Singapore legislation
Regulation 30
Regulation 30
Protective hoardings
Subregulation 1
Where —
any builder appointed under section 8(1) of the Act intends to —
erect or demolish any building;
alter or repair an outer part of any building;
carry out any foundation works or basement excavation including any temporary retaining works; or
carry out any site formation works; and
such works are likely to cause obstruction or inconvenience to or endanger members of the public,the builder shall, before commencing such works, erect or cause to be erected protective hoardings or other similar temporary structures of solid and robust construction to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Building Control in order to separate the building or the entire site where such works are intended to be carried out from a street, footway or any adjoining or adjacent property.
Subregulation 2
Where the building under construction, demolition, alteration or repair is more than one storey in height and abuts or is near a street or other buildings, the builder shall provide catch platforms, safety nettings and other measures for the safety of the public.
Subregulation 3
The builder must, in relation to —
the protective hoardings and other similar temporary structures mentioned in paragraph (1); and (b)the catch platforms, safety nettings and other measures for the safety of the public mentioned in paragraph (2),comply with regulation 20 of the Building Control (Temporary Buildings) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 807/2018).
Subregulation 4
The builder must, within such time as may be specified by the Commissioner of Building Control, take such steps, precautions or safety measures as required by the Commissioner of Building Control in relation to a protective structure and must do so to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Building Control.
Subregulation 5
On completion of the building works, the builder must remove or cause to be removed all protective structures erected for the building works, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Building Control.
Subregulation 6
In this regulation, “protective structure” means a protective hoarding (and footways, if any) or other similar temporary structure mentioned in paragraph (1) or a catch platform, safety netting and other safety measure mentioned in paragraph (2).