COURSE/CODE : BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (1615303)

MODULE : 01
LECTURE : 01
TOPIC : INTRODUCTION OF BUILDINGS_PART-1
BRANCH : CIVIL ENGG
SEMESTER : 3RD
PREPARED BY : PROF. RAJKISHOR,
LECTURER (CIVIL ENGG),
GOVT. POLYTECHNIC GULZARBAGH, PATNA-7
BUILDINGS:

Any structure having

various components like
foundations, walls,
columns, floors, roofs,
doors, windows,
ventilators, stairs, lifts,
various types of surface
finishes etc .

Constructed to serve a
desired purpose

Must be constructed with

suitable construction
materials
CLASSIFICATION OF
BUILDINGS AS PER NBC
OF INDIA:
As per National Building
Code of India (NBC),
buildings are classified into
nine groups based on their
occupancy type.
Group A : Residential Buildings
Group B : Educational Buildings
Group C : Institutional Buildings
Group D : Assembly Buildings
Group E : Business Buildings
Group F : Mercantile Buildings
Group G : Industrial Buildings
Group H : Storage Buildings
Group I :Hazardous Buildings.
Group A : Residential
Buildings

Examples:
Lodging or rooming houses
Family Private Dwellings
Dormitories
Apartment Houses etc.
Group B : Educational Buildings

Examples:
School, College, Day-Care Centre etc.
Group C : Institutional Buildings

Examples:
Hospitals, Orphanages, Jail, Old Age
Homes etc.
Group D : Assembly
Buildings

Examples:
Theatres
Cinema hall
Auditorium
Museums
Exhibition Hall
Worship Places
Club House
Sports Stadium etc
Group E : Business Buildings

Examples:
Accounts & Records Building,
Barber Shops,
Beauty Parlours etc.

Group F : Mercantile Buildings

Examples:
Shopping Malls,
Showroom
Market Building
Group G : Industrial Buildings

Examples:
Manufacturing Plants,
Factories & Mills,
Refineries,
Dairies etc.

Group H : Storage Buildings

Examples:
Cold Storages,
Warehouses,
Store Houses,
Garages, Hangers etc.
Group I : Hazardous Buildings

Buildings required for Storage and

Handling of highly combustible or
Explosive materials, highly compressed
gases, Power Grids etc.
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