What are Building Bye-Laws? Building bye-laws are legal tools used to regulate building coverage, height, area of construction, and architectural designs to maintain the growth or orderly development of a place. Why are Building Bye-Laws Necessary? Building bye-laws are necessary ...
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Standard Size of Rooms in Residential Building and their Locations
Knowledge of standard size of rooms and their location in a residential building is important for planning of residential construction project. The room sizes and their location provides spaces for movement, sunlight and wind for residents.
FIRE PROTECTION OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS
High-rise buildings have unique challenges related to fire protection such as longer egress times and distance, evacuation strategies, fire department accessibility, smoke movement and fire control. The numbers of persons living on high-rise buildings are high compared to low-rise buildings, ...
OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS
OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS (Table 3) Open air space for ventilation. Every room intended for human habitation should abut an interior or exterior opening air space of the width r dimensions specified below. Where height of building above plinth adjoining the ...
MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS FOR BUILDINGS
DISTANCE OF BUILDINGS FROM ELECTRIC LINES No verandah, balcony, saiban or the like be allowed to be erected or re-erected or any additions or alterations made to a building with the distances (quoted below) as per the current Indian Electricity ...
FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDING REGULATIONS
Notwithstanding any provisions provided, in any one of these bye-laws, every factory building or part thereof shall comply with the following additional regulations: a) Site: The location of every factory site shall be governed by the provisions of the development ...
REGULATION FOR PROJECTIONS FROM BUILDINGS
Projections from Buildings No projections of any sort what so ever extending more than 23 cm below a height of 4.3m, such as projection on the level of chajja, cornice, water spouts, drains, pipes, advertisement boards and the like shall ...
Requirements of Staircases – General Guidelines about Heights, Headroom, Treads, and Risers
Staircase is an important component of a building which helps in commuting between 2 floors. Improperly designed staircases can cause severe injury and even death if the necessary guidelines and building codes are not followed properly. Hence, the design of ...