Proposed Enhancements to Regulatory Regime for Supervision of Structural Works and Certification for Lifts and Escalators

Building and Construction Authority

Consultation Period: 20 Aug 2024 - 20 Oct 2024

Status: Closed

Detailed Description

1. The Building and Construction Authority is inviting feedback on the proposed enhancements to the regulatory regime for supervision of structural works and certification for lifts and escalators (“L&E”). 

Background

2. The current Building Control regime requires the appointment of individual professionals to carry out supervision of structural works and certification for L&E. The supervising Qualified Person (“QP”) and/or Site Supervisors appointed to supervise structural works and the Specialist Professional Engineer (“SPE”) appointed to carry out certification for L&E are legally responsible for ensuring that the works are carried out in compliance with regulatory requirements.

3. With modern construction and L&E technologies, structural works and L&E have become increasingly complex. Supervision of increasingly complex structural works and certification of increasingly complex L&E require specialised competencies and resources to facilitate collaboration between multiple professionals. However, it is almost impossible for an individual professional to possess the required range of specialised inter-disciplinary competencies and to have the resources to coordinate works among multiple parties, in order to properly supervise the larger structural works and certify newer L&E.

4. To ensure that the appointed individual professionals have access to the full range of competencies and operate in an organisational structure that supports effective coordination, BCA is proposing to enhance current regulatory requirements to require the appointment of (i) a BCA-licensed firm and (ii) individual professionals who are employees of the BCA-licensed firms for supervision of more complex structural works and certification for more complex L&E. 

Public Consultation Paper

5. Please refer to the public consultation paper for details of the proposed enhancements. The paper can be accessed at the bottom of this page. 

Invitation to Provide Feedback

6. Members of public are invited to submit your feedback by 20 October 2024 through post or FormSG. We request that you identify yourself as well as the organisation you represent (if any) when sending in your comments. 

• By Post to:
  Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Group
  Building and Construction Authority
  52 Jurong Gateway Road
  #10-01 Singapore 608550

• By FormSG using the following button / link:

7. Your feedback is important to us. However, we seek your understanding that we will not be able to individually acknowledge or address every comment. Please also note that the proposed changes to regulatory requirements are released solely for the purpose of public consultation and may be subject to further changes.

8. Thank you.

Public Consultation Paper for Firm-Based Proposal v2 [PDF, 344 KB]