Singapore legislation

Regulation 64

of Workplace Safety and Health (Construction) Regulations 2007

Regulation 64

Duties of professional engineer on formwork structure

Subregulation 1

It shall be the duty of a professional engineer who designs a formwork structure referred to in regulation 63(1) for use in a worksite to —

(a)

take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures to ensure that his design can be executed safely by any person who constructs or uses the formwork structure according to his design; and

(b)

provide to any person who is constructing or who is to construct the formwork structure all design documentation (including all relevant calculations, drawings and construction procedures) as is necessary to facilitate the proper construction of the formwork structure according to his design.

Subregulation 2

It shall be the duty of —

(a)

the professional engineer who designs a formwork structure referred to in regulation 63(1) for use in a worksite; or

(b)

any other professional engineer who is appointed by the occupier of a worksite to oversee the construction of a formwork structure referred to in regulation 63(1) for use in the worksite,to take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures as are necessary to ensure that the formwork structure —

(i)

is constructed in accordance with the design of the professional engineer who designed it; and

(ii)

is safe for its intended use when completely constructed and if so, issue a certificate stating that the formwork structure is safe for its intended use.