The Building Owner should engage the FSE on the onset of building project involving performance-based works, at the conceptual design stage, and not as a remedial solution to resolve deadlocks in the approval process.                                                                         

The Peer Reviewer is another FSE, engaged by the building developer/owner, who is responsible to check the adequacy of the performance-based solution prepared by the FSE. The Peer Reviewer is required to submit an official report, i.e., Peer Reviewer's Report (PRR) to SCDF detailing his comments on the FSE's work. The Peer Reviewer shall have no vested interest in the project that is being reviewed, or any involvement thereof which may be construed as a conflict of interest. Any dispute or difference in opinion (e.g. technical approaches, acceptance criteria, etc.) arising between the FSE and Peer Reviewer should be discussed and resolved between the FSE and Peer Reviewer. In the event that a common resolution cannot be reached, the concerns must be brought to SCDF for resolution.                                                                           

For projects containing performance-based (PB) design, the areas under the performance-based assessment must be inspected by a SCDF registered RI, who must also be an FSE. His/her scope of work involves the checking of on-site installation of fire safety engineering works for compliance with the approved Performance-Based (PB) plans, Fire Engineering Report and Operations & Maintenance Manual and to surface irregularities to SCDF. As such, performance-based projects would require RI (FSE), RI (Arch) and RI (M&E).

If the RI (Arch) is also an FSE, he/she can be responsible for both the fire safety works listed in Part I of the First Schedule of the Fire Safety (Registered Inspector) Regulations and the performance-based works of the project. If the RI (M&E) is also an FSE, he/she can be responsible for both the fire safety works listed in Part II of the First Schedule of the Fire Safety (Registered Inspector) Regulations and the performance-based works of the project.

This information is sourced from SCDF.