Introduction to National Building Code and Steps in a Construction project

1.)

• A set of standards that are uniform to all structures.
• It protects the construction safety.
• Modern construction methods.
• provide buidling satndards.

2.)

1. Group A: Residential buidlings
2. Group B: Educational buildings
3. Group C : Assembly buildings
4. Group D: Instituatinal buildings
5. Group E : Mercantile buildings
6. Group F : Business buildings
7. Group G : Storage buildings
8. Group H : Industrial buildings
9. Group J : Hazardous building

3.)

• Initiation
• Planning
• Execution
• Closure

4.)

• Constructuon
• Finance and estimating
• Contracts and bid:
• Geotechnical
• Managements
• Structural
• Surveying

5.)

a.Four unit appartments - Group A: Residential building

b.School with capacity of 1000 students-Group B: Educational building

c.A single unit shop-Group E: Mercantile building

d.Multi story shopping complex-Group E:Mercantile

e.Steel machine factory-Group H: Industrial building

6.)

Design team:

• Helps to finalsie the paln
• Evaluationaries in the project
• Implementation the designs

Management team :

• Accomplishment of project
• Execute the design
• Achieves the satisfactory completion of the project

7.)

Height limitations

• The height limitation must not exceed 15m
• For building 15m,there is no need to provide lifts,housing for low-income group shall preferbly be up to maximum of two storeys.
• Buildings for -income group shall preferably be up to maximum of two storeys.
• Buildings for housing beyond 15m in height should be resorted to in exceptional circumstance and it should be governed by provisions laid down this code.

Area limitations

• The minimum plot size with ground coverage not exceed 75 percent,shall not be less than 40m2 in small and medium town and not less than 30m2 in metropolitian cities.

Room sizing

• The area of habitable room shall not be less than 9.5m2,where there is only one room with a minimum width of 2.4m
• Whre there is a two rooms,one of these shall not be less than 9.5m2 and other not less than 7.5m2,with a minimum width of 2.1m

Wall height

• The minimum height of the building/spaces shall be as folllows
• habitate room:2.6m
• kitchen: 2.6m
• Bath/water closet :2.1m
• Corridor:2.1m

Thickness based on the fire life and safety

• The thikness based on fire is given in code book ratings of structural and non structural elements in code book table cause 3.3.1 and 3.3.2

Passageway requirement

• passageways shall be of width not less than the calculated aggregated width of exit doorways leading from them in the direction of travel of the exit
• In the case of building,there is a central corrider ,wich is a part of exit acess,the doors of tghe room shall open for rooms having assembly inwards to permit smooth flow traffic in the coridor

8.)