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The new system of mandatory structural surveys for buildings in Singapore – Strategic maintenance planning opportunities and practical issues

Malcolm Thomas (Teaching Fellow within the School of Building and Estate Management of the National University of Singapore)

Structural Survey

ISSN: 0263-080X

Article publication date: 1 March 1990

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Abstract

Describes the 1989 Building Control Act in Singapore, which requires most building owners to commission periodic structural inspections, offering opportunities for establishing a sound basis for national corporate whole‐life property asset management. Outlines the background to this legislation and its main provisions, and suggests how the survey process and data which will be available could benefit the government policy‐makers and individual owners in formulating and implementing planned maintenance strategies for Singapore′s largely new‐built stock.

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Thomas, M. (1990), "The new system of mandatory structural surveys for buildings in Singapore – Strategic maintenance planning opportunities and practical issues", Structural Survey, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 303-322. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000003227

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1990, MCB UP Limited

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