BUILDING CODE "IN ACTION"

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It is stated in NBCP Chapter VI- Fire Resistive Requirements in Counstruction Section 603 Fire Resistive Standards that all materials of construction, and type of materials and assemblies or combinations thereof shall conform to the following fire-resistive ratings: for solid concrete wall partitions must be in minimum of 175 millimeters. 

The wall with the red color ellipse in the photo above is where Section 603 is applied to this residential interior. The solid concrete wall partition has reached the minimum thickness  of 175 millimeters. The wall is adjacent to the bedroom and the kitchen in which the fire resistive thickness of the wall is important since using of fire and cooking happens in the kitchen. 

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It is also in section 603 that states that the minimum thickness for solid concrete slab is 150 millimeters. 

The photo above specifically those in red ellipses are the solid concrete slabs in the unfinished residential interior. The solid concrete slabs has exceeded the minimum thickness of 150 millimeters but what is important that it does not go below the required minimum thickness to ensure the safety of the occupants.

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The section 707 states that the size of an automobile (car) parking slot must be computed at 2.50 meters by 55.00 meters for perpendicular or diagonal parking and at 2.15 meters buy 6.00 meters for parallel parking

The photo above shows the standard size of an automobile parking  slot.

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It is stated in NBCP Chapter VII- Classification and General Requirements of All Buildings By Use or Occupancy Section 601 Occupancy Classified that a proposed buildings for construction shall be identified according to their use or the Character of its occupancy and shall be classified..

Building Classification: Group A - Division 2

Residential building for the exclusive use of non-leasing occupants not exceeding 10 persons including single-attached or duplex or townhouses, each privately-owned; school dormitories (on campus); convents and monasteries; military or police barracks/dormitories; pre-schools, elementary and high schools, provided that they do not exceed 16 classrooms; outpatient clinics, family planning clinics, lying-in clinics, diagnostics clinics, medical and clinical laboratories; branch library and museums; steam/dry cleaning outlets; party needs and accessories (leasing of tables and chairs, etc.).

  Example above is an apartment complex that has numerous units within it(more than 2). the occupants that live here are permanent.

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Building Classification: Group D - Institutional

Hospitals, Jails, Prisons, Nurseries, Nursing homes. This occupancies shall not include building used only for private or family group dwelling purposes.

  The example above is a photo of a hospital in Ormoc City. It is used for the children and both men and women who are sick and dying. It's occupant load exceeds more than 50 people at a time.


In Section 704. Location Property, It states that No building shall be constructed unless it adjoins or has direct access to a public space, yard or street on at least on of its sides.

                                      

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Quest Hotel is located in Archiboshop Reyes Ave. Cebu City, Cebu. As soon as you step out of the hotel, You can see the busy highway. It is also near the city center; shopping, sightseeing, restos and bars nearby. It is also easily accessible by car and parking area and also near public transit.

GUIDELINES ON EASEMENTS, VIEW CORRIDORS/SIGHT LINES, STREETS/ROAD RIGHT-OFWAY (RROW), SIDEWALKS, ARCADES, BASEMENTS, LOTS, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES

C.   STREETS/ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY (RROW)

1. General.  No building shall be constructed unless it adjoins or has direct access to public space, yard or street/road on at least one (1) of its sides.  All buildings shall face a public street, alley or a road, which has been duly approved by the proper authorities for residential, institutional, commercial and industrial groups. This means that all houses or building structures shall face a public street or road.

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RIZAL MONUMENT IN LUNETA PARKB.   VIEW CORRIDORS AND/OR SIGHT LINES    1. Preservation of View Corridors and/or Sight Lines   To dignify very important public or historical/culture buildings/structures, all forms of commercial signs intruding into RROW leading to or away from such buildings/structures shall not be allowed. In this part building code it states that no building or commercial signs must not block a certain historical or cultural buildings or structures. 

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Section 903, number 2 states that "all buildings located in areas where there are no available sanitary sewerage system shall dispose their sewage to “Imhoff” or septic tank and subsurface absorption field or to a suitable waste water treatment plant or disposal system in accordance with the Code on Sanitation of the Philippines and the Revised National Plumbing Code of the Philippines. "

The photo above shows Chapter IX Sanitation Section 903 in NBCP in action. The first photo shows how the construction workers excavate the soil and put the base of the septic tank to which where the waste goes. On second photo shows cementing and covering the top of the septic tank. Placements of the septic tank  should be away from the facade of the building but must be accessible to the septic truck by the time they collect the waste.

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Chapter IX Sanitation Section 904 Storm Drainage system states that "Rainwater drainage shall not discharge to the sanitary sewer system"

It is clearly shown in the photo above that street has provided rainwater drainage to avoid rainwater to get stagnant and cause flood. the rainwater drainage is important especially to those establishments that are located along the road to avoid flood getting inside the building. Rainwater drainage should not discharge to the sanitary sewer system as it may cause overflowing.