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National Building Code of the Philippines

An Act to Ordain and Institute a National Building Code of the Philippines

CHAPTER 1
National Building Code of the Philippines
Provisions shall apply to DESIGN, LOCATION SITTING, CONSTRUCTION,
ALTERATION, REPAIR, CONVERSION, USE, OCCUPANCY, MAINTENANCE, MOVING,
DEMOLITION OF, AND ADDITION to public and private building

CHAPTER 2 - Adm

Building Official

Qualifications of Building Officials

Exemption from payment of building permit fees on Public building and

traditional indigenous family dwellings

Violation of code provisions shall be imposed by fine

CHAPTER 3 -
No person, firm or corporation or such shall construct or such without first
obtaining building permit from the BO assigned in the place where the building
would be located

Application for Permits

Issuance of Building permit upon payment by the BO

Validity and void of Building Permit

Non-issuance, suspension or revocation of Building Permits

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Such architect or civil engineer may or may not be the same architect or civil engineer
who is responsible for the design of the building

No building shall be used or occupied and no change in the exisiting use

CHAPTER 4 -

Type I

Type II

Type III

Type IV

Type V

CHAPTE
Group A - Residential Dwellings
Group B - Residential, Hotels and Apartments
Group C - Education

Group D - Institutional
Group E - Business & Mercantile

Group F - Industrial

Group G - Storage and Hazardous

Group I - Assembly Occypant load 1000 or more

Group J - Accessory Group

Eaves over windows

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PD 1096
RA 6541

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

would be refered as the "Code"

CHAPTER 2 - Administration and Enforcement

responsible for carrying out the provisions of this CODE in the field as
well as the enforcement/orders and decisions

Filipino Citizen and of good moral character

registered Architect or Civil Engineer

A member of good standing of a duly accredited organization of his

profession (ie. IAPOA - UAP and PICE)

Has at least 5 years of diversified and professional experience in building

design and construction

Made up of indigenous/native materials which does not exceed 15,000

not more that 20,000 or imprisonment not more thatn two years or
both fine and imprisonment

CHAPTER 3 - Permits and Inspection

description of work to be covered

description of ownership of applicant , TCT or lease

the use or occupancy for which the proposed work is intended

estimated cost of the proposed work

15 days
1 year without commencement (void)
stoppage, or suspension for 120 days (void)

Errors found in plans and specs

Incorrect or inaccurate data or information supplied

Non-compliance with the provisions of this code or any rule or regulation

within 15 days upon receipt of non-issuance or suspension, revocation of
permits

until the BO has issued a Certificate of Occupancy

CHAPTER 4 - Types of Construction

Wood construction

Wood construction with protective fire-resistant materials.

Masonry and Wood

Steel, iron, concrete or masonry construction

Shall be fire-resistive

CHAPTER 7 - Occupancy
Residential Dwellings

Division 1 - Mental Hospitals, Sanitaria, Jails, Prison, reformatories, and

buildings where personal liberties or inmates are similarly restrained

Division 2 - Hospitals, full-time care of children under kindergarten age,

sanitaria, nursing home with non-ambulatory patients, and similar
buildings each accommodating more than five person

Division 3 - Nursing home for ambulatory patients, homes for children of

kindergarten age or over, each accomodating 5 person or more.
Divison 1 - Gasoline filling and service stations, storage garages and boat
storage strucures, or the use of highly flamable liquids.
Divison 2 - Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, drinking and
dining establishments having occupant load less than 100 persons,
printing plants, police and fire stations, factories and workshops using
not highly flammable or combustible materials and paint stores without
buld handlings

Division 3 - Aircraft hangars and open parking garages where no repair

work is done except exchange of parts and mainenance requiring no pen
flame, welding or theuse of highly flammable liquids

ice plants, power plants, pumping plants, cold storage and creameries,
factories and workshops using incombustible non-explosive materials, and
storage and sales rooms for incombustible and non-explosive materials.

Division 1 - Storage and handling of hazardous and highly flammable

material
Divison 2 - Storage and handling of flammable materials, dry cleaning
plants using flammable liquids; paint stores with bulk handling, paint shops
and spray painting rooms.
Division 3 - Wood working establishments, planing mills and box factories,
shop factories where loose combustible fibers or dust are manufactured,
processed or generated; warehouse where highly combustible material is
stored.
Division 4 - repair garages.
Division 5 - Aircraft repair hangars
Division 1 - Assembly with stage occupant load less than 300
Division 2 - Any assembly with occupant load more than 300
Division 3 - Any assembly building without stage having an occupant load
less than 300
Division 4 - Stadia, reviewing stands, amusement park structures not
included within Group I or in Division 1, 2 and 3 of this Group

Division 1 - Private garage, carports, sheds and agricultural buildings

Division 2 - Fences over 1.80 meters high, tanks and towers

shall not be less than 750mm
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revision of RA 6541

responsible of enforement, issuing ok

bamboo, nipa, logs or lumber

to be submitted together with 5 sets of

corresponding plans and specification
prepared, signed and sealed by a duly
licensed Architect and or allied engineers

1 year effectivity

should be made in writing stating the reason

or grounds therefore
 there shall be a logbook at the jobsite at all
times for actual progress on constriction
including tests conducted, weather
conditions and other pertinent data are to
be recorded
issued within 30 days after final inspection
and submittal of a CoC

1 hour fire-resistive throughout

1 hour fire-resistive throughout, Exterior walls

shall be of incombustible fire-resistive
constriction

walls, ceiling and partitions shall be

incombustible fire-resistive constriction,
except that permanent non-bearing
partition of one hour fire resistive
construction may use fire-retardant treated
wood within the framing assembly

the structural elements shall be made of steel,

irop, concrete, or masonry construction. walls,
ceiling and partitions shall be
incombustible fire-resistive constriction

"B" Building na Bahay

"C" College

restricted patients

"D" Doctor