Singapore legislation
Regulation 24
Regulation 24
Site supervisors
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 10(1)(a) of the Act, the team of site supervisors appointed in respect of the structural elements of any large building works shall comprise the following number of persons:
where the value of the large building works is more than $7.5 million but not exceeding $15 million — one site supervisor who is a resident technical officer;
where the value of the large building works is more than $15 million but not exceeding $30 million —
one site supervisor who is a resident engineer; or
one site supervisor who is a resident technical officer, if the building works are at the stage when they comprise ancillary works, external works or ancilliary and external works;
where the value of the large building works is more than $30 million but not exceeding $75 million —
2 site supervisors, one of whom must be a resident engineer and the other must be a resident technical officer;
one site supervisor who is a resident engineer, if —
the building works are at the stage when they comprise only piling and foundation works; or
the building works are at least 80% completed as measured by gross floor area; or
one site supervisor who is a resident technical officer, if the building works are at the stage when they comprise ancillary works, external works or ancilliary and external works;
where the value of the large building works is more than $75 million but not exceeding $150 million —
3 site supervisors, one of whom must be a resident engineer and the other 2 must each be a resident technical officer;
2 site supervisors, one of whom must be a resident engineer and the other must be a resident technical officer, if —
the building works are at the stage when they comprise only piling and foundation works; or
the building works are at least 80% completed as measured by gross floor area; or
one site supervisor who is a resident technical officer, if the building works are at the stage when they comprise ancillary works, external works or ancilliary and external works;
where the value of the large building works is more than $150 million —
5 site supervisors, 2 of whom must each be a resident engineer and the other 3 must each be a resident technical officer;
6 site supervisors, one of whom must be a resident engineer and the other 5 must each be a resident technical officer;
if the building works are at the stage when they comprise only piling and foundation works —
3 site supervisors, 2 of whom must each be a resident engineer and the other must be a resident technical officer; or
4 site supervisors, one of whom must be a resident engineer and the other 3 must each be a resident technical officer;
2 site supervisors, one of whom must be a resident engineer and the other must be a resident technical officer, if the building works are at least 80% completed as measured by gross floor area; or
one site supervisor who is a resident technical officer, if the building works are at the stage when they comprise ancillary works, external works or ancilliary and external works.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of section 10(3)(a) of the Act, no person shall be appointed as a site supervisor in respect of any building works unless he is a resident technical officer or a resident engineer.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of section 10(3)(b) of the Act, the Joint Accreditation Committee of the Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) and the Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore (ACES) is the organisation to which a person must be and remain accredited with in order to be appointed as a site supervisor in respect of any building works.
Subregulation 4
In this regulation —
Definition
“Building and Construction Authority Academy” has the same meaning as in the Building and Construction Authority (Registration of Construction Personnel) Regulations 2008 (G.N. No. S 642/2008);
Definition
“resident engineer” means any person who —
is a professional engineer in the civil or structural engineering discipline registered under the Professional Engineers Act 1991;
possesses a university degree or any other professional qualification recognised by the Professional Engineers Board for registration as a professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 1991 in the civil or structural engineering discipline;
possesses a postgraduate master’s degree or doctoral degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering from any university recognised by the Professional Engineers Board for registration as a professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act 1991;
is a Chartered Engineer registered by the Engineering Council United Kingdom in the Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering discipline;
possesses a university degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering from any university that is specified by the Commissioner of Building Control in the list that is —
obtainable from his office at the Building and Construction Authority, 52 Jurong Gateway Road #11-01, Singapore 608550; and
available in the Internet website of the Building and Construction Authority at https://www1.bca.gov.sg,and has at least one year of relevant postgraduate practical experience in design or construction of structural works as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control; or
possesses such other qualification and period of practical experience as the Commissioner of Building Control may determine, being a qualification and practical experience that is substantially equivalent to any qualification and practical experience referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e);
Definition
“resident technical officer” means any person who —
possesses a degree from any local university or a diploma from any local polytechnic in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering;
possesses a diploma in any construction-related field from any local polytechnic or the Building and Construction Authority Academy, and has at least one year of such relevant practical experience in full-time supervision of structural works in construction sites in Singapore as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control;
possesses a diploma or higher certificate from any foreign polytechnic in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering and has at least 2 years of such relevant practical experience in full-time supervision of structural works in construction sites as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control;
[Deleted by S 665/2013 wef 01/04/2014](e)possesses a degree from any foreign university in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering and has at least 2 years of such relevant practical experience in full-time supervision of structural works in construction sites as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control;
possesses a National Certificate on Construction Supervision (NCCS) from the Building and Construction Authority Academy and has at least one year of such relevant practical experience in full‑time supervision of structural works in construction sites in Singapore as may be acceptable to the Commissioner of Building Control; or
possesses such other qualification and period of post‑qualification practical experience in full-time supervision of structural works in construction sites as the Commissioner of Building Control may determine, being a qualification and practical experience that is substantially equivalent to any qualification and practical experience referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f).
Subregulation 5
For the purposes of paragraph (1), a reference to any ancillary works, external works or ancilliary and external works, as the case may be, includes a reference to any construction of any external cladding, safety barrier, covered walkway or detached single storey building.