Requirements For Changes To Approved Plans

If there are any material changes to the approved plans,approval must be obtained before carrying out the proposed amendment on site. The application procedure is similar to those for making an application for structural plan approval. Material changes are those changes that affect the key structural elements of the structure to such an extent as to require a re-design of the key structural elements.

Where the deviations involve immaterial changes, the qualified person for structural works can proceed with the changes on site without prior approval from the Commissioner of Building Control. However, he must summarise these deviations and incorporate them in the record structural plans subsequently. Immaterial changes are those changes that do not affect any key structural elements; or if they affect the key structural elements, the effects are localised in nature and do not require a re-design of the key structural elements.