TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSEHOLD SHELTERS 2008CONTENTS All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retriaval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the SCDF and BCA. May 2008CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 14 GENERAL 1.2 APPLICATION OF HS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. 1.3 PEACETIME USE... 1.4 ABBREVIATIONS... 1.5 DEFINITION! CHAPTER 2: ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS 3 2.1 HS ORNS FORM 24.4 Plan 3 2.1.2 Dimensions 3 2.2 SIZE OF HS - AREA AND VOLUME. 2.3 LOCATION OF HS. 2.3.1 HS Position 3 2.3.2 HS Tower 4 2.3.3. Setback Distances of HS Walls (Without Reinforced Concrete Down- hang Beams along EBL) 4 2.3.4 Setback Distances of HS Walls (With Reinforced Concrete Down-hang Beams along EBL) 5 2.3.5 Setback Distances of Basement HS Walls 5 2.4 THICKNESS OF HS WALL... 2.5 HS DOOR. 2.5.1 Opening Dimensions 6 2.5.2 Location 6 2.5.3 Strengthened Ceiling Slab Outside HS Door and HS Walls 7 2.6 FIXTURES INHS 2.6.1 General 7 2.6.2 Power Points 8 HS-May 2008 I2.6.3 Lighting Point 8 2.6.4 Cable Entries and Openings 8 2.7 NS IN HS TOWER....scsccscsnee 2.7.1. Aggregate Wall Heights of NS 8 2.7.2 NS Walls/Columns 8 2.8 TRANSFER STRUCTURE SUPPORTING HS TOWER... 2.8.1 General 8 2.8.2 Transfer Structure 9 2.9 HS BENEATH AN INTERNAL STAIRCASE 2.10 FINISHES IN HS. 2.11 EXIT STAIRCASE. 242 DOOR RECESS ON HS WALL... LIST OF TABLES... a eevee LIST OF FIGURES.. 17 to 36 CHAPTER 3: STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS 37 BAD GENERAL esssscsssnsnsenesnentneenesntntnein 3.2. MATERIAL! 3.2.1. Conerete 37 3.2.2 Steel Reinforcement 37 3.3 ANALYSIS... 3.3.1. General 37 3.3.2 NS Walls/Columns 37 3.3.3 Transfer Structure Supporting HS Tower 39 3.3.4 Exit Staircase 40 3.4 MEMBER DIMENSIONS AND REINFORCEMENT AMOUNTS... 3.4.1. Member Dimensions 40 3.4.2 Amount of Reinforcement a HS-May 2008 "3.5 DETAILING OF HS TOWER 3.5.1 352 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.5.5 3.6 PENETRATION OF SERVICE! 3.6.1 3.6.2 LIST OF TABLES... LIST OF FIGURES... General Lap and Anchorage Length Concrete Cover Cast-In-Situ and Precast Elements Joints Electrical Services Water and Gas Services CHAPTER 4: VENTILATION SLEEVES 4.1 GENERAL 4.2 POSITION 4.3. FALSE CEILING BELOW VENTILATION SLEEVES. 4.4 FRAGMENTATION PLATE.. LIST OF FIGURES... CHAPTER 5: HS DOOR 5.1 GENERAL 5.2 APPROVED HS DOOR. 5.3 HS DOOR NOTICE 5.4 SPECIFICATION OF HS DOOR NOTICE, LIST OF FIGURES... HS-May 2008 42 42 42 43, 43,CHAPTER 6: CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING 79 6.4 62 63 64 65 GENERAL STRUCTURAL WORKS. HS DOOR. PEACETIME REQUIREMENT OF VENTILATION SLEEVES... COMMISSIONING REQUIREMENTS CHAPTER 7: PERMITTED AND NOT PERMITTED WORKS INHS TOWER 82 7A 72 GENERAL. PERMITTED AND NOT PERMITTED WORKS. 7.2.1 Permitted Works in HS 82 7.2.2 Not Permitted Works in HS 83 7.2.3. Not Permitted Works in NS 84 HS-May 2008 VvLIST OF TABLES (CHAPTER 2) TABLE 2.2(a) TABLE 2.2(b): TABLE 2.3.3: TABLE 2.3.4(a): TABLE 2.3.4(b) TABLE 2.3.5: TABLE 2.4(a): TABLE 2.4(b): MINIMUM INTERNAL HS FLOOR AREA AND VOLUME: 4 NUMBER OF SQUARE UNITS (0.6 m x 0.6 m) USED FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TRAPEZOIDAL OR L-SHAPED HS. . 4 MINIMUM SETBACK DISTANCES OF HS WALLS WITHOUT REINFORCED CONCRETE DOWN-HANG BEAM ALONG EBL... 12 MINIMUM SETBACK DISTANCES OF HS WALLS WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE DOWN-HANG BEAM ALONG EBL wu... 13 MINIMUM SETBACK DISTANCES OF HS WALL WITH HS DOOR AND REINFORCED CONCRETE DOWN-HANG BEAM ALONG EBL 14 MINIMUM SETBACK DISTANCES OF BASEMENT HS WALLS ( FACING REINFORCED CONCRETE BASEMENT STOREY WALLS WITH OPENING ) senna MINIMUM HS WALL THICKNESS ( FOR LANDED DWELLING UNIT ).......18 MINIMUM HS WALL THICKNESS ( FOR NON-LANDED DWELLING UNIT ) 16 LIST OF FIGURES (CHAPTER 2) FIGURE 2.1.2 FIGURE 2.2 FIGURE 2.3.1(a) FIGURE 2.3.1(0) FIGURE 2.3.2(a) FIGURE 2.3.2(b) FIGURE 2.3.3(a) FIGURE 2.3.3(b) FIGURE 2.3.3(c) FIGURE 2.3.4(a) FIGURE 2.3.4(b) FIGURE 2.3.5(a) FIGURE 2.3.5(b) FIGURE 2.3.5(c) FIGURE 2.5.2(a) HS-May 2008 TYPICAL LAYOUT OF HS ssssssnese tt EXAMPLES OF HS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES. . 18 INTERNAL COMMON WALL BETWEEN TWO HS IN LANDED AND NON- LANDED DWELLING UNITS 19 HS WALL ABUTTING AN AIR WELL IN A LANDED DWELLING UNIT .......20 SCHEMATIC SECTION OF HS TOWER. 21 PROJECTED HS FLOOR SLAB FOR LARGER HS ABOVE.......snrnnnnnnB2 REQUIREMENT ON SETBACK DISTANCE OF HS WALLS (WITHOUT DOWN-HANG BEAM) STOREY HEIGHT < 2800 mm 23 SETBACK DISTANCE OF HS WALLS (WITHOUT DOWN-HANG BEAM) ...24 USAGE OF TRELLIS (RC/STEEL HOLLOW SECTIONS) TO MAKE UP FOR SHORTFALL IN SETBACK DISTANCE. 25 REQUIREMENT ON SETBACK DISTANCE OF HS WALLS (WITH DOWN. HANG BEAM) ...ncncsece 26 DOWN-HANG BEAM NOT LOCATED ALONG EXTERNAL BUILDING LINE sn : nnn a7 PLAN OF A BASEMENT HS. 28 SECTIONAL VIEW OF A BASEMENT H6...... nnn 29 HS WALL IN CONTACT WITH EARTH THROUGHOUT ITS FULL HEIGHT 30 CONCRETE WALL SEGMENT AT HS DOOR wo. 34FIGURE 2.5.2(b) FIGURE 2.53 FIGURE 2.6.1 FIGURE 2.7.1 FIGURE 2.9 FIGURE 2.12 HS DOOR KERB 3 REQUIREMENTS FOR STRENGTHENED CEILING SLA IN FRONT OF HS DOOR 32 SPECIFIED HS FIXTURES AND OPENINGS 3s Hs TOWER a HS BENEATH AN INTERNAL STAIRCASE 5 DETAILS OF WALL RECESS FOR HS DOOR HANDLE. 36 LIST OF TABLES (CHAPTER 3} TABLE 3.3.2.2: TABLE 3.3.3.1: TABLE 3.3.3.3: TABLE 3.4.2(a): TABLE 3.4.2(b): LOAD COMBINATION AND VALUES OF PARTIAL SAFETY FACTORS (y)) FOR ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE (Unshielded NS Walls, Unshielded NS Columns or a Combination of Unshielded NS Walls and NS Columns) .....48 LOAD COMBINATION AND VALUES OF PARTIAL SAFETY FACTORS (y) FOR ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE (Design against Colapse Load and Unshielded/Shiolded Transfer Structure) nnn. oe LOAD COMPINATION AND VALLES OF EARTIAL SAEETUE AC Toe) FOR ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE (Unshielded Transfer Structure) jr. 48 MINIMUM REINFORCEMENT OF HS WALLS FOR LANDED DWELLING UNITS... AT MINIMUM REINFORCEMENT OF HS OR NS WALLS FOR NON-LANDED DWELLING UNITS... a7 LIST OF FIGURES (CHAPTER 3) FIGURE 3.3.2.1 FIGURE 3.3.2.2(a) FIGURE 3.3.2.2(b) FIGURE 3.3.2.2(c) FIGURE 3.3.32 FIGURE 3.3.3.3 FIGURE 3.4.1 FIGURE 3.5.4(a) FIGURE 3.5.4(b) FIGURE 3.5.4(c) FIGURE 3.5.4(d) FIGURE 3.5.4(¢) FIGURE 3.5.4(1) FIGURE 3.5.4(g) HS-May 2008 ‘SHIELDED NS WALLS AND/OR NS COLUMNS... nee AB UNSHIELDED NS WALLS ...eeseene 49 UNSHIELDED NS COLUMN(S) 49 COMBINATION OF UNSHIELDED NS WALL(S) AND/OR NS COLUMNS...49 SHIELDING OF TRANSFER SLAB/BEAMS/EXTERIOR COLUMNS, 50 UNSHIELDED TRANSFER SLAB/BEAMS... on MINIMUM DIMENSIONS OF CEILING SLAB FOR HS IN LANDED DWELLING UNIT...... rer") PLAN OF HS WALL ee) TYPICAL DETAILS OF HS SLABSWALLS.... 54. PLAN OF TWO HS WITH AN INTERNAL COMMON WALL os TYPICAL DETAILS OF TWO HS WITH AN INTERNAL COMMON WALL.....56: DETAILS OF HS WALL REINFORCEMENT NEAR HS DOOR 87 TYPICAL DETAILS OF EMBEDDED CONDUIT IN HS WALL. 58 PLAN OF HS WALL REINFORCEMENT DETAILS NEAR HS DOOR, 58 viFIGURE 3.5.4(n) TYPICAL DETAILS OF TRIMMER BARS FOR VENTILATION SLEEVE ......58 FIGURE 3.5.4(i) DETAILS OF PRECAST HS DOOR FRAME PANEL (TYPE 1) 59 FIGURE 3.5.4()) — DETAILS OF PRECAST HS DOOR FRAME PANEL (TYPE 1) 60 FIGURE 3.5.4(k) PLAN OF HS WALLS WITH PRECAST HS DOOR FRAME PANEL (TYPE 1) 61 FIGURE 3.5.4) DETAILS OF PRECAST HS DOOR FRAME PANEL (TYPE 2) .csonnnnn62 FIGURE 3.5.4(m) DETAILS OF PRECAST HS DOOR FRAME PANEL (TYPE 2) 63 FIGURE 3.5.4(n)_ DETAILS OF PRECAST HS DOOR FRAME PANEL (TYPE 2) 64 FIGURE 3.5.4(0)_ PLAN OF HS WALLS WITH PRECAST HS DOOR FRAME PANEL (TYPE 2) 85 FIGURE 3.5.4(p) DETAILS OF PRECAST HS DOOR FRAME PANEL (TYPE 3) 66 FIGURE 3.5.4(q)_ DETAILS OF PRECAST HS DOOR FRAME PANEL (TYPE 8) .ncccvennsrn67 FIGURE 3.5.4(1)_ PLAN OF HS WALLS WITH PRECAST HS DOOR PANEL (TYPE 3)........68 FIGURE 3.6.1(a) MOUNTING OF SERVICES ON EXTERNAL WALL OF AHS. 69 FIGURE 3.6.1(b) TYPICAL DETAILS OF EMBEDDED SOCKET/SWITCH...... wT FIGURE 3.6.2 ENCASEMENT DETAILS OF WATERIGAS SERVICE PIPES PENETRATING THROUGH HS WALLS. seseinT LIST OF FIGURES (CHAPTER 4) FIGURE 4.2(a) POSITION OF VENTILATION SLEEVES 73 FIGURE 4.2(b) SECTIONAL VIEW OF VENTILATION SLEEVES .rennnn FIGURE 4.2(c) DETAILS OF VENTILATION SLEEVE. 75 LIST OF FIGURES (CHAPTER 5) FIGURE 5.3(a) LOCATION OF NOTICE ON HS DOOR Te FIGURE 5.3(b) SAMPLE HS DOOR NOTICE 78 HS-May 2008 vil