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                                                                                                                    Legal Aspects of Design for Safety in Buildings & Structures (Rerun5)

 

WSH (Design for Safety) Regulations (DfS) which comes into effect on 1 August 2016 covers projects undertaken by a developer in the course of business that involves development with construction work with contract value $10M and above.

Owners, Developers, Engineers, Designers & Contractors (parties involved in such building, structure & construction projects) will have to comply with these safety rules since under DfS, they will have to incorporate safety features into design plans to protect workers who build and maintain the projects.

It is therefore crucial for PEs, Engineers, Developers, Owners of Projects, Technical Professionals & Contractors and other stakeholders to understand the framework and process in Design for Safety in Buildings & Structures and to familiarise with the guidelines to review the design for safety & health risks, their legal duties and possible liabilities, which this course will discuss.

 

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Date Scheduled

19 September 2018 (Wednesday)

Time

8.30 am - 6.00 pm

Venue

Hotel Grand Pacific
101 Victoria Street Singapore 188018

Registration Fee

$390 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-breaks, course materials & certificate of attendance; GST not applicable)

Early Bird Registration (Register and pay on or before 12 September  2018)

$340 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-breaks, course materials & certificate of attendance; GST not applicable)

 This is a new course

                                                                                                                                Qualified by the PE Board for 8  PDUs
                                                                                   Qualified by Singapore Institution of Safety Officers for 8 Safety Development Units (SDUs)

                                                                                   Qualified by Institution of Engineers for 2 Supervision Training Units (Safety)

 

For whom:

Professional Engineers, Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Technical Professionals, Employers, Business Owners, Directors, Consultants, General Managers, Senior Managers, Project Managers, Contractors, Corporate Officers and Management & Executive Staff of Corporations and Businesses

**Note: For all disciplines of engineering

 

Objectives:

To share with participants the framework and process in Design for Safety in Buildings & Structures, the guidelines to review the design for safety & health risks, their legal duties and possible liabilities under Design for Safety Regulations and suggest pointers on carrying out their duties to minimise possible legal liabilities.

 

Course Outline:

1      Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSH) and WSH (DfS) Regulations, the difference and how they are related.’

2      Why the need to introduce DfS rules.

 

3      Projects and Developments that are covered by the DfS Regulations

4      The key provisions of DfS Regulations

 

5      Duties of the Developer include eliminating design risks, ensuring competency of designers & contractors engaged

  and that they have sufficient time & resources to perform their duties, providing relevant information to them,

  convening DfS review meetings and setting up DfS register.

 

6      Who are the appointed designers & what are their duties?

 

7      Duties of the Contractor include hiring competent designers & subcontractors and  providing all relevant information

  to the designers & subcontractors appointed by the Contractor.

 

8      Duties of Current Owner when disposing or selling Structure or Building to New Owner  as well as duties of New Owner and duties

  of Subsidiary Management Corporation in the case of sub-divided buildings.

 

9      A brief overview of relevant criminal law

 

10    Offences & criminal liabilities of all duty holders under the DfS regulations

 

11     An outline of other possible legal liabilities of duty holders

 

12    Pointers to contain or reduce possible legal liabilities such as using the GUIDE process,etc

13    Questions & Answers

 

 


Trainer’s CV:

Mr.Lee Kwok Weng, B.Eng. (Mech.)(S'pore), M.Sc.(Ind.Eng)(NUS), DipBA(NUS), GradDip Mktg.(MIS), LLB(Hons)(Bucks), LLM(Lond), Barrister-at-Law, Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore, Accredited Arbitrator & Mediator, MMIS, FIES, Honorary Legal Advisor, IES & SISO, is currently in private legal practice, running his own law firm.

 

A well sought after speaker & trainer, Mr. Lee teaches law & related subjects in a number of tertiary institutions. He has been for many years an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Admin, National University of Singapore, teaching Business Law in the MBA programme as well as a part-time lecturer in NTU & BCA Academy. He specialises in Business Contracts, Negligence, Safety, Environmental, Information Technology and Engineering, Construction & Building Laws. He is a very experienced lecturer and trainer and is well-versed in the technical field, marketing and management practice too.

 

Mr. Lee brings with him considerable experience as a Negotiator in negotiating commercial and business dealings as well as a Mediator having mediated in many commercial disputes. He also brings with him vast industrial project and business development management experience, having worked as a project engineer with the Singapore Government Ministry and project manager in a leading Multi-national engineering and construction corporation serving the oil and gas industries onshore and offshore.