Singapore legislation
Regulation 19
Regulation 19
Protective structures required for temporary building works
Subregulation 1
Where —
any builder intends to —
erect or demolish any temporary building; or
alter or repair an outer part of any temporary building; and
such works are likely to cause obstruction or inconvenience to or endanger members of the public,the builder must, 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 temporary 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 temporary 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 must provide catch platforms, safety nettings and other measures for the safety of the public.
Subregulation 3
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 4
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 5
A person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence.
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).