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 helps 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 

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 :

• Construction : Managing the building of civil engineering system from beginning to end to include coordination between the owner, contractor and designer.
• Finance and Estimation : Operating in the buisness world to include accounting financial contracts and estimating the cost of activities.
• Contracts and bid : Demonstrating strong bidding practice and effective contract administration is integral to acquiring the next job or project as a construction manager
• Geotechnical :Desigining foundation and earthworks system to support soil itself and transfer load from structures into the earth while limiting settlements
• Managements: Managing equipments, personal and supplies to build more effectively,efficiently and economically
• Structural: Desigining system of struxtural memebers used to support loads for a specified plubic function such as bridges,building,dams and bell towers

 In order to carry out the project appropriate multi disciplinary teams needs to be constituted which may comprise of :

• 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 : 

• 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 : 

 

• AREA LIMITATION : 

 

 

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