Ingenieur Vol.72 ingenieur October 2017-FA3 | Page 71

M ALAY S I A BOARD OF ENGINEERS MALAYSIA CIRCULAR NO. 004 SUPERVISION OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS In exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 4(1)(f) of the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 [Act 138], the Board of Engineers Malaysia hereby determines the following: 1. Street Drainage and Building Act 1974 (Act 133) requires plans pertaining to engineering works to be submitted by qualified person. The ‘qualified person’ means any Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate registered under Section 8 of the Registration of Engineers Act 1967 in the appropriate engineering discipline. 2. Act 133 only allows qualified person to supervise and certify completion of construction of engineering aspects of building works. No erection or continuation of erection of building works shall take place unless that qualified person or any person duly authorised by him undertakes the supervision of the works. This means that the submitting person shall supervise the construction works. 3. A submitting person shall not certify completion of construction works unless he or any person duly authorised by him has carried out supervision. Where another engineer takes over the works of the previous engineer, he shall ensure all works are done properly before certifying completion of construction. [326 th Board Meeting / 25 th May 2017] DATO’ SRI Ir. Dr. ROSLAN BIN MD. TAHA President BOARD OF ENGINEERS MALAYSIA 69