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Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, is a large reinforced concrete framed structure, 10 storeys high.

It was the main general hospital for the whole of Sabah and specifically the Kota Kinabalu city.[ref needed]

Architecture The building is in the brutalist style which allows truth to materials and is cheaper to build than other methods.[1]

Problems with the concrete The building was finished in 1981 and the builder, sea sand containing shells and corals were used for an unknown reason. The builder has since died.

Concrete is made up of 4 elements - water, sand, aggregate or gravel and the cement which acts as a binder. The water used should be of drinking water standard or quality. [2]

References:

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