent in 1976/77 in that exceptionally rapid increases in maintenance workload have been experienced.
3.31
A high proportion of the construction work of this Office has to fit in with plans of others which are already well developed and this has a considerable effect on the type of forward planning which can be adopted. In such instances this means providing general information on the facilities which would be required for various kinds of plant and attempting to ensure that these are incorporated into schemes from their inception. When this is done, electrical and mechanical work can be executed in the usually limited time available.
3.32
Longer timescales are required in both the Operations and Maintenance Division and the Design and Projects Division for planning in connection with the provision by the former of future services which will be adequate and timely, and the construction of major plants by the latter. In this respect a major extension to the Sung Wong Toi Workshops and various new Vehicle Servicing Stations are items in the Public Works Programme. Unfortunately, due to reasons of financial stringency these projects were delayed in 1975/76, completion now being
27
Quarry Development
3.28
The forward planning of the Quarries Section of the Civil Engineering Office is concerned with
(a)
meeting the construction and building industries' demand for quarry products and planning future operations to maintain supply.
(b) improving the operation and efficiency of Government quarries and planning production to meet the demands of the Civil Engineering and Highways Office for quarry products.
Electrical and Mechanical
3.29 Forward planning in the Electrical and Mechanical Office has three basic timescales each corresponding with the type of service con- cerned. A good deal of the Office's work is contingent on the long term plans of others, so that much planning is concerned with the provision of future services which are adequate, flexible and expeditious.
3.30
The shortest of these timescales is in connection with the compilation of schedules of preventive maintenance and planned overhauls of equipment. These must be kept under constant review in accordance with experience and the operational needs of client departments in order to optimise levels of equipment reliability and availability while preserving cost effectiveness. The freeze on recruitment instituted in January 1975 greatly frustrated these efforts and the maintenance intervals of much plant and equipment were extended. This, whilst over- coming the immediate problem, created a much more serious problem for the future which has become most apparent in 1976/77 in that exceptionally rapid increases in maintenance workload have been experienced.
3.31
A high proportion of the construction work of this Office has to fit in with plans of others which are already well developed and this has a considerable effect on the type of forward planning which can be adopted. In such instances this means providing general information on the facilities which would be required for various kinds of plant and attempting to ensure that these are incorporated into schemes from their inception. When this is done, electrical and mechanical work can be executed in the usually limited time available.
3.32
Longer timescales are required in both the Operations and Maintenance Division and the Design and Projects Division for planning in connection with the provision by the former of future services which will be adequate and timely, and the construction of major plants by the latter. In this respect a major extension to the Sung Wong Toi Workshops and various new Vehicle Servicing Stations are items in the Public Works Programme. Unfortunately, due to reasons of financial stringency these projects were delayed in 1975/76, completion now being
27
!
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.