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[1st January 2001]

Arrangement of Provisions

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1 Citation
2 Definitions
3 Application
4 Minimum buildability score
5 Submission of buildability score
6 Submission of structural buildability score
7 Departure and deviation from approved plans
8 Submission of as-built buildability score
9 Penalty

[1st January 2001]

Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building Control (Buildable Design) Regulations.

Definitions
2. In these Regulations —

"buildability" means the extent to which the design of a building facilitates ease of construction;

"buildability score" means the score for buildability computed in accordance with the Buildable Design Appraisal System as set out in the Code of Practice;

"building plans" means the building plans referred to in regulation 4 (1) (a) (i) of the Building Control Regulations 2003 (G. N. No. S 666/2003);

"Code of Practice" means the Code of Practice on Buildable Design issued by the Building and Construction Authority;

"detailed structural plans" means the detailed structural plans referred to in regulation 4 (1) (a) (ii) of the Building Control Regulations 2003;

“gross floor area” has the same meaning as “floor area” in the Planning (Development Charges) Rules (Cap. 232, R 5).

Application
3. —(1)   Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations shall apply to any building works in respect of which an application for planning permission is submitted to the competent authority under the Planning Act (Cap. 232) on or after 1st January 2001 and which involve —

(a) if the application is submitted before 1st January 2004, a gross floor area of 5,000 square metres or more; or

(b) if the application is submitted on or after 1st January 2004, a gross floor area of 2,000 square metres or more.

(2)   These Regulations shall not apply to building works consisting of repairs, alterations or additions to an existing building (whether carried out within or outside the existing building) unless —

(a) in the case of building works for which an application for planning permission is submitted on or after 1st January 2001 but before 1st January 2004, the building works involve increasing the gross floor area of the existing building by 5,000 square metres or more;

(b) in the case of building works for which an application for planning permission is submitted on or after 1st January 2004 but before 1st September 2005, the building works involve increasing the gross floor area of the existing building by 2,000 square metres or more; and

(c) in the case of building works for which an application for planning permission is submitted on or after 1st September 2005 —

(i) the gross floor area of the existing floor to be reconstructed;

(ii) the increase in the gross floor area of the existing building that will result from the building works; or

(iii) the sum of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii),

is 2,000 square metres or more.

(3) These Regulations shall also not apply to any building works relating to —

(a) any culvert, bridge, underpass, tunnel, earth retaining or stabilising structure, slipway, dock, wharf or jetty;

(b) any theme park;

(c) any place of worship;

(d) any power station; or

(e) any waste processing or treatment plant.

Minimum buildability score
4. Any person who wishes to commence or carry out, or permit or authorise the commencement or carrying out of, any building works to which these Regulations apply, and every qualified person appointed in respect of the building works under section 6 (3) (a) of the Act, shall ensure that the building works are designed to comply and are carried out in accordance with —

(a) the minimum buildability score for the relevant category of building works as set out according to type of use in the Code of Practice and, in the case of building works consisting of mixed categories of building works, the sum of the minimum buildability scores for each of the categories pro-rated in proportion to the percentage of gross floor area used for that category; and

(b) the minimum buildability score for the relevant type of building works as set out in the Code of Practice and, in the case of building works consisting of repairs, alterations or additions to an existing building which are carried out both within and outside the existing building, the sum of the minimum buildability scores for each type of building works pro-rated in proportion to the percentage of gross floor area involved for that type of building works.

Submission of buildability score
5. —(1) Any person for whom any proposed building works are to be commenced or carried out shall, at the time of the application for approval of building plans under section 6 (1) of the Act, submit the buildability score to the Commissioner of Building Control.

(2) The submission of the buildability score referred to in paragraph (1) shall —

(a) bear an endorsement by all qualified persons appointed under section 6 (3) (a) of the Act in respect of the building works that the building works are designed to comply with the prescribed minimum buildability score; and

(b) be accompanied by such documents as the Commissioner of Building Control may determine.

Submission of structural buildability score
6. —(1) In addition to the requirements in regulation 5, if an application for approval of detailed structural plans of any proposed building works under section 6 (1) of the Act is made before an application for approval of the building plans, then the person making the application shall, at the time of application for approval of detailed structural plans of the building works, submit the buildability score relating to the structural elements of the building works (referred to in this regulation as the structural buildability score) to the Commissioner of Building Control.

(2) The submission of the structural buildability score referred to in paragraph (1) shall —

(a) bear an endorsement by all qualified persons appointed under section 6 (3) (a) of the Act in respect of the building works as to the structural buildability score of the building works; and

(b) be accompanied by such documents as the Commissioner of Building Control may determine.

Departure and deviation from approved plans
7. Any person who wishes to depart or deviate from any plan of building works approved by the Commissioner of Building Control under section 6 (2) (a) of the Act shall ensure that the departure or deviation is designed to comply, and is carried out in accordance, with the minimum buildability score as required under regulation 4.

Submission of as-built buildability score
8. —(1) On completion of the building works, the person for whom the building works were carried out shall, within one month of obtaining a temporary occupation permit and in any case before obtaining a certificate of statutory completion, submit the buildability score of the building works as completed (referred to in this regulation as the as-built buildability score) to the Commissioner of Building Control.

(2) The submission of the as-built buildability score referred to in paragraph (1) shall —

(a) bear an endorsement by all qualified persons appointed under section 6 (3) (a) of the Act in respect of the building works as to the as-built buildability score of the building works; and

(b) be accompanied by such documents as the Commissioner of Building Control may determine.

Penalty
9. Any person who contravenes regulation 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

[G.N. No.S564/2000]