Section 123(a) in The Orissa Building and Others Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2002
(a)where there is any doubt as to the stability of any structure adjoining the work place or other areas to be excavated or where tunneling work is to be carried out, the project engineer referred to in rule 118 arranges for measures like underpinning, sheet piling, shoring, bracing or other similar means to support such structure and to prevent injury to any building worker working adjacent to such structure or damage to property or equipment adjacent to such structure.