Building by laws National Building Code Volume 1 * Architectural features serving no other function except that of decoration shall be excluded for the purpose of measuring heights (2.10 pg 114) * Building type - Residential subdivision A-3 And Educational subdivision B-1 (31 pg 268) * Minimum width of Footpath for free walkaways and residential/mixed use areas is 1.8m (Table 3 pg 122) * Length of the pathway shall not be more than 30m (4.3.22 pg 122) * The access to the plot from highway shall be only through a service road/lane but this clause is accepted in case of existing development on highways subject to the relevant State Highway Act. (4.5 pg 123) * Minimum Land Area Requirement (5.5. pg 130) 5) Integrated school with hostel facilities (class 1 to 12) — 1 for every 90 000 to 100.000 population §) Strength of school — 1 500 students ii) Area per school: 3.90 ha 2) School building area 070 a ») Play field ares 2.50 ha ©) Residential (including hostel area) 0140 na 4) Parking area 030 ha Location To be located near a sport facility * Side and rear open spaces for residential building upto height of 10m is 3m (Table 4 pg 142) * For height upto 10m, Ventilation shaft of 1.2ma2 and minimum of 0.9m as one dimension is required (82.5 pg 142) * For educational buildings, open spaces around the building shall not be less than 6 m (8.3.1 pg 143) * Exemption to open space (8.4.1 pg 144) a) Cornice, roof or weather shade not more than 0,75 m wide; 'b) Sunshades over windows/ ventilators or other ‘openings not more than 0.75 m wide; ©) Canopy not to be used as a sit out with clearanceof 1.5 m between theplot boundary and the canopy, 4d) Projected balcony at higher floors of width ‘not more than 1.2 m; and ©) Projecting rooms/balconies [see 84.1(d)] at altemate floors such that rooms of the lower two floors get light and air and the projection being not more than the height of the storey immediately below. * Space for scooter/ two wheeler and bicycle to be not less than 1.25 ma2 and 1,00m2 respectively.Minimum car space of 2:75 X Sm when common parking species required. Area for each ECS inclusive of circulation area is 23m42 for open parking, 28m22 for ground floor covered parking and 32ma2 for basement. (10.3 Pg 147)* For educational buildings, the minimum ceiling height of 3.6 m is required (12.21. pg 149) * Size of the habitable room (12.2.2 pg 149) The area of habitable room shall not be less than 9.5 m?, where there is only one room with a minimum width of 2.4m. Where there are two rooms, one of these shall not be less than 9.5 m® and the other not less than 7.5 m*, with aminimum width of 2.1 m. * Size of bathroom and WC (12.4.2 pg 149) The area of a bathroom shall not be less than 1.8 m? with a minimum width of 1.2 m. The floor area of water- closet shall be 1.1 m? with a minimum width of 0.9 m. If bath and water-closet are combined, its floor area shall not be less than 2.8 m? with a minimum width of 1.2m. * Location of the septic tanks and subsurface Absorption Systerns (12.15 pg 152) Should not be closer than 18m from any source of drinking water, not closer than 6m from the nearest habitable building as economically feasible. © Staircase requirements (12.181 pg 154) Minimum clear width for residential A3 is 1.25m and educational is 1.5m Minimum tread is 300mm without nosing Minimum riser shall be 1S0mm, The minimum clear head room shall be 2.2m * Universal design (13 pg 154) 5% rooms in both residential and educational * Properties of structural Steel irrespective of its grade to be taken as (8.2.4.1 pg 971) a) Unit mass of steel, p =7 850 kg/m’ b) Modulus of elasticity, E = 2.0 x 10° N/mm? (MPa) c) Poisson ratio, 1 = 0.3 d) Modulus of rigidity, G= 0.769 x 10° N/mm? (MPa) e) Coefficient of thermal expansion a,= 12 « 104°C * Steel tubes used in building construction shall be hot finished tubes, if subjected to cord working, they have to be subsequently heat treated and supplied in normalized conditions (8.2.4.2 pg 971)