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Regulation 4B

of Building Control (Buildability and Productivity) Regulations 2011

Regulation 4B

Minimum productivity requirements

Amended byS 125/2017 wef 01/04/2017S 689/2017 wef 15/12/2017S 583/2018 wef 25/09/2018S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022S 990/2022 wef 22/12/2022S 125/2017 wef 01/04/2017S 125/2017 wef 01/04/2017S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022S 729/2014 wef 01/11/2014S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022S 583/2018 wef 25/09/2018S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022S 70/2017 wef 28/02/2017S 689/2017 wef 15/12/2017S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022S 990/2022 wef 22/12/2022S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 125/2017 wef 01/04/2017S 689/2017 wef 15/12/2017S 583/2018 wef 25/09/2018S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022S 990/2022 wef 22/12/2022

Every qualified person appointed under section 8(1)(a) or 11(1)(d)(i) of the Act and every developer, in respect of any relevant building works referred to in paragraph (2), (3), (3A), (3B), (4), (4A), (4B), (4C), (5), (6), (7), (7A) or (8), shall ensure that the building works are designed and carried out such that the building works satisfy the requirements referred to in paragraph (2), (3), (3A), (3B), (4), (4A), (4B), (4C), (5), (6), (7), (7A) or (8), as the case may be.

Subregulation 2

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built for use as a residential (non‑landed) building on any State land which is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 1 November 2014 —

(a)

the building or the component of the building that is a residential (non‑landed) building, as the case may be, must incorporate the minimum number of prefabricated bathroom units specified in the Third Schedule; and

(b)

each of the prefabricated bathroom units must conform to the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to prefabricated bathroom units.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 125/2017 wef 01/04/2017

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built for use as an industrial building on any State land which is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 1 November 2014 and before 1 May 2017, the building must incorporate the minimum level of use of prefabricated systems specified in Part 1 of the Fourth Schedule.

Subregulation 3A

Amended byS 125/2017 wef 01/04/2017S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built for use as an industrial building on any State land which is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 1 May 2017 but before 30 June 2022, the building must incorporate the minimum level of use of prefabricated systems specified in Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule.

Subregulation 3B

Amended byS 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built for use as an industrial building on any State land that is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 30 June 2022, the building must incorporate the minimum level of use of —

(a)

prefabricated architectural systems;

(b)

prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;

(c)

prefabricated structural systems; and

(d)

system formwork,specified in Part 3 of the Fourth Schedule.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 729/2014 wef 01/11/2014S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built for use as a residential (non‑landed) building on any State land which is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 1 November 2014 but before 30 June 2022, and that land is situated wholly or partly within the area described in the Fifth Schedule —

(a)

the building or the component of the building that is a residential (non‑landed) building, as the case may be, must incorporate the minimum level of use of prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction specified in the Sixth Schedule; and

(b)

the prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction which is used must conform to the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction.

Subregulation 4A

Amended byS 583/2018 wef 25/09/2018S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built for use as a hotel building on any State land which is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 1 September 2018 but before 30 June 2022, and that land is situated wholly or partly within the area described in the Tenth Schedule —

(a)

the building, or the aggregate of the component of the building that is a hotel building and the component of the building that is a residential (non‑landed) building, as the case may be, must incorporate the minimum level of use of prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction specified in the Sixth Schedule; and

(b)

the prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction which is used must conform to the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction.

Subregulation 4B

Amended byS 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built for use as a residential (non-landed) building on any State land that is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 30 June 2022, and that land is situated wholly or partly within the area described in the Eleventh Schedule —

(a)

the building or the component of the building that is a residential (non-landed) building (as the case may be) must incorporate the minimum level of use of —

(i)

prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;

(ii)

prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction; and

(iii)

system formwork,specified in the Twelfth Schedule;

(b)

the prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems that are used must conform to the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems; and

(c)

the prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction that is used must conform to the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction.

Subregulation 4C

Amended byS 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built for use as a hotel building on any State land that is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 30 June 2022, and that land is situated wholly or partly within the area described in the Thirteenth Schedule —

(a)

the building, or the aggregate of the component of the building that is a hotel building and the component of the building that is a residential (non-landed) building (as the case may be) must incorporate the minimum level of use of —

(i)

prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;

(ii)

prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction; and

(iii)

system formwork,specified in the Twelfth Schedule;

(b)

the prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems that are used must conform to the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems; and

(c)

the prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction that is used must conform to the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction.

Subregulation 5

Amended byS 70/2017 wef 28/02/2017

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built for use as an office building on any State land which is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 28 February 2017, and that land is situated wholly or partly within the area described in the Seventh Schedule, the building or the office component of the building, as the case may be, must incorporate the minimum level of use of structural steel construction specified in the Eighth Schedule.

Subregulation 6

Amended byS 689/2017 wef 15/12/2017S 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built on any State land which is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 15 December 2017 but before 30 June 2022, and that land is situated wholly or partly within the area described in the Ninth Schedule, the building works must be carried out in accordance with the approved productivity concept implementation plan for those building works.

Subregulation 7

Amended byS 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built on any State land that is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 30 June 2022, and that land is situated wholly or partly within the area described in the Fourteenth Schedule —

(a)

the building works must be carried out in accordance with the approved productivity concept implementation plan for those building works;

(b)

the building works must incorporate the minimum level of use of —

(i)

prefabricated architectural systems;

(ii)

prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;

(iii)

specified prefabricated structural systems;

(iv)

system formwork;specified in the Fifteenth Schedule; and

(c)

the prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems that are used must conform to the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems.

Subregulation 7A

Amended byS 990/2022 wef 22/12/2022

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built for use as a hotel building or a residential (non-landed) building on any State land that is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 22 December 2022, and that land is situated wholly or partly within the area described in the Sixteenth Schedule —

(a)

all of the following requirements must be satisfied: (i)the building, or the aggregate of the component of the building that is a hotel building and the component of the building that is a residential (non-landed) building (as the case may be) incorporates the minimum level of use of —

(A)

prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;

(B)

prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction; and

(C)

system formwork,specified in the Twelfth Schedule;

(ii)

the prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems that are used conform to the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;

(iii)

the prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction that is used conforms to the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction; or

(b)

the building works must be carried out in accordance with the approved productivity concept implementation plan for those building works.

Subregulation 8

Amended byS 506/2022 wef 30/06/2022

Where the relevant building works relate to any building to be built on any State land that is sold under the Government Land Sales Programme on or after 30 June 2022 —

(a)

the building works must adopt any 5 of the integrated digital delivery essential use cases mentioned in regulation 3A(1); and

(b)

the adoption of the integrated digital delivery essential use cases must be in accordance with the requirements set out in the Code of Practice in relation to integrated digital delivery.