10. Supervision of building works

Terms defined in this Act

• building

  building

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  “building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes — (a) a hut, shed or roofed enclosure; (b) a kiosk or stall, movable or otherwise; (c) an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary; (d) a dock, wharf or jetty; (e) a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a flotation system that — (i) is or is to be supported by water; (ii) is not intended for or useable in navigation; and (iii) is or is to be permanently moored; (f) a culvert, crossing, access road, bridge, underpass or tunnel; (g) a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non-proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product; and (h) such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare to be a building;

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• building regulations

  building regulations

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  “building regulations” means any regulations made under section 74;

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• building works

  building works

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  “building works” means — (a) the erection, extension or demolition of a building; (b) the alteration, addition or repair of a building; (c) the provision, extension or alteration of any air-conditioning service or ventilating system in or in connection with a building; (d) site formation works (which includes earthworks such as any act of excavation, levelling, cutting and filling with any material, piling, the construction of foundations, or site clearance, on any land, or any other act of dealing with or disturbing any land) which may or may not be connected with or carried out for the purpose of paragraph (a), (b) or (c); and (e) structural works.

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• geotechnical aspects

  geotechnical aspects

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  “geotechnical aspects”, in relation to any underground building works, means — (a) an analysis of the geological structure and earth materials of the site of the underground building works and its influence on the underground building works; (b) an analysis of the ground-water regime and its influence on the wall stability and integrity of the underground building works over time; and (c) such other applications of earth sciences to and engineering aspects of the underground building works as may be prescribed;

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• immediate supervision

  immediate supervision

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  “immediate supervision”, in relation to any building works or part thereof, means personally and directly exercising oversight, control and inspection of the carrying out of the building works or part thereof;

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• large building works

  large building works

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  “large building works” means such building works referred to in section 10(1)(b) and as are prescribed for the purposes of section 14;

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• prescribed

  prescribed

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  “prescribed” means prescribed in any regulations made under section 52.

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• qualified person

  qualified person

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  “qualified person” means a person who is registered as — (a) an architect under the Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors Order, 2011 and has in force a practising certificate issued under section 25 of that Order; or (b) a professional engineer under the Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors Order, 2011 and has in force a practising certificate issued under section 25 of that Order;

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• site supervisor

  site supervisor

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  “site supervisor” means a person appointed (whether alone or as a member of a team of site supervisors) under section 14 to be a site supervisor in respect of any small-scale or large building works;

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• small-scale building works

  small-scale building works

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  “small-scale building works” means such building works referred to in, and as are prescribed for the purposes of, section 10(1)(c);

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• structural elements

  structural elements

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  “structural elements” means those parts or elements of a building which resist forces and moments, and includes foundations, beams, columns, shear cores, structural walls, struts, ground anchors, slabs, trusses, staircases, load bearing walls and all other elements designed to resist forces and moments but does not include doors, windows and non-load bearing walls;

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• structural works

  structural works

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  “structural works” means works in relation to the structural elements of the building works;

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• underground building works

  underground building works

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  “underground building works” means any of the following building works, the carrying out of which starts on or after the date to be specified by the Minister by order published in the Gazette — (a) any excavation or other building works to make — (i) a tunnel with a diameter, width or height of more than 2 metres; or (ii) a caisson, cofferdam, trench, ditch, shaft or well with a depth of more than 6 metres; (b) any building works for constructing, altering or repairing any earth retaining structure in or for a trench, ditch, shaft or well with a depth or height of more than 6 metres; or (c) such type of foundation works as the Minister may prescribe in the building regulations for buildings of 30 or more storeys;

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