Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
of Street Works (Street Works by Private Persons) Regulations
Regulation 16
Construction to be under charge of qualified professional engineer
Subregulation 1
The construction of any street shall be supervised by a qualified professional engineer.
Subregulation 2
The qualified professional engineer shall ensure that the street works are carried out in accordance with the approved street plan and the specifications.
Subregulation 3
Before work is carried out, the qualified professional engineer supervising the construction of a new street shall check with the relevant authorities the locations of their electric cables, water mains and other installations and he shall take every precaution to protect them and shall be fully responsible for any damage to any of the electric cables, water mains and other installations caused by or arising out of the street works.
Subregulation 3A
The qualified professional engineer shall ensure that all utilities are laid before the footpaths are constructed and before the roads are premixed.
Subregulation 3B
The qualified professional engineer shall, immediately after the completion of the construction of the street, submit the following documents relating to the construction to the Authority:
a certificate of supervision in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule;
where the copy of the layout plan submitted under regulation 5(1)(a) or (2)(a) shows that the development to which the layout plan relates is affected by road safeguarding, a copy of the approved assurance plan approved by the Chief Surveyor under section 15 of the Boundaries and Survey Maps Act 1998; and
a set of as-constructed survey plans certified by a qualified land surveyor and survey data verified by a qualified land surveyor stored in diskettes with a digital format acceptable to the Authority.
Subregulation 4
The qualified professional engineer supervising any street works shall be liable for any damage caused to any existing street, drain or Government property.
Subregulation 5
The Authority or any person authorised by it may, from time to time, check on any street works.
Subregulation 6
If any part of the street is not constructed in accordance with the approved street plan or the specifications, the Authority may, in its discretion, order such part to be demolished or order the performance of such tests as it may consider necessary for verifying the quality of the work.
Subregulation 7
The cost of any demolition or tests carried out under paragraph (6) shall be borne by the person constructing the street or be deducted from the deposit made under section 20 of the Act.