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- An Overview -
Commencement
Enacted - 10 July 2015
Enforced 1 Aug 2016
Presentation Scope
3
Impetus for DfS
Impetus to Mandate DfS
Shifting the WSH Intervention Upstream
Objective
Key Features
Competency
Stakeholders
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Citation and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Application
PART 2 - DUTIES OF DEVELOPER
4. Design of structure for safety and health of affected persons
5. Developers duties in respect of designers and contractors
6. Design-for-safety review meeting
7. Design-for-safety register
8. Delegation of developers duties
PART 3 - DUTIES OF DESIGNER AND CONTRACTOR
9. Duties of designer
10. Duties of contractor
PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS
11. Duty of registered proprietors and subsidiary management corporations
12. Offences
WSH (Design for Safety) Regulations
Apply to
i.e. structures covered in (a) which will undergo modification in future, e.g. extension of bldg
Note:
(a) Refer to the Planning Act on definition of development on what is included or excluded under
development
(a) which are not in the course of business (e.g. home owner building his own residence)
(b) where the developer has appointed a designer before 1 August 2016.
WSH (Design for Safety) Regulations
Eliminate or Reduce
DEVELOPERS Design Risk
1) Design risks
DESIGN
RISK
2) Competency
design risk - anything that is provided or omitted in the design of a structure that increases
the likelihood of a person being injured when constructing, working at or demolishing
the structure;
Example (omission)
Part of the structure where maintenance need to be carried out have open sides and no barrier,
wall or guard-rail is designed for to prevent person from falling when it is reasonably practicable
to do so.
WSH (Design for Safety) Regulations
DEVELOPERS
1) Design risks
DEVELOPERS
1) Design risks
2) Competency
Allocate sufficient time and
3) Time & resources resources
4) Information
Project is planned and managed to ensure
5) DfS Review
Meetings designers and contractors appointed have
sufficient time and resources to perform their
6) DfS Register
duties.
WSH (Design for Safety) Regulations
DEVELOPERS
1) Design risks
DEVELOPERS
DEVELOPER DESIGNER
DfS
1) Design risks REVIEW
MEETINGS
2) Competency MAIN
CONTRACTOR CONTRACTOR
3) Time & resources
4) Information
DEVELOPERS
DfS
1) Design risks Register
2) Competency
DEVELOPERS
Maintenance Strategy Report
1) Design risks
DfS
Register
2) Competency
4) Information
5) DfS Review
Meetings
6) DfS Register
WSH (Design for Safety) Regulations
6) DfS Register
1) Design Plan
RISK
2) Competency
3) Information
as far as it is reasonably practicable, design plan must
eliminates foreseeable design risks
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WSH (Design for Safety) Regulations
DESIGNERS
1) Design Plan
3) Information
DESIGNERS
1) Design Plan
CONTRACTORS
1) Competency
Hire competent
2) Information personnel
CONTRACTORS
1) Competency
OWNER
DfS
When structure or building is disposed/sold to new owner Register
Current owner
inform new owner of the nature and purpose of the DfS register.
New owner
5) DfS Review
OWNER
Meetings DfS PROFESSIONAL
DfS register
6) DfS Register
1) DfS review
meetings available for inspection
2) DfS Register
give to new owner
3) Information to
developer
DfS Video