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Chapter 513 Avoidance of Damage To Third Party Property Regulations, 2013

This document outlines regulations for construction works involving third party properties in order to avoid damage. It states that developers must submit documents including insurance coverage, a bank guarantee, a method statement, and condition reports of neighboring properties at least 8 weeks before starting work. The regulations apply to excavation or demolition near other structures. The site manager is responsible for adhering to the regulations, or the developer if no manager is named. Insurance must cover at least 500,000 euro and exemptions from bank guarantees are possible with sufficient alternate insurance. Some minor works are exempt from method statements and insurance documents.

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Chapter 513 Avoidance of Damage To Third Party Property Regulations, 2013

This document outlines regulations for construction works involving third party properties in order to avoid damage. It states that developers must submit documents including insurance coverage, a bank guarantee, a method statement, and condition reports of neighboring properties at least 8 weeks before starting work. The regulations apply to excavation or demolition near other structures. The site manager is responsible for adhering to the regulations, or the developer if no manager is named. Insurance must cover at least 500,000 euro and exemptions from bank guarantees are possible with sufficient alternate insurance. Some minor works are exempt from method statements and insurance documents.

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CHAPTER 513 

Avoidance of Damage to Third Party Property Regulations, 2013 
 
 
DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN EIGHT WEEKS BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF ANY WORKS: 
‐ insurance cover 
‐ bank guarantee 
‐ method statement 
‐ the condition report of each third party property 
 
 
 [cap. 523, clause 4] 
These regulations shall be applicable to any construction work which involve: 
(a) excavation which is underlying, or adjacent to or within a distance of 2.5 metres to any existing building, earth 
retaining or water‐retaining structure belonging to or occupied by third parties; or 
(b) the demolition or removal of any existing wall, or roof or structure abutting with, or immediately adjacent to, or 
underlying or overlying any property belonging to or occupied by third parties; or 
(c) the building of additional storeys or load‐bearing walls or structures over any property belonging to or occupied 
by third parties; or 
(d) the construction of new buildings or additional storeys adjacent to existing third party property: 
 
 
[cap. 523, clause 5] 
Unless otherwise stated in these regulations, responsibility for adherence to these regulations shall rest solely with 
the site manager. 
In the absence of a nomination of a site manager and declaration, the developer shall be deemed to be the site 
manager for the purpose of these regulations. 
 
 
[cap. 523, clause 6] 
The insurance cover shall not be less than five hundred thousand euro (€500,000) 
The developer shall submit to the Director a copy of the insurance cover, together with a letter from the insurer ‐ 
(a) confirming that the works are duly covered by an insurance policy; and 
(b) stating the value of the excess of the relevant insurance policy. 
 
The developer shall submit a bank guarantee to the Director, for all construction activities.  
The value of the bank guarantee shall be of three thousand euro (€3,000) for each storey of developed third party 
property or properties which is or are contiguous to a development site, for the first five properties and a further 
one thousand euro (€1,000) for each additional contiguous property, up to a maximum of forty thousand euro 
(€40,000): 
 
Exemption from the provision of a bank guarantee, if the developer submits to the Director a certified statement 
issued by an insurance company attesting that the developer is insured in such a manner as to cover indemnity for 
damages to third party property, including damages of a minor nature: 
 
Following a request made by the developer to the Director, the value of the bank guarantee shall be equivalent to 
twice the excess of the relevant insurance policy that has been issued to the developer. 
 
 
[cap. 523, clause 8] 
The following construction works are exempt from the submission of the method statement and a copy of third‐
party insurance: 
(a) excavations, including trenching works, which are less than 1.5 metres deep; 
(b) internal and external structural alterations of a building, including removal of walls, building of walls or 
replacement of roofs where the total cost of the structural alteration works does not exceed thirty thousand euro 
(€30,000) 

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