CHAPTER-IV
Structural Safety – Fire Safety and Service
24. Fire Safety Requirements
(a) Building shall be so planned, designed and constructed so as to ensure fire safety and this shall be done in accordance with Part IV ‘Fire Protection’ of the National Building Code of India 1970 corrected upto date.
(b) In case of multi-storeyed buildings above 15 meter in height, building which are more than three storeys and building with more than 400 square meters ground floor coverage and all other buildings of industrial, storage, assembly and hazardous type building scheme, provisions of Uttar Pradesh Agni Nivaran aur Agni Suraksha Adhinium (Act no. 6 of 2005) 2005 shall apply.
25. Structural Design
The structural design of any item of masonary, timber, plain concrete and steel in a building shall be carried out in accordance with Part VI (Structural Design, Section-1, Boards, Section-2, Section-5,Contrete, Section-6 Steel, as in the case may be) of National Building Code of India 1970 prepared by Indian Standard Institution and as prevalent at the time of execution of the works.
26. Quality of Material and Workmanship
All materials and workmanship shall be of good quality conforming generally to accepted standards of Public Work Department of Uttar Pradesh, Indian Standards Specifications and Codes as included in Part V Building Materials and Part VII Constructional Practices and Safety of National Building Code of India 1970 revised upto date.
27. Building Services
The planning design and installation of electrical installations, air-conditioning and heating work, installation of lifts and escalators in a building shall be carried out in accordance with Part VIII (Building Services, Section 2, Electrical Installations, Section 3, Air-conditioning and heating, Section-5, Installation of lifts and escalators, as the easy may be) of National Building Code of India 1970 prepared by Indian Standard Institution and as prevalent at the time of execution of the work.
28. Plumbing
The planning design, construction and installation of water supply, drainage and sanitation and gas supply system in building shall be in accordance with the Part IX (Plumbing Services Section I, Water Supply Section 2, Drainage and Sanitation, Section-3, Gas Supply as the case may be, of of National Building Code of India prepared by Indian Standard Institution and as prevalent at the time of execution of the work.
29. Water supply requirements
The requirements of water supply in a building shall be in accordance with the provision of National Building Code as amended from time to
time.
30. Sanitary Fitting
(1) Subject to the provision of any law for the time being in force, the sanitary fittings and installations in building shall be in accordance with the provisions of National Building Code as amended from time to time.
(2) Every factory building within the area shall be provided with such latrines and urinals as may be prescribed by or under the provisions of the Factories Act 1948 as amended from time to time.
31. Structural Safety for Natural Hazard Protection-
For buildings more than three storeys (including ground floor) or more than 12.0 meter height and important facilities like water works, overhead tank, telephone exchange, bridges and culverts, electric substation, transmission towers, the requirements specified in the Indian Standard Code and Guidelines and other documents shall be observed for structural safety and natural hazards protection of buildings. The details of the relevant codes and guidelines are given in Appendix 8-A/B/C/D.
32. Provision for Physically Handicapped
Provisions for physically handicapped persons shall be made in all buildings and facilities used by public in accordance with the provision of Part III of National Building Code (Appendix E)
33A. All the provisions made in the building which are not specifically provided in these regulations shall be as per the provisions of National Building Code, Indian Standard Institution Code as applicable from time to time. The licensed technical person shall be responsible for ensuring the same as per Appendix-4.
33B. The Owner, Licensed Technical Person shall be fully responsible for all provisions to be made in accordance with clause 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33A. A certificate to this effect shall be given as per Appendix-4.
