HKIE Professional Assessment - Building Discipline flashcards
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- Building Authority
- The Director of Buildings, the statutory officer who approves building plans, issues occupation permits, and enforces the Buildings Ordinance by serving orders and directing removal of dangerous or unauthorized works.
- Occupation Permit
- A permit issued under section 21 of the Buildings Ordinance certifying that a building or part is fit for occupation; occupying without it is an offence.
- Temporary Occupation Permit
- A permit allowing partial occupation of a building before full completion, granted with conditions and a stated expiry date, after which occupation must cease unless extended.
- Authorized Person
- A person registered under the Buildings Ordinance to prepare and submit building plans, coordinate submissions, and supervise building works as the statutory agent of the building owner.
- Registered Structural Engineer
- An engineer registered to design and certify structural elements, submit structural plans, and supervise structural works, with duties distinct from those of the Authorized Person.
- Minor Works Control System
- A regime allowing designated small-scale building works to proceed under simplified procedures, classified into three classes by scale and risk, with supervision requirements varying by class.
- Site Supervision Plan
- A plan required for designated works setting out supervision levels, personnel, inspection frequency and reporting lines, forming the basis for statutory site supervision by the contractor and professionals.
- Unauthorized building works
- Works carried out without the required approval or consent, or contrary to approved plans; the Building Authority may serve removal or rectification orders enforceable against the owner and registered against the land.
- Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme
- A statutory scheme requiring owners of buildings aged 30 years or more, when served with a notice, to appoint a registered inspector to inspect and certify building safety.
- Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance
- Cap. 572, which requires pre-1987 composite and domestic buildings to provide specified fire safety measures and to comply with fire safety directions issued by the authorities.
- Building Energy Code
- A code under the Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance setting minimum energy efficiency standards for building services installations, lighting, and building envelope in prescribed buildings.
- Registered Contractor
- An entity registered under the Buildings Ordinance to carry out building or specialist works within its registered category, subject to supervision and notification requirements.
- Plan approval period
- The period within which the Building Authority must approve or refuse plans submitted under section 14, during which requests for further information suspend the running of that period.
- Prescribed building professional
- A registered professional designated under the Minor Works Control System to certify or supervise specified minor works without full plan approval, depending on the class of works.
- Dangerous building order
- A statutory notice requiring an owner to investigate and remedy a building or part that is dangerous or liable to become dangerous, with failure to comply constituting an offence.
- Certificate of compliance
- A document confirming that prescribed building services installations meet the applicable energy efficiency standards, required under the Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance framework.