PART XVII CONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATION AND DEMOLITION — Definitions

"adjacent to an excavation" means within a distance less than or equal to the overall depth of the excavation measured from a vertical line through the toe of the excavation face;

"construction project" means erection, alteration, repair, dismantling, demolition, structural or routine maintenance, painting, land clearing, earth moving, grading, excavating, trenching, boring, drilling, blasting, concreting, installation of machinery or other work considered to be construction by the minister;

"demolition" means the tearing down, destruction, breakup, razing or removal of the whole or part of a building or structure, or of free-standing machinery or equipment that is directly related to the function of the structure;

"falsework" means structural supports and the necessary bracing required for the support of temporary load during construction;

"formwork" includes the foundation, supporting structure, and mould into which concrete may be placed;

"tilt-up construction" means a system of building construction in which concrete wall panels are placed in position in the permanent structure and temporarily braced or supported; and

"trench" means an excavation less than 3.7 metres wide at the bottom, more than 1.2 metres deep, and of any length.