Buildings Department

Practice Note for Authorized Persons

and Registered Structural Engineers

Practice Notes in Force

The practice notes in force are listed at Appendix A. Their alphabetical
index is also provided at Appendix B. Such list and index will be kept updated and their
latest versions are available from the website of the Buildings Department
(www.info.gov.hk/bd) or from the reception counter on 12/F of Buildings Departments
headquarters at Pioneer Centre, 750 Nathan Road, Kowloon during office hours.

( H W CHEUNG )
Building Authority

Ref. : BD GP/BOP/2
First issue November 1983
Last revision August 2001
This revision November 2002 (CO/TS)
Index under:

Practice Notes in Force

Appendix A
(PNAP 1)

Reference

Title

Date of
Current Issue

PNAP 1

Practice Notes in Force

Nov 02
(Appendices
Apr 08)

PNAP 11

Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance, Cap.

7, Demolished Buildings (Re-development of Sites)
Ordinance, Cap. 337

Mar 94

PNAP 13

Calculation of Gross Floor Area and Non-accountable

Gross Floor Area - Building (Planning) Regulation
23(3)(a) and (b)

Apr 07

PNAP 14

Nomination of an Authorized Person, Registered

Structural Engineer or Registered Geotechnical
Engineer to act in stead

Dec 05

PNAP 17

Water Supply and Wells

Dec 05

PNAP 27

Height of Storeys - Building (Planning) Regulations

3(3) and 24

May 94

PNAP 30

Centralized Processing of Building Plans

Mar 07

PNAP 34

Emergency Situations - Telephone Numbers for Use

Outside Office Hours

Aug 07

PNAP 40

Priority

Mar 05

PNAP 41

Shops and Department Stores - Building (Standards of

Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works and
Latrines) Regulation 5

Jan 90

PNAP 43

Application for Registration as Authorized Persons,

Registered Structural Engineers and Registered
Geotechnical Engineers

Dec 04

PNAP 45

Chimneys and Flues

Jul 94

PNAP 47

Country Parks Ordinance, Cap. 208 - Buildings

Ordinance section 16(1)(d)

Jan 90

PNAP 48

Oil Storage Installations - Building (Oil Storage

Installations) Regulations

Aug 07

PNAP 49

Street Improvement Schemes - Submission of Building

Plans in respect of Lots affected thereby

Jan 90

PNAP 50

Prestressed Ground Anchors in Building Works

Jan 99

PNAP 53

Submission of Certificate of Completion of Building

Works Application for Occupation Permit (OP) and
Submission of Record Plans and Information

Nov 07

PNAP 54

Cinemas in Non-domestic Buildings or Composite

Sep 05

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Reference

Title

Date of
Current Issue

Buildings
PNAP 55

Site Formation - Temporary or Permanent Filling Work

Dec 05

PNAP 58

Submissions to the Buildings Department

Jun 06

PNAP 59

Cladding Works

Jun 06

PNAP 61

Rock Faces - Building (Planning) Regulations 27 and 47

Dec 96

PNAP 66

Pile Foundations

Feb 06

PNAP 68

Projections in relation to Site Coverage and Plot Ratio Building (Planning) Regulations 20 and 21

May 04

PNAP 70

Building Proposals affected by Street Widening Building (Planning) Regulation 22(2)

Jan 90

PNAP 71

Demolition Works - Measures for Public Safety

Dec 05

PNAP 74

Dewatering in Foundation and Basement Excavation

Works

May 94

PNAP 75

Hoardings, Covered Walkways and Gantries (including

Temporary Access for Construction Traffic) - Building
(Planning) Regulations Part IX

Feb 04

PNAP 77

Mass Transit Railway Protection - Railways Ordinance

- Mass Transit Railway (Land Resumption and Related
Provisions) Ordinance, Buildings Ordinance Scheduled
Area No. 3

Dec 05

PNAP 78

Requirements for a Geotechnical Assessment at General

Building Plan Stage - Building (Administration)
Regulation 8(1)(ba)

Oct 91

PNAP 79

Computer Programs for Use in Structural and

Geotechnical Designs

Dec 05

PNAP 81

Pouring of Concrete against Walls of Adjoining

Buildings

May 94

PNAP 82

Gas Water Heaters - Building (Planning) Regulation

35A

Dec 98

PNAP 83

Requirements for Qualified Supervision of Site

Formation Works, Excavation Works, Foundation
Works on Sloping Ground, and Ground Investigation
Works in the Scheduled Areas - Buildings Ordinance
section 17

Dec 97

PNAP 84

Lift & Escalator Installations

Mar 07

PNAP 85

Development in Mid-levels Scheduled Area - Buildings

Ordinance section 2(1), Building (Administration)

Dec 05

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Reference

Date of
Current Issue

Title
Regulation 8(1)(bb)(vii) and 8(1)(1)

PNAP 87

Permanent Water Supply to Fire Service Installations Buildings Ordinance section 21(6)(d)

PNAP 88

Hong Kong Airport

Ordinance, Cap 301

PNAP 90

Pulverised Fuel Ash in Concrete

Sep 01

PNAP 92

Structural Design of Bridges and Associated Highway

Structures

May 95

PNAP 98

Refuse Storage and Collection - Building (Refuse

Storage and Material Recovery Chambers and Refuse
Chutes) Regulations

Sep 00

PNAP 100

Industrial Buildings - Occupancy and Related Matters Determinations by the Commissioner for Labour
Building (Standards of Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing,
Drainage Works and Latrines) Regulation 5(5)

Feb 93

PNAP 104

Geotechnical Information Unit

May 95

PNAP 106

Curtain Wall, Window and Window Wall Systems

Jun 06

PNAP 107

Bridges over Streets - Buildings Ordinance section

31(1)

Sep 94

PNAP 110

Inspection, Copying and Copyright of Plans and

Documents

PNAP 111

Hotel Development

Aug 04

PNAP 112

Buildings to be Planned for Use by Persons with

Disabilities - Building (Planning) Regulation 72

Dec 01

PNAP 114

Asbestos

Jan 96

PNAP 115

Legislation and Publications Affecting the Building

Industry

PNAP 116

Amenity Features

Feb 03

PNAP 117

Licensing of Child Care Centres, Kindergartens and

Restaurants

Aug 96

PNAP 118

Streets in relation to Site Area - Building (Planning)

Regulation 23(2)(a)

Jan 90

PNAP 121

Structural Design Information

Sep 02

(Control

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of

Obstructions)

May 94
Jul 98

Jan 05
(Appendices
A, C and D
Jul 06)

Dec 05
(Appendix A
Aug 07)

Reference

Title

Date of
Current Issue

PNAP 122

Testing of Reinforcement for Concrete

Mar 96

PNAP 124

Pollution from Industrial Buildings - Building

(Standards of Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage
Works and Latrines) Regulation 90

Mar 92

PNAP 125

Unauthorized Alterations and Additions - Buildings

Ordinance section 14

Jan 96

PNAP 127

Colouring of Plans

Aug 06

PNAP 128

Standardization of Floor Numbering

Jul 98

PNAP 131

Requirements for Qualified Supervision of Structural

Works, Foundation Works and Excavation Works Buildings Ordinance section 17

Dec 05

PNAP 132

Site Investigation and Ground Investigation

Feb 06

PNAP 133

Temporary Buildings - Building (Planning) Regulations

50-52

Mar 94

PNAP 135

Imaging Standards for Plans

Dec 00

PNAP 137

Monitoring and Maintenance of Horizontal Drains

Nov 90

PNAP 139

Supply of Plans to Registered General Building

Contractors and Registered Specialist Contractors Building (Administration) Regulation 36

Aug 01

PNAP 140

Building (Construction) Regulations

Feb 07

PNAP 142

Retaining Walls - Building (Construction) Regulations

1992 - Part XIII

Apr 98

PNAP 143

Procedure for Payment of Fees on Submission of Plans

Building (Administration) Regulation 42

Aug 02

PNAP 144

Control of Environmental Nuisance from Construction

Sites

Aug 97

PNAP 147

Exemption Criteria for Site Formation Works

associated with Exempted Building Works in the New
Territories

Feb 97

PNAP 148

Requirements for an Excavation and Lateral Support

Plan - Building (Administration) Regulation 8(1)(bc)

Dec 05

PNAP 152

Change of Address

Dec 05

PNAP 153

Tropical Hardwood Timber

Jul 92

PNAP 154

Submission of Record Plans for Alteration and Addition

Works - Building (Administration) Regulation 46

Mar 98

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Reference

Date of
Current Issue

Title

PNAP 156

Lightning Protection for Buildings

Dec 06

PNAP 157

Testing of Drainage Works - Building (Standards of

Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works &
Latrines) Regulation 73

Apr 93

PNAP 158

BAN on Hand-dug Caissons

Feb 95

PNAP 159

Buildings Ordinance, Cap 123 - Specified Forms

PNAP 161

Development in Area Numbers 2 & 4 of the Scheduled

Areas

Dec 05

PNAP 164

Gas Supply Installations

Feb 94

PNAP 165

Sewage Tunnel Works - Sewage Tunnels (Statutory

Easements) Ordinance Section 17A and Scheduled Area
Number 5, Buildings Ordinance, Cap 123

May 95

PNAP 166

GEOGUIDE 1 (Second Edition) - Guide to Retaining

Wall Design

Jun 95

PNAP 167

Methods for Testing Hong Kong Soils (GEOSPEC 3

Model Specification for Soil Testing)

Dec 05

PNAP 168

Registration of Slopes and Retaining Walls

Feb 02

PNAP 169

Natural Lighting to Staircases - Building (Planning)

Regulation 40

Mar 03

PNAP 170

Metal Refuse Chutes at Construction Sites

Aug 94

PNAP 172

Energy Efficiency of Buildings - Building (Energy

Efficiency) Regulation

Jun 00

PNAP 173

Design and Construction of Cantilevered Reinforced

Concrete Structures

Nov 05

PNAP 174

Submission of Development Progress

Sep 98

PNAP 175

Antiquities and Monuments

Monuments Ordinance, Cap 53

and

Jan 95

PNAP 176

Use of Plastic Sheet to Cover Scaffolding Outside

Buildings

May 95

PNAP 177

Underground Cavern Development

Apr 95

PNAP 178

Control of Blasting

Apr 07

PNAP 179

Service Lanes

Nov 95

PNAP 180

Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Reinforced Concrete

Apr 95

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Antiquities

Nov 02
(Appendix
Dec 05)

Reference

Date of
Current Issue

Title
Structures

PNAP 181

Temporary Wall-Supported Platforms inside Lift Shafts

Oct 95

PNAP 182

Building (Planning) Regulations 41A, 41B and 41C Means of Access for Firefighting and Rescue in
Buildings

May 95

PNAP 183

Keeping Buried Services out of Slopes

Jun 95

PNAP 185

Suspended Working Platforms

Oct 95

PNAP 186

Monitoring for Site Safety and Quality

Feb 06

PNAP 187

Code of Practice for the Structural Use of Concrete

1987

May 03

PNAP 188

Occupation of New Buildings - Buildings Ordinance

section 21

Aug 96

PNAP 189

GEOGUIDE 5 - Guide to Slope Maintenance

Apr 99

PNAP 190

Minor Amendments to Plans and Specified Forms

Apr 02

PNAP 191

Display of Site Information

Jan 05

PNAP 192

Code of Practice for Fire Resisting Construction 1996

Apr 96

PNAP 194

Places of Public Entertainment (Amendment)

Regulation
1996
and
Associated
Legislative
Amendments

Jun 96

PNAP 195

Code of Practice for the Provision of Means of Escape

in Case of Fire 1996

Jun 96

PNAP 197

Application for Excavation Permit for Ground

Investigation Works on Public Road - Circulation of
Proposal to Utility Undertakers

Aug 96

PNAP 199

Amendments and Clarification to Code of Practice for

Fire Resisting Construction 1996

Aug 99

PNAP 200

Submission of Site Formation Proposals

Dec 05

PNAP 201

Access Facilities for

Broadcasting Services

PNAP 202

Application of the Revised Fire Safety Codes

Oct 96

PNAP 203

Non-loadbearing Partition Walls

Oct 96

PNAP 204

Guide to Fire Engineering Approach

Mar 98

PNAP 205

Code of Practice on Inspection and Maintenance of

Water Carrying Services Affecting Slopes

Nov 96

Telecommunications

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and

Jun 06

Date of
Current Issue

Reference

Title

PNAP 207

Provision of Better Lift Service

May 06

PNAP 208

Buildings Ordinance section 18(6) - Authority to Enter

Buildings

Jun 97

PNAP 209

Maintenance
Installations

Lift

Jul 97

PNAP 210

Amendments and Clarification to Code of Practice for

the Provision of Means of Escape in Case of Fire 1996

Aug 97

PNAP 211

Planning and Design of Drainage Works

May 04

PNAP 212

Fire Safety (Commercial Premises) Ordinance, Cap.

502

Oct 07

PNAP 213

Sale Offices and Show Flats on Construction Sites

Aug 97

PNAP 214

Contractors Registration

Jun 07

PNAP 215

Consent Procedures for Building Works and Street

Works

Dec 05

PNAP 218

Facilities for External Inspection and Maintenance of

Buildings

Feb 04

PNAP 219

Lighting and Ventilation for Bathrooms and Lavatories

in Domestic Buildings

Mar 00

PNAP 220

Flushing Volume for Flushing Cisterns

May 00

PNAP 221

Fixing of Reinforcement for Concrete Works

Jul 03

PNAP 222

Structural Plans of Glass Reinforced Polyester (GRP)

Water Tanks

Mar 98

PNAP 223

Podium Height Restriction under Building (Planning)

Regulation 20(3)

Apr 98

PNAP 224

Superstructure Works Measures for Public Safety

Jul 05

PNAP 225

Ground Investigation Works in Scheduled Areas Approval and Consent

Feb 06

PNAP 226

Street Name and Building Number

May 07

PNAP 227

Structures On Grade on Newly Reclaimed Land

Apr 99

PNAP 228

Noise Annoyance Prevention - Design of Pump Room

and Ventilation System

Sep 98

PNAP 229

Exclusion of Floor Areas for Recreational Use

Sep 00

PNAP 230

Water Seepage

Mar 05

PNAP 231

Fire Resisting Construction - Kitchens in Restaurants

Oct 98

and

Replacement

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Works

of

Reference

Date of
Current Issue

Title

PNAP 232

Precautionary Measures for Construction Sites

Dec 98

PNAP 233

Dedication of Land/Area for Use as Public Passage

Jun 03

PNAP 234

Geotechnical Manual for Slopes - Guidance on

Interpretation and Updating

Jun 99

PNAP 235

Protective Barriers

Sep 00

PNAP 236

Design of Car Parks and Loading/Unloading Facilities

Mar 00

PNAP 237

Corruption Prevention

Jul 99

PNAP 238

Disposal of Condensation from Air-Conditioning Units

Mar 00

PNAP 240

Submission of Documents in Electronic Format

Mar 08

PNAP 241

Lighting and Ventilation of Rooms Used for Habitation

or as an Office or Kitchen

Sep 01

PNAP 243

Construction and Demolition Waste

Jun 00

PNAP 245

Waste Minimization Provision of Fitments & Fittings

in New Buildings

Dec 00

PNAP 246

Performance Review Item 6(g)(ii) in Column B,

Section 17(1) of the Buildings Ordinance

Dec 05

PNAP 247

Design Manual Barrier Free Access 1997

Jul 03

PNAP 248

Aluminium Windows

Mar 06

PNAP 249

Structural Requirements for Alteration and Addition

Works in Existing Buildings

Dec 00

PNAP 250

Planning Application for Minor Amendments to

Approved Development Proposals

Apr 01

PNAP 251

Testing of Building Materials

Oct 01

PNAP 252

Management
Framework
Dredged/Excavated Sediment

of

Apr 07

PNAP 253

Stair-well and Open Wells in School and Other

Buildings Used by Youngsters

May 01

PNAP 254

Site Auditing for Building Works

Feb 06

PNAP 255

Concrete Batching Plant

Mar 02

PNAP 257

Amendment to Code of Practice for Provision of Means

of Escape in Case of Fire 1996 (MOE Code)

Jun 01

PNAP 258

Provision of Sky Garden in Refuge Floor

Dec 01

PNAP 260

Alternative Designs Paragraph 12.3 of the Code of

Practice for Fire Resistance Construction 1996 (FRC

Oct 01

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for

Disposal

Reference

Title

Date of
Current Issue

Code)
PNAP 263

Streets for Site Classification

Nov 05

PNAP 266

Level Difference for Floor Adjoining External Ground

Level or Flat Roof

Jan 05

PNAP 267

Felling or Transplanting of Trees

Nov 02

PNAP 269

Plans for Signboards

Jul 05

PNAP 270

Improvement of Visual Appearance and Landscape

Treatment for Man-made Slopes and Retaining Walls

PNAP 272

Re-engineering the Building Approval Process

PNAP 273

Contractors Sheds

Oct 07

PNAP 274

Geotechnical Design Information

Dec 05

PNAP 275

Use of Recycled Aggregates in Concrete

Feb 03

PNAP 277

Floor Drains in Kitchens and Bathrooms

Jun 03

PNAP 278

Lighting & Ventilation Requirements Performancebased Approach

Jun 05

PNAP 279

Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Railway

Protection Railways Ordinance Buildings Ordinance
Scheduled Area No. 3

Dec 05

PNAP 280

Site Coverage and Open Space Provision

Jan 04

PNAP 282

Cast Iron Pipes for Drainage Works

Nov 03

PNAP 283

Development in the Designated Area of Northshore

Lantau

Feb 06

PNAP 284

Quality Supervision of Soil Nailing Works

Feb 06

PNAP 285

Extractor Fans in Bathrooms and Lavatories in

Domestic Buildings

Mar 04

PNAP 287

Ventilation of Common Corridors and Lift Lobbies in

Buildings

Jan 04

PNAP 288

Building (Planning) Regulation 41D - Emergency

Vehicular Access

Jul 06

PNAP 289

Ground-borne Vibrations Arising from Pile Driving and

Similar Operations

May 04

PNAP 290

Appointment of Authorised Signatory to Act for

Registered Contractor and Temporary absence of
Authorised Signatories

May 04

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May 04
Sep 07

Reference

Title

Date of
Current Issue

PNAP 291

Code of Practice on Wind Effects in Hong Kong 2004

Dec 04

PNAP 292

Central Data Bank (CDB)

Jan 05

PNAP 293

Registration of Authorized Persons and Registered

Structural Engineers as Registered Geotechnical
Engineers

Dec 04

PNAP 294

Division of Responsibilities between Authorized

Person, Registered Structural Engineer and Registered
Geotechnical Engineer

Apr 06

PNAP 295

Protection of natural streams/rivers from adverse

impacts arising from construction works

May 05

PNAP 296

Code of Practice for Structural Use of Concrete 2004

Jun 07

PNAP 297

Provision of Sanitary Fitments in Offices, Shopping

Arcades and Department Stores, Places of Public
Entertainment and Cinemas

May 05

PNAP 298

Construction Site Safety Pay for Safety Scheme

Mar 06

PNAP 299

Quality Control and Supervision of Precast Concrete

Construction

Aug 06

PNAP 300

Design and Construction of Run-in and Run-out on

Public Road

Sep 06

PNAP 301

Provision of mechanical ventilation under Building

(Planning) Regulation 34

Jan 07

PNAP 302

Fire Safety (Buildings) Odinance, Cap. 572

Oct 07

(Rev. 4/2008)

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Appendix B
(PNAP 1)
Alphabetical Index
ACABAS

PNAP 107

Acceptable Standards - B(C)R

PNAP 140

Access Facilities for Telecommunications and Broadcasting

Services

PNAP 201

Access for Refuse Collection Vehicles - B(RS&MRC and RC)R 5

PNAP 98

Adjoining Buildings - Pouring of Concrete Against Walls of

PNAP 81

Aggregate

PNAP 180

Air Conditioning

PNAP 116

Alkali-Aggregate Reaction

PNAP 180

Alteration and Addition Works in Existing Buildings

PNAP 249

Aluminium Windows

PNAP 248

Amendment to Plans and Specified Forms

PNAP 190

Amenity Features

PNAP 116

Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance

PNAP 175

AP Registering as RGE

PNAP 293

AP's Responsibilities

PNAP 294

AP, RSE or RGE - Nomination thereof to act instead

PNAP 14

AP, SE & GE Registration Committees

PNAP 43

Apertures for Gas Water Heaters

PNAP 82

Application of New Regulations

PNAP 215

Artificial lighting to staircase

PNAP 169

Asbestos

PNAP 114

Authorised Signatory of Registered Contractor

PNAP 290

Authority to Enter Buildings

PNAP 208

B(A)R - Centralized Processing of Building Plans

PNAP 30

B(A)R 14(3) - Colouring of Plans

PNAP 127

B(A)R 23(2) - Nomination of an AP, RSE or RGE to act instead

PNAP 14

B(A)R 25A - Water Supply Certificate

PNAP 17

B(A)R 36

PNAP 139
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B(A)R 45 - Change of Address

PNAP 152

B(A)R 8(1)(ba) - Geotechnical Assessment

PNAP 78

B(C)R 35

PNAP 266

B(C)R 49(1)

PNAP 266

B(C)R Part XIII - Retaining Walls

PNAP 142

B(P)R 20 & 21 - Projections in relation to Site Coverage and Plot

Ratio

PNAP 68

B(P)R 22(2) - Building Proposals affected by Street Widening

PNAP 70

B(P)R 23(2)(a)

PNAP 179

B(P)R 23(2)(a) - Streets in relation to Site Area

PNAP 118

B(P)R 23(3)

PNAP 223

B(P)R 23(3) - Calculation of Gross Floor Area and

Non-accountable Gross Floor Area

PNAP 13

B(P)R 27 & 47 Rock Faces

PNAP 61

B(P)R 28

PNAP 179

B(P)R 3 & 24 - Height of Storeys

PNAP 27

B(P)R 35A - Gas Water Heaters

PNAP 82

B(P)R 36

PNAP 219

B(P)R 41D

PNAP 288

B(P)R 50-52

PNAP 133

B(P)R 66(4)

PNAP 191

B(P)R 72 - Buildings for Persons with Disabilities

PNAP 112

B(P)R34

PNAP 301

B(P)Reg 22

PNAP 233

B(RS&MRC and RC)R 12A - Ventilation and Air Purifying of

Refuse Storage and Material Recovery Chambers/Material
Recovery Rooms

PNAP 98

B(RS&MRC and RC)R 3- Refuse Storage and Material Recovery

Chambers and Chutes

PNAP 98

B(RS&MRC and RC)R 5 - Access for Refuse Collection Vehicles

PNAP 98

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B(SSF,P,DW&L)R - Water Supply

PNAP 17

B(SSF,P,DW&L)R 5(5)(a) - Shops and Department Stores

PNAP 41

B(SSF,P,DW&L)R 73 - Testing of Drainage Works

PNAP 157

B(SSF,P,DW&L)R 90 - Pollution from Industrial Buildings

PNAP 124

B(SSFPBWL)R 19 - Flushing Volume

PNAP 220

B(SSFPDW&L)R

PNAP 297

Balcony - Fire Separation

PNAP 260

Ban on Hand-dug Caissons

PNAP 158

Basement - Dewatering in Excavation Works

PNAP 74

Bathrooms

PNAP 285

Bathrooms and Lavatories Windows

PNAP 219

Bay Windows

PNAP 68

BD Records - Access to and Copying of

PNAP 110

Blasting

PNAP 61

Blasting

PNAP 178

BO s.39(2)

PNAP 215

BO s14 - Unauthorized Alterations & Additions

PNAP 125

BO s16(1)(d) - Country Parks Ordinance, Cap 208

PNAP 47

BO s16(3A) - Approved Plans

PNAP 11

BO s17 - Requirement for Qualified Supervision of Building

Works with Geotechnical Content

PNAP 83

BO s17 - Requirement for Qualified Supervision of Structural

Works, Foundation Works and Excavation Works

PNAP 131

BO s21

PNAP 188

BO s21(6)(d) - Permanent Water Supply to Fire Service

Installations

PNAP 87

BO s32 - Names of Streets

PNAP 71

BO s4(2) - Nomination of an AP, RSE or RGE to act instead

PNAP 14

BO s8

PNAP 214

BOs3(5A)(c) - Professional Interview

PNAP 43
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Bridges

PNAP 92

Bridges

PNAP 107

Building (Administration) Regulation 8(1)(bc)

PNAP 148

Building (Construction) Regulations

PNAP 140

Building (Energy Efficiency) Regulation

PNAP 172

Building (Oil Storage Installations) Regulations

PNAP 48

Building (Planning) Regulation 40

PNAP 169

Building (Planning) Regulation 41A, 41B & 41C

PNAP 182

Building (Planning) Regulation Part IX

PNAP 75

Building (Planning) Regulation Part IX

PNAP 273

Building (Planning) Regulation Part VII

PNAP 273

Building Number

PNAP 226

Building Plans - Centralized Processing

PNAP 30

Building Plans - Requirements for a Geotechnical Assessment

PNAP 78

Buildings (Amendment) Ordinance 1990 & 1993

PNAP 161

Buildings Ordinance (Application to the New Territories)

Ordinance

PNAP 147

Buildings Ordinance section 18(6)

PNAP 208

Buildings Supporting Ground - Demolition of

PNAP 71

Bulk Excavation Limits

PNAP 85

Buried Services - Keeping out of Slopes

PNAP 183

C and D Waste Reduction

PNAP 275

Caissons

PNAP 158

Cantilevered Reinforced Concrete Structures

PNAP 173

Cantilevered Structures

PNAP 173

Car Park Aisles

PNAP 236

Car parks

PNAP 236

Cast Iron Drainage Pipes

PNAP 282

Central Data Bank

PNAP 292
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Centralized Processing of Building Plans

PNAP 30

Certificate of Exemption for Site Formation Works

PNAP 147

Change of Address - B(A)R 45

PNAP 152

Channel Down Effect, of Wind

PNAP 291

Child Care Centres - Licensing of

PNAP 117

Chimneys

PNAP 45

Cinemas

PNAP 194

Cinemas in Non-domestic Buildings or Composite Buildings Places of Public Entertainment Regulations

PNAP 54

Cladding

PNAP 13

Cladding

PNAP 59

Code of Practice for OTTV in Buildings

PNAP 172

Code of Practice for Structural Use of Concrete

PNAP 296

Code of Practice for, Means of Escape

PNAP 210

Code of Practice on Building Works for Lifts and Escalators

PNAP 84

Code of Practice on Inspection & Maintenance of Water Carrying

Services Affecting Slopes

PNAP 205

Code of Practice on Wind Effects in Hong Kong 2004

PNAP 291

Codes of Practice

PNAP 115

Colouring of Plans - B(A)R 14(3)

PNAP 127

Common Corridors

PNAP 287

Communal Sky Garden

PNAP 258

Computer Programs

PNAP 79

Concept Drawings

PNAP 272

Concrete

PNAP 180

Concrete

PNAP 187

Concrete - Pouring Against Walls of Adjoining Buildings

PNAP 81

Concrete Batching Plant

PNAP 255

Concrete, Code of Practice for Structural Use of

PNAP 296

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Condensation from Air-conditioner

PNAP 238

Consent

PNAP 215

Consent Procedures

PNAP 215

Construction Site Safety

PNAP 298

Construction Sites, Control of Environmental Nuisance

PNAP 144

Construction Standard CS2

PNAP 122

Construction Waste

PNAP 243

Contractor's Shed

PNAP 273

Contractors Registration

PNAP 214

Contractors Registration Committee

PNAP 214

Control of Blasting

PNAP 178

Control of Environment Nuisance from Construction Sites

PNAP 144

Copying of Plans and Documents

PNAP 110

Core-drilling Test

PNAP 66

Corruption Prevention

PNAP 237

Country Parks Ordinance, Cap 208

PNAP 47

Criteria for acceptance for concrete coring test

PNAP 187

Curtailed Check

PNAP 272

Curtain wall system

PNAP 13

Curtain Wall Systems

PNAP 106

Dangerous Buildings - Demolition of

PNAP 71

Debris Management

PNAP 71

Dedication

PNAP 233

Demolished Buildings (Re-development of Sites) Ordinance, Cap

337

PNAP 11

Demolition Waste

PNAP 243

Demolition Works

PNAP 71

Design Manual Barrier Free Access

PNAP 247

Design of Pump Room

PNAP 228
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Design of Ventilation System

PNAP 228

Designated Area

PNAP 283

Development Progress

PNAP 174

Dewatering in Foundation and Basement Excavation Works

PNAP 74

Digital Signatures

PNAP 240

Display of Site Inforamtion

PNAP 191

Disposal of Dredged/Excavated Sediment

PNAP 252

Division of Responsibilities between AP, RSE and RGE

PNAP 294

Drainage Disposal for Air-conditioner

PNAP 238

Drainage System, Public, Protection of During Demolition

PNAP 71

Drainage Works

PNAP 211

Drainage Works - Cast Iron Pipes

PNAP 282

Drainage Works - Testing of

PNAP 157

Dredged/Excavated Sediment - Disposal of

PNAP 252

Effluent - Noxious

PNAP 124

Electronic Information

PNAP 240

Electronic Records

PNAP 240

Electronic Submissions

PNAP 240

Electronic Transactions Ordinance

PNAP 240

Emergency Situations - Telephone Numbers for Use Outside

Office Hours

PNAP 34

Emergency vehicular access

PNAP 288

Energy Efficiency, OTTV, Sunshading

PNAP 172

Environmental Nuisance from Construction Sites

PNAP 144

Escalator Installation

PNAP 84

EVA

PNAP 288

EVA Plan

PNAP 288

Excavation and Lateral Support Plan

PNAP 148

Excavation Permit

PNAP 197
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Excavation Works - Dewatering

PNAP 74

Exclusion from GFA Calculations

PNAP 207

Exclusion Orders

PNAP 11

Exemption Criteria for Site Formation Works

PNAP 147

External Ground

PNAP 266

External Maintenance of Buildings

PNAP 218

Extractor Fan

PNAP 285

Fast track processing

PNAP 269

Fast Track Processing of Minor A&A Works

PNAP 272

Fees, Procedure for Payment

PNAP 143

Fie Safety Direction

PNAP 302

Filling Work

PNAP 55

Fire Engineering Approach

PNAP 202

Fire Engineering Approach

PNAP 204

Fire Resisting Construction, Code of Practice for

PNAP 192

Fire Resisting Construction, Code of Practice for

PNAP 199

Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance

PNAP 302

Fire Safety (Commercial Premises) Ordinance

PNAP 212

Fire Safety Direction

PNAP 212

Fire Separation for Balcony

PNAP 260

Fire Service Installations - Permanent Water Supply

PNAP 87

Fittings and Fixtures

PNAP 245

Fixing of Reinforcement for Concrete Works

PNAP 221

Flat Roof

PNAP 266

Floor Drain

PNAP 277

Floor Numbering

PNAP 128

Flushing Cistern

PNAP 220

Flushing Water Demand, Assessment of

PNAP 17

Folding of Plans

PNAP 58
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Form BA 14

PNAP 53

Form BA 14A

PNAP 53

Foundation Works in the Scheduled Areas

PNAP 161

FRC

PNAP 202

FRC - Kitchen

PNAP 231

FRC Code

PNAP 209

Gas Supply Installations

PNAP 164

Gas Water Heaters - B(P)R 35A

PNAP 82

GEOGUIDE 1 - Guide to Retaining Wall Design

PNAP 166

GEOGUIDE 5

PNAP 189

Geotechnical Assessment

PNAP 78

Geotechnical Computer Programs

PNAP 274

Geotechnical Design Information

PNAP 274

Geotechnical Information Unit

PNAP 104

Geotechnical Manual for Slopes

PNAP 234

Glass Reinforced Polyester Water Tank

PNAP 222

Graded Buildings

PNAP 175

Gross Floor Area Calculation

PNAP 229

Gross Floor Area Calculations

PNAP 13

Gross Floor Area Exclusion

PNAP 229

Gross Floor Area Exclusions

PNAP 13

Ground Anchors

PNAP 50

Ground Investigation

PNAP 85

Ground Investigation

PNAP 132

Ground Investigation Field Works

PNAP 132

Ground Investigation in Scheduled Areas

PNAP 225

Ground Investigation in the Scheduled Areas

PNAP 161

Ground Investigation Works on Public Road

PNAP 197

Ground-borne Vibration

PNAP 289
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Guidelines for Processing Submission Involving Structures on

grade

PNAP 227

Hand-dug Caissons

PNAP 158

Heat Soak Test

PNAP 106

Height of Storeys - B(P)R 3 & 24

PNAP 27

Highway Structures

PNAP 92

Highway Structures

PNAP 107

Historical Building Materials

PNAP 175

Hoardings, Covered Walkways & Gantries

PNAP 75

Hoardings, Covered Walkways and Gantries

PNAP 273

HOKLAS

PNAP 251

Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance, Cap 301

PNAP 88

Horizontal Drains

PNAP 137

Hotel Concessions

PNAP 111

Hotel Development

PNAP 111

Imaging Standards for Plans

PNAP 135

Industrial Buildings - Occupancy & Related Matters

PNAP 100

Inner Room

PNAP 257

Inspection of Plans and Documents

PNAP 110

Kindergartens - Licensing of

PNAP 117

Kitchen attached to Restaurant

PNAP 231

Kowloon-Canton Railway Coporation Railway Protection

PNAP 279

Landlord & Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance, Cap 7

PNAP 11

Landscape Treatment for Man-made Slopes and Retaining Walls

PNAP 270

Lavatories Windows

PNAP 285

Layout of Car Parks

PNAP 236

Legislation and Publications Affecting the Building Industry

PNAP 115

Licensing - Child Care Centres, Kindergartens and Restaurants

PNAP 117

Lift Car and Shaft

PNAP 207
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Lift Installation

PNAP 84

Lift Installations - Maintenance/Replacement Works

PNAP 209

Lift Lobbies

PNAP 287

Lighting and Ventilation

PNAP 241

Lighting and ventilation

PNAP 278

Lightning Protection for Buildings

PNAP 156

Limit State Design

PNAP 187

List of Testing Laboratories

PNAP 251

Maintenance Manual - Slopes

PNAP 189

Major Revision

PNAP 143

Marble

PNAP 161

Mass Transit Railway Protection

PNAP 77

Material Recovery Chambers - B(RS&MRC and RC)R 4A

PNAP 98

Material Recovery Rooms - B(RS&MRC and RC)R 4B

PNAP 98

Material Testing

PNAP 251

Material Variation

PNAP 11

Means of Access for Firefighting and Rescue in Buildings

PNAP 182

Means of Escape (Lanes)

PNAP 179

Means of Escape in relation to Uses on Upper Floors

PNAP 117

Means of Escape, Code of Practice for

PNAP 195

Mechanical Plant - Use of In Demolition Works

PNAP 71

Metal Refuse Chutes at Construction Sites

PNAP 170

Mid-levels Scheduled Area

PNAP 85

Minor Amendment of Plans and Specified Forms

PNAP 190

Minor Amendments - Building (Administration) Regulation 33(1)

PNAP 272

Minor Amendments to Approved Schemes

PNAP 250

MOA

PNAP 202

MOA Code

PNAP 288

MOE

PNAP 202
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MOE Code

PNAP 257

Monitoring for Site Safety and Quality

PNAP 186

Monuments

PNAP 175

Natural Lighting to Staircases

PNAP 169

Natural streams/rivers

PNAP 295

Newly Reclaimed Land

PNAP 227

Noise Annoyance Prevention

PNAP 228

Noise Control Ordinance

PNAP 228

Nomination of AP, RSE or RGE to act instead

PNAP 14

Non-accountable Gross Floor Area

PNAP 13

Non-loadbearing Partition Wall

PNAP 203

Nuisance, Environmental

PNAP 144

Occupation Permits

PNAP 188

Occupation Permits - Permanent Water Supply

PNAP 87

Oil Storage Installations

PNAP 48

Open Space

PNAP 280

Open Well

PNAP 253

Partition Wall

PNAP 203

Party Walls

PNAP 71

Pay For Safety Scheme (PFSS)

PNAP 298

Payment of Fees, Procedure

PNAP 143

Peak Particle Velocity

PNAP 289

Performance Review

PNAP 85

Performance Review

PNAP 161

Performance Review

PNAP 246

Persons with Disabilities - Buildings to be Planned for Use by

PNAP 112

PFA

PNAP 90

Pile Foundations

PNAP 66

Places of Public Entertainment Regulations

PNAP 194

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Places of Public Entertainment Regulations - Cinemas in

Non-domestic Buildings or Composite Buildings

PNAP 54

Plans - Amending of Plans and Specified Forms

PNAP 190

Plans - Imaging Standards

PNAP 135

Plastic Sheet

PNAP 176

Platforms

PNAP 181

Plot Ratio

PNAP 179

Podium Height

PNAP 223

Pollution from Industrial Buildings

PNAP 124

Pollution, Environmental

PNAP 144

Posting Names of AP, RSE and RC on Building Site

PNAP 191

Practice Notes in Force

PNAP 1

Pre-submission Enquiry

PNAP 272

Precast Concrete

PNAP 299

Precautionary Measures for Construction Works

PNAP 232

Predrilling

PNAP 66

Prescribed Commercial Activities

PNAP 212

Prescribed Commercial Premises

PNAP 212

Prescribed Window

PNAP 241

Prestressed Ground Anchors in Building Works

PNAP 50

Priority

PNAP 40

Private Street

PNAP 263

Procedure for Payment of Fees

PNAP 143

Processing of Building Plans - B(A)R

PNAP 30

Processing of Formal Submissions

PNAP 272

Projecting Windows

PNAP 68

Projections

PNAP 68

Proposed Monuments

PNAP 175

Protective Barrier

PNAP 253
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Protective Barriers

PNAP 235

Protective Measures

PNAP 232

Public Drainage System, Protection of During Demolition

PNAP 71

Public Road - Ground Investigation Works

PNAP 197

Pulverised Fuel Ash

PNAP 90

Quality Control of Precast Concrete

PNAP 299

Quality Supervision

PNAP 66

Rainforest Timber

PNAP 153

Ramp and Gradient of Car Parks

PNAP 236

Re-development Orders

PNAP 11

Re-engineering the Building Approval Process

PNAP 272

Receiving and Despatching

PNAP 58

Record Plans

PNAP 53

Record Plans for Alteration & Addition Works

PNAP 154

Recreational Facilities

PNAP 116

Recreational Facilities

PNAP 229

Recycled Aggregates

PNAP 275`

Refuge Floor

PNAP 258

Refuse Collection Vehicles - B(RS&MRC and RC)R 5

PNAP 98

Refuse Storage and Material Recovery Chambers and Chutes B(RS&MRC and RC)R 3

PNAP 98

Registered Geotechnical Engineer

PNAP 293

Registered Specialist Contractor (Ground Investigation Field

Works Category)

PNAP 132

Registration of AP, RSE & RGE

PNAP 43

Registration of Slopes and Retaining Walls

PNAP 168

Regular Inspections of Curtain Walls

PNAP 106

Reinforcement Fixing

PNAP 221

Reinforcement Testing

PNAP 122

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Requirements for an Excavation and Lateral Support Plan

PNAP 148

Resident Supervision

PNAP 71

Restaurants - Licensing of

PNAP 117

Retaining Wall Design - GEOGUIDE 1

PNAP 166

Retaining Walls - B(C)R Part XIII

PNAP 142

Retention and Restoration of AP, RSE & RGE

PNAP 43

RGE's Responsibilities

PNAP 294

Rock Faces - B(P)R 27 & 47

PNAP 61

Roof

PNAP 266

RPE(BS)

PNAP 301

RSE Registering as RGE

PNAP 293

RSE's Responsibilities

PNAP 294

Run-in

PNAP 300

Run-out

PNAP 300

Sale Offices

PNAP 213

Sanitary Fitment

PNAP 277

Sanitary Fitments

PNAP 245

Scaffolding

PNAP 176

Schedule of Building Materials and Products

PNAP 53

Schedule of Building Materials and Products

PNAP 292

Scheduled Area No. 1

PNAP 85

Scheduled Area No. 3

PNAP 77

Scheduled Area No. 3

PNAP 279

Scheduled Areas

PNAP 132

Scheduled Areas No. 2 & 4

PNAP 161

Scope of Professional Interviews for Registration as AP, RSE &

RGE

PNAP 43

Scope of Works for Contractors

PNAP 214

Service Lanes

PNAP 179
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Settlement of Newly Reclaimed Land

PNAP 227

Sewage Tunnel Works

PNAP 165

Sewage Tunnels

PNAP 165

Shops and Department Stores - Assessment of Sanitary Fitments

PNAP 41

Shoring

PNAP 71

Shoring

PNAP 208

Show Flats

PNAP 213

Signboard Anchorage

PNAP 269

Signboards

PNAP 269

Signs

PNAP 269

Site Area

PNAP 118

Site Auditing

PNAP 254

Site Classification

PNAP 263

Site Coverage

PNAP 179

Site Coverage

PNAP 280

Site Formation

PNAP 55

Site Formation Works, Exemption Criteria for

PNAP 147

Site Investigation

PNAP 132

Site Monitoring Section

PNAP 186

Slopes - Maintenance Manual

PNAP 189

Slopes and Retaining Walls - Landscape Treatment

PNAP 270

Slopes and Retaining Walls - Registration

PNAP 168

SMS

PNAP 186

Soil Nailing Works

PNAP 284

Soil Nails

PNAP 284

Soil Testing

PNAP 167

Spandrel

PNAP 260

Specified Forms

PNAP 159

Specified Forms - Minor Amendment

PNAP 190
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Specified Street

PNAP 263

Splitting of Submissions

PNAP 200

Stairwell

PNAP 253

Stone Cladding

PNAP 59

Street

PNAP 263

Street Improvement Schemes

PNAP 49

Street Name

PNAP 226

Street Name Signs

PNAP 71

Street Widening - B(P)R 22(2)

PNAP 70

Streets in relation to Site Area

PNAP 118

Structural A&A Works

PNAP 249

Structural Design Information

PNAP 121

Structural Design of Highway Structures

PNAP 92

Structural Plans for Cladding

PNAP 59

Structural Plans for Curtain Walls and Window Walls

PNAP 106

Structural Requirements

PNAP 249

Structural Sealants

PNAP 106

Structural Submissions

PNAP 121

Submission of Amended Building Plans and Application for an

Occupation Permit Simultaneous

PNAP 53

Submission of Development Progress

PNAP 174

Submission of Record Plans

PNAP 53

Submission of Schedule of Building Materials and Products

PNAP 53

Submission of Site Formation Proposals

PNAP 200

Submissions by Messenger/Chit Book to BD

PNAP 58

Superstructure Works

PNAP 224

Supervision - Building Works with Geotechnical Content

PNAP 83

Supervision - Structural Works, Foundation Works and

Excavation Works

PNAP 131

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Supervision of Precast Concrete Works

PNAP 299

Supply of Plans to Registered General Building Contractors and

Registered Specialist Contractors

PNAP 139

Suspended Working Platforms

PNAP 185

Target Composite Building

PNAP 302

Tempered Glass

PNAP 106

Temporary Absence of Authorised Signatory

PNAP 290

Temporary Buildings

PNAP 133

Temporary Wall Supported Platforms

PNAP 181

Testing of Curtain Wall Systems

PNAP 106

Testing of Drainage Works

PNAP 157

Testing of Reinforcement for Concrete

PNAP 122

TOP

PNAP 213

Town Planning Application

PNAP 250

Transitional Arrangements for Registration as RGE

PNAP 43

Trees-Felling/Replanting of

PNAP 267

Trip-ticket System

PNAP 243

Tropical Hardwood Timber

PNAP 153

Type I Works

PNAP 215

Type II Works

PNAP 215

Unauthorized Alterations & Additions - BO s14

PNAP 125

Underground Caverns

PNAP 177

Underground Construction

PNAP 177

Uses on Upper Floors - B(P)R 41(1)

PNAP 117

Validity of Plans

PNAP 215

Vehicular Run-in and Run-out

PNAP 300

Ventilation

PNAP 287

Ventilation and Air Purifying - B(RS&MRC and RC)R 12A

PNAP 98

Ventilation and lighting

PNAP 278
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Vibration

PNAP 289

Video Recording

PNAP 71

Vision Panel

PNAP 257

Walls - Pouring of Concrete Against Walls of Adjoining Buildings

PNAP 81

Waste Management Plan

PNAP 243

Water Carrying Services Affecting Slopes

PNAP 205

Water Seal

PNAP 277

Water Seepage

PNAP 230

Water Seepage

PNAP 248

Water Supply - Fire Service Installations

PNAP 87

Water Supply, from Well or Other Sources

PNAP 17

Water Tanks - Glass Reinforced Polyester

PNAP 222

Water-borne Piping embedded in Structural Elements

PNAP 230

Well Yield Test

PNAP 17

Window/Window Wall Systems

PNAP 106

Windows

PNAP 248

Rev. 4/2008

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