Introduction to National Building Code and Steps in a Construction project

• INTRODUCTION TO NATIONAL BUILDING CODE AND STEPS IN A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

• QUESTION : 1
• Why are building codes or standards essential for the modeling/ efficiency of drawings in Revit ?
• ANSWER :
• THE BUILDING CODE OR STANDARD ESSIENTIAL FOR THE MODELLING / EFFICIENCY OF A DRAWING IN REVIT IS FOLLOWING :
• Building codes or standard provides guidlines that have been developed to ensure that a building is designed according to its standard provisions . it heps ensure that a buildings is designed accordings to its standard provisions . it helps ensure that the structure is strong and stable enough to sustains all the loads actings on it . the building code contains regulations that ascertains the serviceability , saftey and functionality of the buildings .
• The national building code of india (NBC) its a comprissive building code , also it is the national instruments providing guidlines for regulating the building construction activites across the country .
• it serves as a model code for adoption by all agencies involved in building construction works likes public work department and other govermrnts construction departments .
• the model building code orgination is a set of building codes that are developed and maintained by the standard organization . this standard orgination operates independently of the jurisdiction or area in which the building code standard are being developed .
• the building code organizations establish minimum safty construction and material requriments for builders to adhere to.
• local goverments of councils can choose to adopt these buildings codes as they see fit in order to better review construction within there area .
• to achive the minimum standard of safty and welfare of residents of a buildigs the goverments body defines a set of guidlines to regulates the construction activites termed as building codes .
• the building code contains administratives regulations , developments control rules and general buildings requriments ,fires safty requriments , stripulations regardings materials , structural desings , buildings and plumbings services and assest and facility managements
• The buildings code is used for some following purposes :
• accessibility
• astheticsness of building
• cost effectiveness
• functionality
• proper ventilation
• safety
• sustainablity of the building

Hence , building code or standard nomes is requried for modeling efficiency of drawings in revit .

• QUESTION : 2
• From the National Building Code list the groups that will be essential to you when you begin modeling in Autodesk Revit.
• ANSWER :
• FROM THE NATIONAL BUILDING CODE THE LIST OF GROUPS THAT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO WE WHEN WE START THE MODELLING IN AYTODESK REVIT IS FOLLOWINGS :
• GROUP A - Residental buildings
• GROUP B - Educational buildings
• GROUP C - Institutional buildings
• GROUP D - Assembly
• GROUP E - Buissness
• GROUP F - Mercantile buildings
• GROUP G - Industrial buildings
• GROUP H - Storage buildings
• GROUP J - Hazardous buildings

This is the list of groups in national building code that will be essiential when we start the modellings in autodesk revit software .

• QUESTION : 3
• List the fiew major steps that occur in project cycle . the steps should include from conceptulization of the project maintanance and final stages ?
• ANSWER :
• LIST OF FIEW MAJOR STEPS THAT OCCER ON PROJECT CYCLE IS GIVEN BELOW :
• Intiation
• Planning
• Execution
• Control
• Closure
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• INTIATION :
• This feasibility test examines whether the proposed solutions align with the main objectives. Is the project worth undertaking? From a broad perspective, define the project and write down possible solutions to specific needs.
• Once conseltent team give the project a green light, then create a Project Initiation Document (PID). A project initiation document is like a blueprint. It highlights the main purpose of the construction project.
• PLANNING :
• In the planning phase is when the project plans are documented, the project deliverables and requriments are defined and the projects shedule is created . it involves creating a set of plans to helps yours team through the implementation and closure phases of the project .
• EXECUTION :
• In the execution stages where most of your time should be spent. A project plan has to be put into practice.
• Effective communication plays a huge role during execution.
• A successful implementation stage is characterized by:
• A well-developed team
• Allocation of resources
• Task assignments
• Implementation of project management plans
• Status meetings
• Updated project schedule
• Tracking systems in place
• Modification of project plans
• CONTROL :
• It is the process of consistently monitoring progress during execution to ensure your team is performing as they should .
• Every activity of commercial construction process fro start to finish should align with the project management plan.
• CLOSURE :
• It is the final stage of the project life cycle.it offers the deliverables to the client.
• in this stage we inform our team and hand over the documents to franchise operations.
• in the handover the project to the client it involve the following steps :
• site clearance
• removing of all defects
• preparation of list of inventories .
• certification and settlement of construction agencyes bills and payments .
• obtaining the completion certificate from local goverment bodies or department
• handling over all other requried documents including gaurantees , to the clients or owner .

This are the few steps occer in project cycling .

• QUESTION : 4
• Give examples of different disciplines involved in construction of a project ?
• ANSWER :
• EXAMPLE OF DISCIPLINES INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT IS FOLLOWING :
• Architect
• Civil engineer
• Structural engineer
• Geotechnical engineer
• Electrical engineer
• Plumbing engineer
• Information / communication technology engineer
• Urbon designer
• Town planner
• Interior designer
• Quality surveyor
• Project / constuction manager
• Asset/ facility manager
• Other subject specialist
• Environment / sustainablity specialist
• Health , safety and environment specialist
• Acoustic specialist
• Lift , escalator and moving walks specialist
• Heating , ventilation and air conditioning engineer
• Fire protection engineer

This are the few examples of deciplines involved in construction of project .

• QUESTION : 5
• How are buildings classified ? Place the following buildings under each category
  a. Four unit apartments
  b. School with capacity of 1000 students
  c. A single unit shop.
  d. Multi story Shopping complex
  e. Steel machine factory
• ANSWER :
• CLASSIFICATION OF EACH BUILDING IS GIVEN BELOW :
• The national building code of india (NBI) is provide the guideline for regulating the building construction activites across the country
• the national building code fallows all agencies involved in building construction works like public works departments and other goverment construction department .
• the national building conde contain administrative regulations , development control rules and genral buildings requriments , fire sefty requriments , stipulations regarding materials , structural design , building and plumbing services and assest and facility management .
• as per national building code the buildings are classified into the following groups :
• Group A - residental building
• Group B - educational building
• Group C - institutional building
• Group D - assembly
• Group E - business
• Gropu F - mercantile
• Group G - industrial
• Group H - storage
• Group I - hazardous building
• FOUR UNIT APERTMENT - Group A - Residental building
• SCHOOL WITH CAPACITY OF 1000 STUDENTS - Group B - educational building
• A SINGLE UNIT SHOP - Group E - business building
• MULTY STORY SHOPPING COMPEX- Group F mercantile building
• STEEL MACHINE FACTORY - Group G - industrial building

This are the classification of the groups acording to national building code .

• QUESTION : 6
• Distinguish the roles of Design team and Management team
• ANSWER :
• THE ROLES OF DESIGN TEAM AND MANAGEMENT TEAM IS GIVEN BELOW :
• FUNCTION OF DESIGN TEAM :
• Formalization of design brif in consultation with the owner .
• the design team do the site survey and soil investigation .
• the design team prepare of alternative concept designs , and work on all positive and negative aspects .
• selection of a concept in consultation with and with the consent of the owner
• preparation of preliminary designs and drawings and obtaining the owner approvel .
• preparation of preliminary cost estimates for approvel of owner .
• preparation of work breakdown structure and program for pre-construction activites .
• assisting clients to obtain approvels of the authority .
• preparation of detailled specification and construction working drawings with integration of engineering inputes of all concerned deciplines .
• preparation of detailled design .
• FUNCTION OF MANAGEMENT TEAM :
• specify criteria for selection of constructors
• the management team specify the quality control , quality audit system and safety system .
• the management team appoint the different constructors for different work .
• the management team do the meeting with constructors .
• they execuate the work and provide the proper supervision to the work .
• they recived and evaluate the tenders .
• the monitor for quality , time and cost control and for other project management functions .
• the management time give the approvel of work at various stages

This is the function of design team and management team .

• QUESTION : 7
• Refer to NBC, Identify the modeling requirements for the project ( from week 4).
  a. Height Limitations
  b. Area Limitations
  c. Room sizing
  d. Wall height
  e. Thickness based on fire life and safety
• f. Passageway requirements
• ANSWER :
• A. HEIGHT LIMITATION :
• The height of all rooms for human habitation shall not be less that 2.75 m measured from the surface of the floor to the lowest point of celling .
• it we provide the pitched roof then avarage height of rooms shall not be less than 2.75 m . as per NBI .
• the geight of bathroom or wc shall not be less than 2.1 m as per NBI rule .
• the height of storage room shall not be less than 2.2 m
• also height of kitchen measured from the surface of the floor to lowest point in the ceilling shall not be less than 2.75 m.
• AREA LIMITATION :
• according to NBC the minimum plot size with ground coverage not excedding 75 % shall not be less than 40 m^2 .
• for small and medium towns and not less than 30 m^2 in metropolitial cities .
• ROOM SIZING :
• the area of habitable room shall not be less than 9.5 m^2 where , there is only one room with a minimum width of 2.4 . with a minimum width of 2.4 m .
• the area of bathroom shall not be less than 1.8 m^2 with a minimum width of 1.2 m .
• the floor area of wc shall be 1.1 m^2 with a minimum width of 0.9m
• if the bath and wc are combined its floor area shall not be less than 2.8 m ^2 with a minimum width of 1.2 m
• the area of kitchen where seprate dining area is provided then shall not be less than 5 m^2 with a minimum width is 1.8m .
• the size of store room whre provided in a residential building shall not be less than 3 m^2.
• WALL HEIGHT :
• the height of habitable room should not be less than 2.75 m
• the height of the kitchen should not be less than 2.6 m
• the height of bath and w.c should not be less than 2.2 m
• the height of the corridors should not be less than 2.1 m
• THICKNESS BASED ON FIRE LIFE AND SAFTY :
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• PASSAGEWAY REQURIMENTS :
• passageway shall be of width not be less than the calculated aggeragete width of exist door from them in the direction of travel to the exist .

• QUESTION : 8
• We have identified requirements for modeling from question 7, Use these numbers from code book and verify the numbers used in modeling the unit from week 2 to week 4. If the numbers are not reasonable, use the numbers obtained from the code book to create a revision of the mode.

  This model resembles the actual modeling requirements for Project 1 of course work

• ANSWER :
• I HAVE IDENTIFIED PROJECT CREATED IN WEEK 2 AND WEEK 4 . IT IS AS PER THE NBC STANDARD :
• HEIGHT LIMITATION :
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• AREA LIMITATION :
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