Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
of Building Control (Licensing of Builders) Regulations 2008
Regulation 17
Definitions of this Part
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —[Deleted by S 416/2024 wef 15/06/2024](2) Any reference in this Part to a class of registered construction personnel shall be a reference to the class in which the construction personnel is registered by the Authority under the Building and Construction Authority (Registration of Construction Personnel) Regulations 2008 (G.N. No. S 642/2008).
Definition
“air-conditioning ducting installation” means the installation of air-conditioning ducting or any associated fittings, including thermal insulation, for the purposes of the cooling and mechanical ventilation of a building;
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“cladding and curtain wall installation” means the installation of any external cladding or curtain wall, or any associated fittings, as the exterior covering or exterior wall of a building;
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“construction personnel” has the same meaning as in section 29H(5) of the Act;
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“construction plant operation works” means operating any of the following plant or machinery:
a saddle jib tower crane;
a luffing jib tower crane;
a mobile crane (truck mounted);
a crawler crane;
a hydraulic excavator;
a telescopic handler;
bulldozer;
a track shovel;
an excavator loader;
a piling rig;
an underground pipe jacking machine;
a tunnel boring machine;
an asphalt concrete paver;
a crawler drill;
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“doors and windows installation” means the installation of any door, window panel or frame, or any associated fittings, for building works;
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“drywall installation” means the on-site fabrication, installation or erection of any drywall panel or any associated fittings in the interior of a building;
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“electrical works” means installing any wiring, cable, conduit, trunking, isolators, switch socket outlets, power switches or any other fittings for transmission of electricity for lighting, heating, cooling or other similar purposes in a building;
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“fire protection works” has the same meaning as in the Fire Safety Act 1993;
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“gas pipefitting works” means the installation of any gas service pipe, pipe fitting, conveyance, valve, regulator or any associated device used or to be used for the control and use of gas in a building;
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“glazing works” means the installation of glass or any associated fittings in a building;
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“joinery works” means the on-site fabrication of fitments, fittings or any related carpentry works for the installation of timber furniture to the interior wall, floor or any other part of a building;
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“lift installation” means installation of any lift;
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“man-year” means a period worked by a construction foreman or construction supervisor, as the case may be, comprising 260 working days;
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“mechanical and electrical works” —
means any work performed or carried out to install any mechanical or electrical installation; and
includes the installing, constructing, erecting, repairing or the altering of the mechanical or electrical installation or the replacing of any part thereof or the adding of any part thereto or the carrying out of any work thereon for the maintenance thereof of such installation; but(c)does not include work in relation to the manufacturing of such installation;
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“plumbing and piping works” means installing any liquid, water or sanitary piping, or any associated fittings, including thermal insulation, for the conveyance of liquid, potable water distribution, or soil or waste water disposal in a building;
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“rapid transit system” has the same meaning as in the Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995;
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“reinforced concrete works” means the on-site fabrication, installation or erection of formwork and steel reinforcement for reinforced concrete work, including —
fabrication (both on-site or off-site) of pre-cast concrete components; and
installation of pre-cast concrete components;
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“structural steel works” means the on-site fabrication, fitting, welding and erection of steel members or components to form an integral part of any structural system of a building;
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“suspended ceiling installation” means the installation of any false ceiling, ceiling board, panel, tile or frame, or any associated fittings, that is hung from the soffit of structural elements of a building;
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“tiling, stone laying and floor finishing works” means the laying of tiles, marble or stone finishes to any interior or exterior wall or any floor of a building, or timber finishes to any interior or exterior floor of a building;
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“waterproofing works” means applying or laying of material to waterproof any basement, foundation, roof, wet area or wall in the interior or on the exterior of a building.