Singapore legislation
Regulation 4B
of Building Control (Buildability and Productivity) Regulations 2011
Regulation 4B
Minimum productivity requirements
Subregulation 1
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 —
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
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
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
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
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 —
prefabricated architectural systems;
prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;
prefabricated structural systems; and
system formwork,specified in Part 3 of the Fourth Schedule.
Subregulation 4
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 —
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
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
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 —
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
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
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 —
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 mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;
prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction; and
system formwork,specified in the Twelfth Schedule;
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
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
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 —
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 mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;
prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction; and
system formwork,specified in the Twelfth Schedule;
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
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
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
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
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 —
the building works must be carried out in accordance with the approved productivity concept implementation plan for those building works;
the building works must incorporate the minimum level of use of —
prefabricated architectural systems;
prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;
specified prefabricated structural systems;
system formwork;specified in the Fifteenth Schedule; and
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
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 —
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 —
prefabricated mechanical, electrical or plumbing systems;
prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction; and
system formwork,specified in the Twelfth Schedule;
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;
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
the building works must be carried out in accordance with the approved productivity concept implementation plan for those building works.
Subregulation 8
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 —
the building works must adopt any 5 of the integrated digital delivery essential use cases mentioned in regulation 3A(1); and
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.