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Introduction to National Building Code and Steps in a Construction project

NNivethitha Natrayan13 Sept 2022

National building codes and its essential for the modeling/ efficiency of drawings in Revit:

National building codes:

The National Building Code (NBC) is a document that provides guidelines for construction of structures – residential, mercantile, institutional, educational, commercial, assembly, storage spaces or even hazardous buildings.

Essential:

The National Building Code of India (NBC) is a comprehensive building code, providing guidelines for regulating building construction activities across the country in an uniform manner.
It serves as a Model Code for adoption by all agencies involved in building construction works.
It protects the construction safety.
It covers aspects such as structural stability, fire safety, access, moisture control, durability, services and facilities, and energy efficiency.

2.The list of groups in National Building Code that will be essential to model in Autodesk Revit.

The National Building Code of India, 2016 has the following groups,

Group A – Residential buildings
Group B – Educational buildings
Group C – Assembly buildings
Group D – Institutional buildings
Group E – Mercantile buildings
Group F – Business buildings
Group G – Storage buildings
Group H – Industrial buildings
Group J – Hazardous buildings

3.The list of five major steps that occur in project cycle:

The 5 steps in the project cycle are:

Project Initiation
Project Planning
Project Execution
Project Monitoring and Controlling
Project Closing

Project Initiation:

This is where the project’s value and feasibility are measured.
It depends on two rules,
Business case document: Estimate of potential financial benefits are calculated
Feasibility Study: Evaluation of the project’s goals, timeline and costs to determined are identified here.

Project Planning:

Project plan gives guidance for obtaining resources, acquiring financing, and procuring required materials.
The project plan gives the team direction for producing quality outputs, handling risk, creating acceptance, communicating benefits to stakeholders, and managing suppliers.
The project plan also prepares teams for the obstacles they might encounter over the course of the project.

Project Execution:

Execution is all about building deliverables that satisfy the customer.
Team leaders make this happen by allocating resources and keeping team members focused on their assigned tasks.
Execution relies heavily on the planning phase.

Project Monitoring and Controlling:

Monitoring and control are sometimes combined with execution because they often occur at the same time.
To guarantee delivery of what was promised, teams must monitor tasks to prevent scope creep, calculate key performance indicators, and track variations from allotted cost and time.

Project Closing:

Teams close a project when they deliver the finished project to the customer, communicating completion to stakeholders and releasing resources to other projects.
This vital step in the project management life cycle allows the team to evaluate and document the project and move on to the next one, using previous project mistakes and successes to build stronger processes and more successful teams.

Different disciplines involved in construction of a project:

The different disciplines involved in construction of a project are,

Construction
Finance and Estimating
Contracts and Bids
Geotechnical
Management
Structural
Surveying

Construction:

Managing the building of civil engineering systems from start to end to include coordination between the owner, contractor and designer.

Finance and Estimating:

Operating in the business world to include accounting, financial contracts and estimating the cost of activities.

Contracts and Bids:

Demonstrating strong bidding practices and effective contract administration is integral to acquiring the next job or project as a construction manager.

Geotechnical:

Designing foundations and earthwork systems to support soil itself and transfer loads from structures into the earth while limiting settlements.

Management:

Managing equipment, personnel and supplies to build more effectively, efficiently and economically.

Structural:

Designing systems of structural members used to support loads for a specified public function such as bridges, buildings, dams and bell towers.

Surveying:

Measuring physical features to include horizontal distances and elevation differences to determine property lines, lay out buildings and produce maps.

The other disciplines involved in construction of a project are

Civil engineers
Electrical engineers
Architects
Interior designers
Plumbing engineers and so on

5.Buildings classification based on each category:

As per National Building Code of India, 2016,

Four-unit apartments - Group A – Residential buildings
School with capacity of 1000 students - Group B – Educational buildings
A single unit shop - Group E – Mercantile buildings
Multi story Shopping complex - Group E – Mercantile buildings
Steel machine factory - Group H – Industrial buildings

6.Distinguish between Design team and Management team:

Design team	Management team
It mainly focuses on management of project related activities.	It mainly focuses on management of design related activities.
Process of this management includes starting project, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and then finally terminating project.	Process of this management includes defining problem, gathering information, set budget, preparing design, monitoring and finally protecting designs.
Its main objective is to identify methods or techniques that one can use and produce a final product on time.	Its main objectives is to plan, develop, and maintain efficient environment of organization by creating well-designed products, services, etc.
Its benefits include improve market position, create new products, reduce time for new products to market, improve customer satisfaction, etc.	Its benefits include increases efficiency, increase sales, increase success, reduce customer complaints, etc.
Factors affecting project management customer needs, time complexity, risk management, cost ratio, capability of process, etc.	Factors affecting design management includes material requirements, functionality, customer requirements, quality of product, etc.

7.The modeling requirements for the project: