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Requirements on Site Supervisors

Type of site supervision required

Immediate supervision of structural works in small-scale building works

Value of building works	Site supervisor
Up to $7.5 million	Appropriate Qualified Person (QP) or resident engineer or resident technical officer

Full-time supervision of structural works in large building works

Value of building works	At all stages of a project except for stages (A), (B) and (C)	Stage (A) During piling and foundation works	Stage (B) After 80% completion of building works	Stage (C) During ancillary and external works^#
More than $7.5 million but not exceeding $15 million	1 RTO	1 RTO	1 RTO	1 RTO
More than $15 million but not exceeding $30 million	1 RE	1 RE	1 RE	1 RTO
More than $30 million but not exceeding $75 million	1 RE + 1 RTO	1 RE	1 RE	1 RTO
More than $75 million but not exceeding $150 million	1 RE + 2 RTO	1 RE + 1 RTO	1 RE + 1 RTO	1 RTO
More than $150 million	2 RE + 3 RTO or 1 RE + 5 RTO	2 RE + 1 RTO or 1 RE + 3 RTO	1 RE + 1 RTO	1 RTO

Note

"Value of building works" means:

for any underground building works, the total cost to be expended in carrying out those building works estimated at the time of application.
for other building works, the total cost to be expended in carrying out the building works (including the foundations, basements, structural frame, finishes and the installation of building services) estimated at the time of application.

RTO means "Resident Technical Officer"
RE means "Resident Engineer"
# includes construction of any external cladding, safety barrier, covered walkway or detached single storey building.