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Building Elements Limits

1.0 Building Purpose

2.0 Staircase

2.1 Min. Tread width of Staircase excluding 250 mm

nosing ( in mm )
2.2 Riser of Staircase ( in mm ) Max. 175 m for all buildings except for internal
staircase of apartment which is 190 mm
2.3 Clear width of Staircase The minimum clear width
( in mm ) ( unobstructed by projection or handrails) of
staircase shall be as follows:
1 Auditoriums
i. Below 500 1500 mm
capacity
ii. Above 500
capacity 2000 mm
2 Cold storages and 1250mm
warehouses
3 Buildings more than 4 1250mm
stories high
( Industrial or Commercial)
4 Educational building 2000mm
5 Residential building 800 mm

6 Cinemas
i. Below 500 1500 mm
capacity
ii. Above 500
7 capacity 2000 mm
8 Public assembly 2500 mm
For capacities greater than
2500 occupants
Note: For reduced use staircases such as
accesses to lofts , attics and terraces ,
the minimum width shall be 600 mm.
2.4 Height of handrail ( in mm ) Min. 900 mm

2.5 Max. no. of riser per flight ( Nos ) 15

2.6 Min. head room under staircase from the 2000 mm

nosing of the road (mm)

3.0 Exit
3.1 Max. travel distance to exit point in each 30 m
floor (m)
3.2 Min. width of exit door including frame 1000mm ( 750mm in case of toilet)
(mm)

3.3 Min. height of exit door including frame 2000mm

(mm)

3.4 Shutter opening of exit door to staircase Outwards

& public passage

3.5 Total width of exit door (mm) Calculated on the basis of following table:
Number of Occupants per 500mm width
Building type Stairways Doorways/Passages
(occupant) (occupants)
Apartments 25 75
Auditoriums 60 90
Hospitals 25 75
Cold Storage 50 75
and
Warehouses
Buildings 50 75
more than 4
stories high
( industrial
and
commercial
Educational 25 75
building
Other 25 75
Residential * to be discussed
Cinemas 60 90
Example: Calculation of total doorway width at
main exit level for a cinema hall with 900
occupants:
900 occupants/90 occupants per 500mm width =
10*500mm = 5000 mm total width .
This can be broken up with two main exit doors
- Each 2500 mm wide.
4.0 Light and Ventilation
4.1 Total Floor Area of Largest Habitable Habitable room – shall not be less than 2000mm
room ( sq.m) *2000mm

4.2 Min. opening area of window for lighting 10% of floor area
largest habitable room from external wall
( sq.m)

4.3 Min. opening area of natural ventilator for 5% of floor area

largest habitable room from external wall
( sq.m)
4.4 Min. size of ventilator for water closets 1m2
and bathroom ( sq.m)
5.0 Requirement for the physically
disabled
5.1 Is there a provision of separate entrance
for disabled people next to the primary
entrance of a building?

5.2 Max . gradient for wheel chair ramp at 1:12

entrance of building
5.3 Min. width of wheel chair ramp at 900 mm
entrance of building ( in mm)
6.0 Lift

6.1 Total habitable height of the building

( in m)
6.2 Provision of lift Provision of lift shall be made for all buildings
more than 15000 mm in height.
6.3 No. of Lift per bank ( Nos) Max. 4

7.0 Others

7.1 Provision of fire escape and fire safety

8.0 Parapet heights

8.1 Heights of parapet wall & balcony Min. 1000 mm

handrail ( in mm)
 -v=!_ STRUCTURAL DESIGN ( RCC FRAME STRUCTURE)

Building elements Limits

1.0 General

2.0 NBC 102-1994 Unit Weight of Materials

2.1 Specify the design unit weight of materials 78.5 KN/m3

Steel (in KN/m3)

2.2 Specify the design unit weight of materials

RCC (in KN/m3)

2.3 Specify the design unit weight of

materials: Brick masonry ( in KN/m3)

3.0 NBC 103-1994 Occupancy Load

( Imposed load )
3.1 Building use type

3.2 Occupancy Load ( Uniformly Distributed

load in KN/m2) for Rooms and Kitchen,
wards, dressing rooms

3.3 Occupancy Load ( Uniformly Distributed

Load in KN/m2 ) for Corridors, Staircase,
Store

3.4 Occupancy Load ( Uniformly Distributed

Load in KN/m2) for Balcony

3.5 Occupancy Load ( Uniformly Distributed

Load in KN/m2) for Retail shops

3.6 Special Occupancy 1………………….

3.7 Special Occupancy 2………………….
3.8 Special Occupancy 3………………….

4.0 NBC 104-1994 Wind Load

4.1 Wind zone
4.2 Basic wind speed ( in m/s) 47 m/s

5.0 NBC 105-1994 Seismic Design of Buildings in Nepal

5.1 Method adopted for earthquake resistant
design
5.2 Subsoil category
5.3 Adopted code for seismic design
5.4 Seismic Weight ( W ) ( in KN)

5.5 Considered structure height for time

period calculation

5.6 Fundamental time period considered (Tx)

( Seconds) in first direction

5.7 Fundamental time period considered ( Ty)

( Seconds ) in second direction

5.8 Basic seismic coefficient ( C )

(if NBC is used)

5.9 Seismic Zoning factor ( Z )

( if NBC is used)

5.10 Importance factor ( I )

5.11 Structural performance factor (K)

( if NBC is used)

5.12 Seismic zoning factor ( Z )

( if IS 1893:2002 is used)

5.13 Spectral acceleration coefficient ( sa/g)

(if IS used)

5.14 Response reduction factor

( if IS used)

5.15 Design Horizontal Seismic Coefficient

 (Ah) ( If IS used)

5.16 Design horizontal Seismic Coefficient

( Cd)( if NBC used)
5.17 Base shear ( VB) for Seismic Coefficient

5.18 Generated Base Shear in first axis

through Response Spectrum Analysis
( If Response spectrum used)

5.19 Generated Base Shear in normal to first

axis through response spectrum analysis
( If Response Spectrum method is used)

5.20 Maximum Inter-Storey Drift

5.21 Maximum total deflection

6.0 NBC 108:1994 Site Consideration for Seismic Hazards

6.1 Distance of construction site from

toe/beginning of downward slope?

6.2 Distance of construction site from river

bank

6.3 Availability of soil test report Mandatory, if Distance within 50 m and

Commercial Building and/or Residence building
more than 5 storeys
Structural Data for Framed RCC Structure

7.0 NBC 110-1994 Plain and Reinforced Concrete

7.1 Concrete grade in structure

7.2 Reinforcement Steel grade

7.3 Slab design

7.4 Boundary condition of slab

7.5 Effective thickness of slab (d) in mm

7.6 Short span of Critical slab panel

( L) in mm

7.7 Calculated short span to effective depth

ratio ( L/d) for the corresponding slab

7.8 Basic ( L/d) ratio

7.9 Required modification factor

7.10 Tension reinforcement (Ast) Percentage

(%) for short span bottom reinforcement

7.11 Modification factor for tension

reinforcement
8.0 Check for Critical beam , if span equals to or more than 7m

8.1 Effective depth of beam (d) ( in mm)

8.2 Critical span ( L ) (in mm)

8.3 Long Term Deflection Including creep,

shrinkages
9.0 Check for weak beam strong columns at Critical beam-column joint

9.1 Sum of moment capacity of beams at

critical beam – column joint
9.2 Sum of moment capacity of columns at
critical beam – column joint
9.3 Design Philosophy Limit state method

10.0Load combinations ( IS 1893 )

Load combinations ( NBC 105)

Whether sample design calculations of

foundations, columns, beams and slabs are
submitted
Type of foundations
Depth of foundation from ground level to the
bottom of footing ( in m )