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This document summarizes the requirements for erecting, altering, or repairing metal gates on fence walls or at building entrances. Metal gates that weigh over 300kg if cantilevered or 200kg total require a building works item. Gates must not exceed 3.2 meters in height or open over streets. Design and installation must comply with safety codes regarding locking from the inside, minimum widths, and electrical operation if powered. Considerations include emergency access, firefighting access and escape, and safety during work.

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Minor Works - Category - 17

This document summarizes the requirements for erecting, altering, or repairing metal gates on fence walls or at building entrances. Metal gates that weigh over 300kg if cantilevered or 200kg total require a building works item. Gates must not exceed 3.2 meters in height or open over streets. Design and installation must comply with safety codes regarding locking from the inside, minimum widths, and electrical operation if powered. Considerations include emergency access, firefighting access and escape, and safety during work.

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3.

10 Metal Gate on Fence Wall or at the Entrance of a Building

MW Items 1.16 2.16 3.13


Simple Erection, alteration or repair… Erection, alteration,
Comparison of repair or removal…
Descriptions
at a fence wall or at an entrance to a building …
No additional load to cantilevered slab;
Not involve alteration of other structural elements;
Height of gate ≤ 3.2 m; &
Weight of at least one Weight of at least one
leaf > 300 kg. leaf > 200 kg; &
Weight of each leaf ≤ Weight of each leaf ≤
300kg; 200 kg.

Not DEW item 8 (see


6.1).
Other • B(P)R 15 – Not to open the gate over streets.
considerations • MOE Code para. 8.2, Table 2 & para. 16.4 – Provision of locking
devices that can be readily open from inside without the use of key &
control of the min. width of metal gate if the metal gate is fixed at the
entrance of building as well as the exit of any required staircase.
• PNAP APP-146 & PNRC 68 – Design & installation standards of metal
gate.
• The MOE, MOA & EVA not affected.
• Shutter Code issued by the Electrical & Mechanical Services Department
should be complied with if the metal gates are electrically operated.
• A Safety Guide on Gate Work issued by the Labour Department – Safety
tips & key points to note on gate-related work.

B(P)R represents Building (Planning) Regulations; EVA represents emergency vehicular access; MOA represents means
of access for access for firefighting & rescue; MOE represents means of escape in case of fire; MOE Code represents
Code of Practice for the Provision of Means of Escape in Case of Fire 1996; PNAP represents Practice Notes for
Authorized Person, Registered Structural Engineers & Registered Geotechnical Engineers; PNRC represents Practice Notes
for Registered Contractors & Shutter Code represents Code of Practice for Installation of Electrically Operated Sliding
Gates, Sliding Glass Doors & Rolling Shutters.
2010/10

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