Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
Regulation 17
One-storey workers’ quarters or site offices, etc.
Subregulation 1
Any person who erects, or causes or permits the erection of, any one-storey workers’ quarters must ensure that the workers’ quarters comply with the following:
the headroom must not be less than 2,000 mm;
every room in the workers’ quarters must be provided with —
windows or openings, with an aggregate area of not less than 5% of the floor area of the room, for natural ventilation; or
a mechanical ventilation system or an air‑conditioning system with ventilation rates that comply with Singapore Standard 553 — Code of Practice for Air‑Conditioning and Mechanical Ventilation in Building;
a lightning protection system must be installed in accordance with Singapore Standard 555 — Code of Practice for Protection against Lightning.
Subregulation 2
Any person who erects, causes or permits the erection of, any one-storey site office must ensure that the site office complies with the following:
the headroom must not be less than 2,000 mm;
every room in the site office must be provided with —
windows or openings, with an aggregate area of not less than 5% of the floor area of the room, for natural ventilation; or
a mechanical ventilation system or an air‑conditioning system with ventilation rates that comply with Singapore Standard 553 — Code of Practice for Air‑Conditioning and Mechanical Ventilation in Buildings;
a lightning protection system must be installed in accordance with Singapore Standard 555 — Code of Practice for Protection against Lightning.
Subregulation 3
A person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
Subregulation 4
In this regulation —
Definition
“one-storey site office” means a temporary building for use as a site office required in connection with building works for a permanent building;
Definition
“one-storey workers’ quarters” means a temporary building for use as workers’ quarters required in connection with building works for a permanent building.