Section 37
Evaluation of essential construction material
of Building and Construction Authority Act 1999
(1)
The evaluation of any essential construction material for the purposes of this Part must include such analysis, test or examination of the essential construction material as may be prescribed to determine the following matters:
the acid soluble sulphate content, the chloride content and the alkali-silica reactivity of the essential construction material;
whether the essential construction material is otherwise unsuitable, given its composition, for producing concrete for use in building works, street works or railway works in Singapore;
whether the essential construction material complies with such other requirements as may have been prescribed in relation thereto.
(2)
An evaluation of any essential construction material for the purposes of this Part may be carried out only by an authorised analyst.
(3)
An authorised analyst must, on completing an evaluation of any essential construction material for the purposes of this Part, issue to the Authority a certificate stating the authorised analyst’s findings, and submit a copy of that certificate to the Authority within the prescribed time.
(4)
Upon receiving any certificate of an authorised analyst under subsection (3) relating to any consignment of essential construction material imported by a licensee, the Authority must without delay consider the findings of the authorised analyst to determine whether the essential construction material is of acceptable quality for use in any building works, street works or railway works in Singapore.
(5)
Any quantity of any essential construction material found in any premises or in or on any conveyance at the time when a sample thereof is taken pursuant to the provisions of this Part is, until the contrary is proved, presumed to possess the same properties as the sample.[31K