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Use by-laws to handle condo issues: BCA

Posted on 14 Aug 2009 | Comments Off on Use by-laws to handle condo issues: BCA

I REFER to last Thursday’s letter by Mr Henry Ng, ‘Update law to deal with recalcitrant condo residents’.

We wish to highlight that the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act provides a legal framework for the management and maintenance of strata properties such as condominiums. The Act, which spells out the duties and obligations of various stakeholders such as the subsidiary proprietor, management corporation, council members and managing agent, is aimed at facilitating self-regulation among these stakeholders who have interests in the well-being of the strata properties.

The Act prescribes a set of by-laws that every management corporation is required to adopt. To enable flexibility and autonomy in the running of strata properties, management corporations are also allowed to make additional by-laws to control and manage the use of common property and the strata lots in the development, and all subsidiary proprietors and occupiers are obliged to comply with these by-laws. Continue reading →

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Ceiling fans must be properly serviced, says BCA

Posted on 14 Aug 2009 | Comments Off on Ceiling fans must be properly serviced, says BCA

I REFER to Mr Raymund Koh’s Forum Online letter last Saturday, ‘Make regular checks on ceiling fans compulsory’.

The Building and Construction Authority regulates building safety by requiring building structures and key components to be designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements in the Building Control Act and Regulations. Structures are also required to be inspected periodically, every five years for non-residential buildings and 10 years for residential buildings, by professional engineers who are engaged by building owners.

This is to ensure that structural deterioration or defects can be detected and remedial action taken early; structural alterations have been approved and are properly carried out; and the building is not subject to usage it is not designed for.

For fittings and fixtures within units in a building – such as ceiling fans, chandeliers and lamps – owners or occupiers should ensure they are Continue reading →

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