UPERVISION OF BUILDINGS:
IN HONGKONG:
IMPORTANT PROPOSALS.
At the Legislative Council yesterday minutes of a meeting of the Public Works Committee "held on the 27th ult, were laid on the table.
At that meeting, there were present Hon W. Chatham, Han C. Mcl. Messer, Messrs
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1901.
*^,' Hongkong, 6th September, 1901, Sir,In accordance with your letter No. 2171 dated 29th August, 1901, to Messrs. Ligh and Orange, a meeting was held yesterday of the undersigned Civil Engineers, Architects and Surveyors, who represent the Firms who have been in practica for the longest period in the Colany.
It was resolved to thank you for the oppor
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- YOKOHAMA, Sept. 17th, 1975, The Chinese mission of apology to Japan not been marred by any hitch, such as occurred with the mission to Germany. H. E Na Tung, the Chinese Envoy, was driven to the Imperial Palace on the 13th inst. in a carriage speci 1.
C. P. Chater and J. Thurburn and Dr Ho Kal.tunity given to express our ideas on the subjects, sent by the Household Department. On
SUPERVISION OF BUILDING OPERATIONS
IN THE COLONY.
The Chairman explained that this question, which had arisen out of the collapse of houses in Cochrane Street, had been referred to the Committee by direction of His Excellency the Governor in Council. He then read a report by Mr. Tooker, dated 23rd July, on the subject of the recent collapse, and a lengthy minute by thd Honourable Acting Attorney General on the same subject.
The following recommendations were unani: mously adopted by the Committea :----
(4.) The duties of the Public Works Depar- tment to be confined to general supervision as regards the constraction of new buildings, the staff being increased in order to render such general supervision effective.
(2.) In the case of alterations or additions to existing buildings, the duty of inspection in order to ascertain the structural capability of, such buildings to undergo such alterations or additions to devolve upon the Public Works De- .partment.
(3.) The Director of Public Works to have full discretion in the matter of sanctioning or refusing to sanction any alterations or addition to existing buildings. His decision shall, however, be subject to appeal to the Governor in Council as provided by Section 87 of Ordin. ance 15 of 1889.
(4.) The staff of the Public Works Depart- ment for the supervision of work under the Building Ordinances to consist of at least one Assistant Engineer at a commencing salary of £300 and travelling allowance of $360 per annum, and four thoroughly competent Over- seers at commencing salaries of zoo each with travelling allowances of $270 each per
annum.
(5) All Architects or Engineers, in order to be admitted as compétent to submit plans or proposals under the Building Ordinances, must hold the certificate ofsome Body or Incorporated Society, recognized by the Government, as a guarantee of their fitness to practice as Architects. or Engineers. This stipulation to come into force upon the passing of the Ordin-
ance.
(6.) All works carried out under the Building Ordinances to be supervised until their com pletion by an Architect or Engineer of the standing specified in clause (5), who must have power to employ, at the expense of the party. on whose behalf the work is being executed, such amount of skilled supervision as he may consider necessary...
mentioned in Messrs. Leigh and Orange's letter to you of 19th August.
It was felt that the question of design and supervision of buildings was by far the most urgent, and that we could defer the deliberation on plans for new houses until we had received copy of the Honourable the Acting Director of Public Works Plan, of Improved Chinese Dwellings, dated August 1st, 1901, which we would be glad to receive at your early con-
venience.
We trust you will not think we are going beyond our province in discussing questions which you had not expressly referred to us, but the seriousness and urgency of the matter is our excuse.
We beg to suggest that this question of pro. fessional practice and supervion of works might be dealt with speedily by the making of a special short Ordinance, and we trust the fol. lawing four unanimous opinion) may be of
some assistance.
SUGGESTIONS.
1. Only qualified Civil Engineers, Architects and Surveyors to be allowed to practise in the Colony, and plans from only such persons to be accepted by the Government under the Building and Public Health Ordinances."
a. All building operations must be carried out under the supervision of a qualified Civil Engineer, Architect or Surveyor.
3. The Civil Engineer, Architect or Surveyor to have the power to employ, at the expense of the owner, such supervision as he may consider necessary.
4. The following persons to be admitted as qualified to practise, viz,;
(a) Members or Associate Members of the institution of Civil Engineers, England,
arrival he was "met by the Acting Miniher for Foreign Affairs and Baron Sennoimya, Grand Master of Ceremonies, and led to the Phoenix Hall, where he wasreceived in audience by the Emperor. H: E. Na Tung addressed the Emperor as follows -
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Your Imperial Majesty, in graciously pre- mitting me to approach Your Majesty in the discharge of a mission confided to me by His Majesty the Emptored upon me a bigh hon N° of China,
our which I esteem all the more because of my personal knowledge of the magnificent results of Your Majesty's enlightened rule, which are becoming more and more conspicuous day by day.
The reciprocal relations between Japan and | China, situated alike in Asia, have been marked by the utmost cordiality. Unfortunately, how ever, when a disturbance suddenly broke out in China in the summer of last year, Sugiyama Akiri, the chancellor of Your Majesty's Lega- tion, met a violent death. My August Sovereign, deeply regretting the occurrence, has sent me to Your Majesty's Court in the capacity of His Spe cial Envoy to present His Letter, and has charged me to convey to Your Majesty an expression of His profound grief. At the same time I have been commanded by His Majesty the Emperor to accord honourable reparation to the memory of Sugiyama Akira by performing religious. ceremonies before his tomb and by transmitting to the proper recipient an offering from my In perial Master.
"It only remains for me to express the hope, in the interest of the two Empires, that Your Majesty, favourably moved by the sense of geographical propinquity, may be pleased to foster the relations of good friendship which unite the two countries and to promote the common welfare of Eastern Asia through an un- disturbed maintenance of the general situation."
"In conclustion I have the honour to present to Your Majesty, my humble wishes for Your Majesty's health and the prosperity of the Em pire of Japan."
The Envoy then presented the letter from (5.) Fellows ar Associates of the Royal 1a the Emperor of China, which read stitution of British Architects.
(c) Any person who has carried on the pro- fession of Civil Engineer, Architect or Surveyor for 10 years continuously in the Colony.”—---
(d) Any other persons who shall satisfy a Board (such as the Public Works Committee) that they are properly qualified to practise.
REASONS.
For suggestion I-
The numerous nccidents and collapses of buildings that have taken place in recent years,
"The Emperor of China to His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Greeting!
"Great and illustrious Sovereign !
"The relations of mutual confidence and cordial friendship between China and Japan, the countries situated alike in Asia in close geographical proximity to each other, have happily been fostered and strengthened ever since the practice was inaugurated of recipro cally sending envoys from one empire to the other in permanent resident missions. Un- fortunately, however, when the Capital of Our country was suddenly infested by the Boxer insurgents in the fifth moon of the last year, and in consequence when both the soldiery and civic population gave themselves up to uncontrolled fury and disorder, Sugiyama Akira, the Chancellor of Your Majesty's Legation in Peking, fell a victim to their law. lessness and lost his life.. The Chancellor com- ing to China, as he did, in the suite of Your Majesty's Minister was entitled to the highest protection from Us. The disturbance, however, broke out so suddenly and so unexpectedly that We beg to draw attention to the Enquiry on his grievous death could not be averted. We are conscious that the immeasumbly deplorable
Plans are now prepared by a number of so- called Architects, etc., and who, in our opinion, have not the qualifications nor the knowledge necessary to design and carry out work.
it is not unusual to see buildings being con- (7) Any party not possessed of the quali-structed with an utter disregard of stability and fication specified (5), who may attempt to sub-strength of materials, mit plans or carry out work, failing within the scope of the Building Ordinances, to be punish
able by law.
(8.) All buildings hereafter erected of the type
known as Chinese tenement houses to have courses of hoop iron bond built into the walls at the level of the foundations, each floor, and the caves of roof. The hoop iron to measure 1" wide by 33" thick, and to consist of two bonds in each course in 14 walls, and three bonds in each course in 18" walls and found" tions. The bonds to be continuous, whenever practicable, and to be lap-jointed. Where con- tinuous bonds are impracticable such bonds to be arranged as required by the Director of Public Works,
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the Cochrane Street disaster, where plans for an additional storey were admittedly prepared without the necessary precautions.
For suggestion 2-
It is not possible not usual anywhere for the Authorities (e, the Building Inspectors) to go thoroughly into every design, calculate all the strains on piers, walls, columns, beams, & and thus take the responsibility of checking plans, nor is it possible for the Building In- spectors to thoroughly, supervise all buildings in course of construction: this can only be done by the Architect and the Overseer who is constantly on the works and under the orders only of the Engineer or Architect of the job.
The Government Inspection should be quite general, to see that the laws of the Colony are observed, and we think that with all buildings under the supervision of qualified men and absolutely no constructive work carried out without such supervision, the task of Govern-
ment Inspection will be comparatively light and will not necessitate a large staff.
SURFACE OVERCROWDING. The Chainnan mentioned that this matter had also been referred to the Committee by His Excellency the Governor in Council. He then read a letter from the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, dated the 28th June, 1901, for- warding certain resolutions with regard to the height of buildings and others, and a minute by himself arising out of the letter referred to. Considerable building operations are now The following recommendations were un-being carried out without any Architect and animously adopted by the Committee --
consequently without proper supervision, the ownem not caring to pay for more than the plans and being satisfied with inferior work.
It is probable that most of the recent failures will be found to have occurred on buildings not under the supervision of properly qualified
() No building shall be hereafter erected, or raised, to a height exceeding one-and-a-half times the width of the street upon which it fronts. Provided always that no domestic build ing shall be of more than four storeys, in height including a ground floor and three upper floors. For the purposes of this section, the width of street and height of building shall be measured In accordance with Section 6 of Ordinance 34 of 1899. This section shall not apply, bow ever, to the re-erection of buildings which have already been erected in excess of the height specified.
Exceptions to the above rule may be granted by the Governor in Council.
(2.) No balcony shall, except with the sanction of the Governor in Council,, hereafter be per- mitted in any street, whether public or private, which measures less than 25 foot in width.
(3) No verandah shell, except with the sanc tion of the Governor in Council, hereafter be permitted in any street, whether public or private, which measures less than go feet in width,
(4) No verandah shall, except with the sanc- tion of the Governor in Council, hereafter exceed three storeys in height, including a ground floor and two upper floors, except in streets of 60 feet in width and upwards.
The Committee strongly recommend the im... mediate enactment of their recommendations under the leading Surface Over crowding," as some time will probably elapse before the new Building Ordinance can be passed.
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We again draw attention to the evidence given at the Enquiry into the Cochrane Street disaster which showed that there was no skilled supervision, and to the evidence of Mr. Tooker when he is reported to have said that he believed if the building, had been under the supervision of a European Architect he would have seen at once the bad state of the walls
and the disaster would have been averted.
end, which befell on official of a friendly Power, and the consequent interruption of cordial relations between the two countries are the results of Our failings, in that We were unable to prevent in time the critical turn of events. We therefore feel the deepest regret, and We' have accordingly caused Our Minister to per from religious rites for the memory of the lamented Chancellor and at the same time We have made offerings from Our private purse in honour of the deceased:
"We have commanded Tung, Vice Minister for Finance of the first degree of rank (ou pin ting tai), to proceed to Your Majety's Empire and to present this Imperial Letter in the capacity of Our Envoy in Special Mission. The loyalty and fidelity of Na Tung are already well-known to Us, and reposing full confidence in him We have specially charged him to execute his mission in the spirit of highest respect and reverence, and to make known Our feelings of profound regret, thus making hon- ourable reparation for the death of Sugiyama
"When the forces which were sent by Your Majesty on their distant expedition, arrived in Peking their first and paramount aim was to
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For suggestion 3-7.
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For suggestion 4——
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