Lesson 1: National Building Code Flashcards
Section 103. Scope and Application
(a) The provisions of this Code shall apply to the design, location, sitting, construction, alteration, repair, conversion, use, occupancy, maintenance, moving, demolition of, and addition to public and private buildings and structures, except traditional indigenous family dwellings as defined herein.
(b) Building and/or structures constructed before the approval of this Code shall not be affected thereby except when alterations, additions, conversions or repairs are to be made therein in which case, this Code shall apply only to portions to be altered, added, converted or repaired.
Section 104. General Building Requirements.
(a) All buildings or structures as well as accessory facilities thereto shall conform in all respects to the principles of the safe construction and must be suited to the purpose for which they are designed.
(b) Buildings or structures intended to be used for the manufacture and/or production of any kind of article or the product shall observe adequate environmental
safeguards.
(c) Buildings or structures and all parts thereof as well as all facilities found therein shall be maintained in safe, sanitary and in good working condition.
Section 105. Site Requirements.
The land or site upon which will be constructed any building or structure, or any ancillary or auxiliary facility thereto, shall be sanitary, hygienic or safe. In the case of sites or buildings intended for use as human habitation or abode, the same shall be at a safe distance, as determined by competent authorities, from streams or bodies of water and/or sources of considered to be polluted; from a volcano or volcanic site and/or any other building considered to be a potential source of fire or explosion.
Section 301. Building Permits.
No person, firm or corporation, including any agency or the instrumentality of the government shall erect, construct, alter, repair, move, convert or demolish any building or structure or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a building permit therefore from the Building Official assigned in the place where the subject building is located or the building work is to be done.
Section 302. Application for permits.
In order to obtain a building permit, the applicant shall file an application therefore in writing and on the prescribed form from the office of the Building Official. Every application shall provide at least the following information:
(1) A description of the work to be covered by the permit applied for;
(2) Certified true copy of the CTC covering the lot on which the proposed work is to be done. If the applicant is not the registered owner, in addition to the CTC, a copy of the contract of lease shall be submitted;
(3) The use or occupancy for which the proposal work is intended;
(4) Estimated cost of the proposed work.
Section 305. Validity of Building Permits.
The issuance of a building permit shall not be construed as an
approval or authorization to the permittee to disregard or
violate any of the provisions of this Code.
Whenever the issuance of a permit is based on approved plans
and specifications which are subsequently found defective, the
Building Official is not precluded from requiring permittee to effect the necessary corrections in said plans and specifications or from preventing or ordering the stoppage of any or all building operations being carried on there under which are in violation of this Code.
A building permit issued under the provisions of this Code shall expire and become null and void if the building or work authorized therein is not commenced within a period of one year from the date of such permit, or if the building or work so authorized is suspended or abandoned at any time after it has been commenced, for a period of 120 days.
Section 306. Non-Issuance, Suspension or Revocation of Building Permits.
The Building Official may order or cause the non-issuance, suspension or revocation of building permits on any or all of the following reasons or grounds:
(a) Errors found in the plans and specifications;
(b) In correct or inaccurate data or information supplied;
(c) Non-compliance with the provisions of this Code or of
any rule or regulation.
Section 307. Appeal.
Within fifteen (15) days from the date of receipt of advice of the non-issuance, suspension or revocation of permits, the applicant/permittee may file an appeal with the Secretary who shall render his decision within fifteen days from date of receipt of notice of appeal. The decision of the Secretary shall be the final subject only to review by the Office of the President.
Section 308. Inspection and Supervision of Work.
The owner of the Building who is issued or granted a building permit under this Code shall engage the services of a duly licensed architect or civil engineer to undertake the full time inspection and supervision of the construction work…
Upon completion of the construction, the said licensed architect or civil engineer shall submit the logbook, duly signed and sealed, to the Building Official. He shall also prepare and submit a Certificate of Completion of the project stating that the construction of building conforms to the provisions of this Code as well as with the approved plans and specifications.
Section 309. Certificate of Occupancy.
No building or structure shall be used or occupied and no change in the existing use or occupancy classification of a building or structure or portion thereof shall be made until the Building Official has issued a Certificate of Occupancy therefore as provided in this Code.
A certificate of Occupancy shall be issued by the Building Official within thirty (30) days if after final inspection and submittal of a Certificate of Completion referred to in the
preceding section, it is found that the building or structure complies with the provisions of this Code.
SECTION 401. Types of Construction
(1) Type I – Type I buildings shall be of wood construction. The structural elements may be any of the materials permitted by this Code.
(2) Type II – Type II buildings shall be of wood construction with protective fire-resistant materials and one-hour fire-resistive throughout: Except, that permanent non-bearing partitions may use fire-retardant treated wood within the framing assembly.
(3) Type III – Type III buildings shall be of masonry and wood construction. Structural
elements may be any of the materials permitted by this Code: Provided, that the building shall be
one-hour fire-resistive throughout. Exterior walls shall be of incombustible fire-resistive construction.
(4) Type IV – Type IV buildings shall be of steel, iron, concrete, or masonry construction.
Walls, ceilings, and permanent partitions shall be of incombustible fire-resistive construction: Except,
that permanent non-bearing partitions of one-hour fire-resistive construction may use fire-retardant
treated wood within the framing assembly.
(5) Type V – Type V buildings shall be fire-resistive. The structural elements shall be of steel, iron, concrete, or masonry construction. Walls, ceilings, and permanent partitions shall be of
incombustible fire-resistive construction
