Amendments to the executive regulations of the Saudi Building Code Saudi Building Code stipulate that the violation of any of the code requirements or its system or regulations is considered an offense that requires removal or correction and exposes the perpetrator to the penalty decided by the review committee when its legal requirement is met, and the imposition of the penalty is not an alternative to removal or correction.

Regulations stipulate a penalty of 10,000 riyals for the owner if the construction work is carried out without contracting an accredited or licensed supervising engineering office or its related party.

The regulation established a penalty of 10,000 riyals for the owner when carrying out construction work without contracting a supervising engineering office approved or licensed by the concerned authority to practice supervision work or the relevant authority, and the work shall be stopped until an engineering office, supervisor or contractor approved or licensed by the concerned authority is contracted.

The regulation also approved a penalty of 10,000 riyals for the owner. The regulation also approved a penalty of 10,000 riyals for the owner when carrying out construction work without contracting an approved or licensed contractor from the entity concerned with the practice of construction work activities or the relevant authority, and what was carried out in violation shall be removed or a report from the supervisory office on the safety of the work carried out.

<It is noteworthy that the Minister of Commerce and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO), Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, recently approved the amendment of the executive regulations of the Saudi Building Code, which will be effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, and cancel any conflicting previous decisions.