Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00394:body:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00394
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Character Range: 10655–13549

example noise reduction barriers on a freeway, communications masts or towers, electricity transmission towers and associated cables, flying cables and supports, guyed towers such as a ski-lift tower
    * any component of a structure
    * part of a structure.
Examples of a structure include the following:
    * a roadway or pathway
    * a ship[1] or submarine
    * foundations, earth retention works and other earthworks, including river works and sea defence works
    * formwork, falsework or any other structure designed or used to provide support, access
      or containment during construction work, for example a prop or formwork system
    * an airfield
    * a dock, harbour, channel, bridge, viaduct, lagoon or dam
    * a sewer or sewerage or drainage works, for example storm water drains, sheet piling
      to divert the course of a river or to build a cofferdam, underground storage tanks for an irrigation system, road tunnels, ventilation or access shaft for underground services.
 Examples of structures relating to housing construction work may include:
    * a carport, pergola, tool shed, tennis court, shade sails, awnings
    * an in-ground swimming pool
    * foundations, earth retention works and other earthworks
    * a structure designed or used to provide support, access or containment during construction work, for example a prop or formwork system
    * a sewer, a septic tank, or storm water drain.
Chapter 6 of the WHS Regulations (i.e. the Construction Work chapter) does not apply
to plant unless:
    * the plant is:
       * a ship or submarine
       * a pipe or pipeline
       * an underground tank
       * designed or used to provide support, access or containment during work in connection with construction work, for example fall prevention devices, work position systems, formwork, personnel or material hoists where these are used in connection with construction work.
    * work on the plant relates to work that is carried out in connection with construction work
    * the plant is fixed plant on which outage work or overhaul work that involves or may involve work being carried out by five or more persons conducting businesses or undertakings
      at any point in time.

1.4              What is 'high risk construction work'?
Regulation 291 provides a list of construction work that is considered to be high risk for the purposes of the WHS Regulations. It is construction work for which a safe work method statement (SWMS) is required. Chapter 4 of this Code provides more detail on SWMS.
Examples of high risk construction work are provided in Appendix B.

1.5              What is a 'construction project'?
Regulation 292: A construction project is a project that involves construction work where the cost of the construction work is $250,000 or more.
A construction project covers all the activities involved in the construction