Singapore legislation
Regulation 37
Regulation 37
Instrumentation and monitoring results
Subregulation 1
Where required, the supervising qualified person appointed in respect of any building works shall provide to the Commissioner of Building Control the results of any instrumentation monitoring carried out on the site of the building works.
Subregulation 2
The supervising qualified person appointed in respect of any building works shall —
regularly inspect all instrumentation for monitoring, including any settlement or movement or deformation of the ground in relation to which the building works are carried out and the structure of adjacent properties and analyse the results thereof; and
report periodically to the Commissioner of Building Control the instrumentation monitoring results.
Subregulation 3
When any ground movement exceeds the allowable limits, the supervising qualified person appointed in respect of any building works and the builder of those building works shall notify the Commissioner of Building Control as soon as practicable regarding such movement.
Subregulation 4
A builder of any building works shall —
where applicable, provide or cause to be provided protective measures for the structures of adjacent properties so that their safe condition is maintained at all times as long as the excavations continue;
put in place protective measures to prevent damage to the instrumentation for monitoring referred to in paragraph (2); (c)notify the supervising qualified person appointed in respect of the building works of any such instrumentation that is damaged as soon as practicable; and
replace or cause to be replaced any such instrumentation that is damaged or malfunctioning in a timely manner.