Cultural Changes in Building Control

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Cultural Changes in Building Control
K.M.MO
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• Objective of building control
• Control of building works in
• existing building
• Vetting of new plans
• Prescriptive regulations

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The Building Law

• The Ordinance No. 5 of 1844

• The Buildings Nuisances Ordinance 1856

• 1989 the first Buildings Ordinance

• Public Health Buildings Ordinance 1903

• The Buildings Ordinance 1935

• The Buildings Ordinance 1955

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Major Amendments after 1955

• Plot ratio control 1962

• Geotechnical control 1980

• Facilities for persons with a disability
• energy conservation 1984 - 1995

• Performance standards for construction
• regulations 1990

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Objectives of the BO

• Safety and health

• Others ?

• Cater for the need of the society

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Control of AA works

• Sec. 14(1) 41(1) of BO

• Contractor

• Waiting time

• Cost

• Deficiency in control

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Proposals

• Minor works contractor

• Greater responsibilities via
• self-certification

• Audit check

• Suitable sanction

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The New Control System

• Prior approval and consent

• Works supervised by private
• practitioners

• Exempted works

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Vetting of New Bldg Plans

• Simplify vetting process

• Demonstrate compliance
• concept plans

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• Eliminate unnecessary calculations

• Long term goal checking by electronic
• means

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Prescriptive Regulations

• Provide certainty

• Inflexible

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Performance-based Reg.

• Flexible

• Difficulties uncertainty

• Deem-to-satisfy provision

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• The urgent question of our time is whether we
  can make change our friend and not our enemy.
• Bill Clinton