IBUILDING PLAN APPROVAL CHECKLIST
[Site Plans
[Dimension stand boundaries
[Stand number and adjacent stand numbers
[Servitude across the site, setbacks, road widening servitude, etc.
[Services (if any) across the site, €.g.. Power lines, sewers, etc.
Position of services, connections and invert levels
Names of roads and the widths thereof
[Vehicle access
[Natural and finished levels
[Desoribe datum and references:
Building lines, with distances given from fixed reference points
Position of the building on site with adequate dimensions for setting-out,
[Position entrances to building
[Sewage, drainage and disposal
[Stormwater drainage and disposal
[All site works, embankments, retaining walls, boundary walls, gates, fences, roads, paths, ect.
Natural features of the site which are to be retained, e.g. existing trees should be indicated and
[suitably annotated
North Point
[Scales
(Unique features
[Foundations, excavation levels and change or steps
[Any relevant services or structures or both adjacent to the foundations
(Walls above foundations, indicated with full lines and wall thickness given
[Columns, indicated with full lines above foundation pads and located in relation to centre lines
icolumns, numbered and dimensioned
[Numerical/alphabotical references and across references on all plans (if grid lines or co-ordinates
lare used), check for correctness
[All positions of sleeves, and sizes of incoming or outgoing services
[Tanking and waterproofing
Positions of piles
[Under-floor drainage, sump, service ducts, lift pits, ect.
[Expansion joints
[North Point
Floor Plans
Numerical/alphabetical references, and cross references on all plans
lare used), check for correctness
grid lines or oo-ordinates
[Centre lines or other locating dimensions, identification and sizes of columns/structures,
[All horizontal, vertical and overall dimensions, including intemal dimensions, wall thickness, centre
lines of internal demountable partitions, positions of fittings, ect.[Special openings to be left in the structure, e.g.. For vertical or horizontal ducts, all dimensioned
land positioned
|All set-backs in or projections from the structure, fully dimensioned
[All door and window openings
Building lines with distances from fixed reference points
[Door swings and directions of operation of sliding doors
[Reference numbers of all doors
Reference numbers of all windows
[Service runs indicated of all ducts and access panels, etc.
Electrical distribution boards
[Telephone requirements (check with TELKOM)
Room designations
Floor areas, window areas, and ventilation areas, (check with Depariment of Manpower - mainly Tor
industrial buildings)
[Stairs, arrow indicating upward direction, number of stair - treads
Floor levels and finishes
[Al steps, ramps, changes In level, grading, and falls
Fire hose reel cupboards, hydrants, rising mains, sprinkler connections, ect.
[Al sanitary fhdures positioned and fully annotated
Rainwater down pipes and stormwater channels, sumps, etc., adjacent to the building
[Mat wells and drainage of mat wells
[Air-bricks and ventilation openings
Fittings in outline and reference to detail drawing numbers
[Section Lines on all levels
indicate materials, using hatching
[Expansion joints
North Point
[Centre lines of roof trusses, ceiling joists, purlins, etc.
Roof Plans
Pitched Roofs
[Section Lines
[Gutter and downpipes, vent-pipes, etc., projections through roof, box gutters, concealed gutters,
valley gutters, rainwater heads, fall, etc.
[Roof finish, and indicate any special waterproofing of or insulation under the roof
[North Point
Indicate and specify all grading and falls
Indicate and specify outlets and calculate their required sizes
[Specify roof covering and finishes T
Indicate all Kerbs, upgrading, etc.
Indicate trafficable areas, duck-boards, catwalks, cat ladders ect.
\Vent-pipes projecting through the structure
[Lift motor rooms, openings in slab, shaft positions indicated by dotted lines
Lightning arresters and conductors
Flag poles
Parapet walls (with openings indicated), and copings
[Expansion joints
North PointBatten spacings
|Cornices
Insulation
[Coverstrips
[Suspended "T's", concealed, ser
Positions of lightfittings, air-condi
|Shadow lines
[Section Lines
[Additional tems.
Roof lights, fantom lights, oto.
[Access to roof
[Roof tanks, pipe reticulation, sleeper beams or walls etc.
[Mechanical services.
Indicate floor and ceiling lines giving levels
Indicate natural and finished ground ines
indicate all window and door openings as well as their opening sections:
[Air-bricks and ventilators
[Sanitary fixtures indicated by means of dotted lines and plumbing shown
‘Stairs or changes in level, indicate in dotted lines
[Vertical ducts at external walls, dotted lines:
[All external finishes
Expansion joints
[Gridlines.
INOTE: Sections should be drawn through building in positions that provide the builder with the
maximum information, NOT where they are most easily drawn.
[All vertical dimensions, cills, windows and door head heights, floor-to-floor heights, balustrade and
parapet heights, etc.
[Sanitary fixtures
Indicate stairs or changes in levels
Indicate all ducts
[Expansion joints
[Damp proof courses, tanking, and any other water-proofing
Indicate all materials and finishes.
ncealed, exposed
ing outlets and other services: