*Revamped & Revised to DfS Guidelines 2022* The regulatory requirement for Design-for-Safety (DfS) was enforced since August 2016. It requires stakeholders to work together to address foreseeable risks right from the conceptual design to the construction of the project. During the construction stage, the DfS review meetings will involve the design & supervision team from the Consultants and construction team from the Contractor. They will participate in reviewing safety and health risks relating to design and propose mitigation measures for implementation.

Design risk can be managed effectively by identifying the hazard and controlling the risk through Design for Safety (DfS) reviews during project development.Designing for safety should start at the early stage of a project whereby key stakeholders will review the design progressively to identify hazards on the building layout, materials used and construction methods etc. so as to enhance the safety of the project for construction as well as operation and maintenance.

Singapore Standard SS EN 1992-4:2021 and its corresponding National Annex (NA) have been published and will be adopted as the prescribed standard on the design of fastenings for use in concrete. It has been included in the list of acceptable design standards in the Approved Document by BCA. The objectives of this workshop are to raise awareness and understanding among the engineers of this new standard, share the insights on how the code evolved from European Technical Approval Guideline and Technical Reports, and highlight the importance of carrying out proof load test for post-installed anchors to verify the quality of installation.

The Workplace Safety and Health (Design for Safety) Regulations 2015 came into operation on 1st August 2016. Besides the employment of a Design for Safety Professional, other personnel such as architects, engineers, designers involve in various engineering professions in the project are also required to eliminate or mitigate all foreseeable design risks to as low as reasonably practicable to any person affected by the project under the Regulations.

The BCA Design and Engineering Safety Award was launched in May 2008 to give recognition to the Qualified Person for Structural Works [QP(ST)], QP(ST)s firm and the project team for ingenious design processes and solutions in overcoming project challenges to ensure safety in design, construction and maintenance of building and civil engineering projects locally.In this year award, we will recognise all projects which satisfy the assessment criteria as stated in the brochure with Terms and conditions.For more information, please refer to BCA website:https://www1.bca.gov.sg/buildsg/bca-awards/design-engineering-safety-award-desa

The CORENET X project was initiated in 2018 with the objective to leverage technologies such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) and automation to transform the regulatory approval process for building works.CORENET X will be a One-Stop Integrated Digital Shopfront, targeted to be rolled out from end 2023.To ensure our regulatory information can be captures and exported to IFC, a localized set of IFC data requirements was developed, called IFC-SG.Based on the IFC-SG Resource Kit developed by GovTech, the Regulatory Agencies, and BIM software developers, 1-day IFC-SG Training had rolled out for Revit users since Aug 2022.This webinar aims to share more info and details of the upcoming training for Tekla users.Industry Training details are available at https://go.gov.sg/cxtraining

Topic: A Practical Approach of Resolving Disputes on Variation, Payment Claims, including The Mediation Process for Professional EngineersSeminar Outline 1.Definition Of Variation Claims, and Its Legal Implications 2.Resolving Payment Claims, A Practical Approach and Its Outcome 3.Mediation Process and Resolving Construction Disputes 4.Case Studies and Discussions5.Question and Answers 6.Bringing Litigation and Arbitration claims for variation and payment claims