321What is construction work?

321 What is construction work?

(1) In these Regulations, construction work means any work performed in connection with the construction, alteration, conversion, fitting out, commissioning, renovation, refurbishment, decommissioning, or demolition of any building or structure, or any similar activity.

(2) Without limiting subregulation (1), work referred to in that subregulation includes the following—

(a) installation, testing, maintenance and repair work performed in connection with the construction work;

(b) the removal from the workplace of any product or waste resulting from the demolition;

(c) the prefabrication or testing of elements
at a place specifically established for the construction project;

An example of a prefabricated element of a structure is a concrete panel.

(d) the assembly of prefabricated elements to form a building or structure or the disassembly of prefabricated elements, that, immediately before the disassembly, formed a building or structure;

(e) the installation, testing and maintenance of gas, water, sewerage, electricity or telecommunications services in or of any building or structure;

(f) any work in connection with any excavation, landscaping, preparatory work, or site preparation performed for the purpose of any work referred to in subregulation (1) or this subregulation;

(g) any work referred to in subregulation (1) performed under water, including work on buoys, obstructions to navigation, rafts, ships and wrecks.

(3) In these Regulations, construction work does not include the following—

(a) the assembly, disassembly, prefabrication or manufacture of fixed plant;

(b) the prefabrication of elements, other than
at a place specifically established for the construction project;

(c) routine or minor testing, maintenance or repair work performed in connection with a building or structure;

(d) the exploration for, or extraction of, minerals or stone.