Welcome Message from the Director of Buildings
Welcome to the Buildings Department website!
The Buildings Department is committed to promoting building safety; setting and enforcing safety, health and environmental standards for private buildings; as well as improving the quality of building development.
For new building developments, we collaborate closely with the building professionals in the plan approval and construction process and conduct audit checks to ensure compliance with building standards. To enhance efficiency, we have launched the Electronic Submission Hub and have been developing a series of Building Information Modelling (BIM) automated checking tools to facilitate the preparation and processing of digital plan submissions in BIM format. Additionally, we provide incentives to promote the construction of environmentally friendly and sustainable buildings, as well as the use of Modular Integrated Construction.
For existing buildings, we strive to take rigorous enforcement action against dangerous and newly erected unauthorised building works, dangerous buildings and slopes, defective drains and signboards. With the development of technology, we utilise drones and leverage artificial intelligence to identify external wall defects. We promote timely maintenance of buildings through the implementation of Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme and Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme. We also administer a building safety loan scheme to help those in need.
We conduct regular reviews of our regulations and standards to keep the building control system in tandem with the advancement in technology as well as the practice and needs of the industry and public aspiration.
I hope you will find our website informative and useful. Your suggestions and comments are most welcome.
Enjoy your surfing!
Mr HO Chun-hung, JP
Director of Buildings