ACC2 NBCP

Also known as the National Building Code of the Philippines

PD 1096

No person, firm, corporation, including any agency, or 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 therefor from the BUilding Official assigned in the place where the subject building is located or the building work is to be done.

Building Permit

According to what law is architecture the art and science or profession of planning designing and constructing buildings in their own totality taking into account their environment, in accordance with the principles of utility, strength and beauty.

The Architecture Act of 2004 (Republic Act No. 9266) Sec. 1

The practice of civil engineering, shall embrace services in the form or consultation, design preparation of plans, specifications , estimates, erection , installation and supervision of the construction streets, bridges, highways, etc etc.

Civil Engineering law, Republic Act No. 544 Article 1 Sec 2

A building permit issued under the provisions of his Code shall expire and become null and void if the building or work authorized therein is not commenced within a period of ______ from the date 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 _____.

a year , 120 days.

Within ____ 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 _____ days from date of receipt of notice or appeal.

fifteen (15)

Construction shall be of wood construction. The structural elements may be any materials permitted by this Code.

Type I

Construction shall be of wood construction with protective fire-resistance materials and one-hour-fire-resistive throughout: Except that permanent non-bearing partitions may use fire-retardant treated wood within the framing assembly.

Type II

Construction shall be of masonry and wood construction. Structural elements may be of any 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.

Type III

Construction shall be of steel, iron, concrete, or masonry construction. Walls, ceilings, and permanent partitions shall be of incombustible 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.

Type IV

Buildings shall be fire-resistive. The structural elements shall be of steel, iron, concrete, or masonry construction. Walls, ceilings, and permanent partitions shall be incombustible fire-resistive construction. Four hour fire-resistive throughout

Type V

These are areas within which only certain types of buildings are permitted to be constructed based on their use or occupancy, type of construction, and resistance to fire.

Fire Zones

The degree to which a material can withstand fire as determined by generally recognized and accepted testing methods.

Fire-Resistive Rating

Habitable rooms provided with artificial ventilation shall have ceiling heights not less than ________ meters measured from the floor to the ceiling.

2.40 meters

Provided that buildings of more than one-storey, the minimum ceiling height of the first storey shall be _____ meters and that from the second-storey _____ meters and succeeding storeys shall have an unobstructed typical headroom clearance of not less than _____ meters above finished floor. Above stated rooms with a natural ventilation shall have ceiling heights not less than _____ metes.

2.70 meters, 2.40 meter, 2.10 meters, 2.70 meters.

Mezzanine floors shall have a clear ceiling height not less than _____ meters above and below it.

1.80meters

Rooms for human habitations _____ sqm with the least horizontal dimension of _____ meters

6 sqm, 2.00 meters

Kitchens _____ sqm, with the least horizontal dimension of _____

3.00 sqm, 1.50 meters

Bath and toilet _____ sqm, with the leats horizontal dimension of ____

1.20 sqm, .90 meters

Minimum air space for School Rooms _____ cubic meters with ____ sqm floor area per person

3.00 cubic meters, 1.00 sqm

Workshops, factories, and offices _____ cubic meters of air space per person

12.00 cubic meters

Habitable rooms _____ cubic meters of air space per person

14.00 cubic meters

Footings located at least ____ meter below grade along national roads or public highway may project not more than _____ beyond the property line.

2.40 meters, 300 mm

Foundations may be permitted to encroach into public sidewalk areas to a width not exceeding ____, provided that the top of the said foundations is not less than 600 mm below the established grade

500 mm

A permanent roofed structure above a door attached to any supported by the building and projecting over a wall or sidewalk

Canopies (Marquees)

The clearance between the outermost edge of the marquee and the curb lines shall be not less than ____

300 mm

The vertical clearance between the pavement or ground line and the undersurface of any part of the marquee shall not be less than ____

3.00 meters

Rule I

General Provisions

Rule II

Administration and Enforcement

Rule III

Permits and Inspection

Rule IV

Types of Construction

Rule V

Requirements of Fire Zones

Rule VI

Fire -Resistive Requirements in Construction

Rule VII

Classification and General Requirements of all Buildings by Use or Occupancy (CGRBUO)

Rule VIII

Light and Ventilation

Rule IX

Sanitation

Rule X

Building Projection Over Public Streets

Rule XI

Protection of Pedestrians During Construction and Demolition

Rule XII

General Design and Construction Requirements

Rule XIII

Electrical and Mechanical Regulations

Rule XIV

Photographic and X-Ray Films

Rule XV

Prefabricated Construction

Rule XVI

Plastics

Rule XVII

Sheet and Metal Paint Spray Bottles

Rule XVIII

Glass and Glazing

Rule XIX

The Use of Computers

Rule XX

Signs

Rule XXI

Final Provisions

There ____ groups of occupancies sub-divided into ______ divisions.

10, 25

Residential Dwellings

Group A

Under Group A are residential structures/buildings for exclusive use of single family dwellings.

Division 1

Under Group A are residential buildings for exclusive use of non leasing occupants not exceeding 10 persons including single attached or duplex or town houses each privately owned (MFD)

Division 2

Residentials, HOtels, and Apartments

Group B

Education and Recreation

Group C

Institutional

Group D

Under Group D are mental hospitals, mental sanitaria, jails, prisons, reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of inmates are similarly restrained. (peace and order)

Division 1

Under Group D are nurseries for full-time care of children under kindergarten age, hospitals, sanitaria, nursing homes with non-ambulatory patients and similar buildings each accommodating more than five persons.

Division 2

Under Group D are nursing homes for ambulatory patients home for children of kindergarten age or over, each accommodating more than five persons; Provided, that Group D Occupancies shall not include buildings used only fro private or family group dwelling purposes.

Division 3

Business and Mercantile

Group E

Under Group E are gasoline filling and service stations, storage garages and boat storage structures where no work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no open flame, welding,m or the use of highly flammable liquids.

Division 1

Under Group E are wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, drinking ans dining establishments having an occupant load of less than one hundred persons, printing plants, police and fire stations factories and workshops using not highly flammable or combustible materials and paint stores without bulk handlings.

Division 2

Under Group E are aircraft hangars and open parking garages where no repair work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no open flame, welding or the use of highly flammable liquids.

Division 3

Industrial

Group F

Storage and Hazardous

Group G

Under Group G are wood working establishments, planning mills, and box factories, where loose combustible fibers or dust are manufactured, processed or generated warehouses where highly combustible materials are stored

Division 3

Under Group G are Repair garages

Division 2

Under Group G are Aircraft repair hangars

Division 3

Assembly Other than Group I

Group H

Under Group H are any assembly building with a stage and an occupant load of less than 1000 in the building.

Division 1

Under Group H are any assembly building without stage and having occupant load of 300 or more in the building

Division 2

Under group H are any assembly building without a stage and having an occupant load of less than 300 in the building

Division 3

Under Group H are stadia, reviewing stands, amusement park structures not included within Group I or in Division 1,2,3 of this Group

Division 4

Assembly Occupant Load 1000 or More

Group I

Accessory

Group J

Under Group J are agricultural structures

Division 1

Under Group J are Private garages, carports, fences over 1.80 meters high, tanks, swimming pools, and towers.

Division 2

Under Group J are stages, platform, pelota, tennis, badminton or basketball courts, tombs, mausoleums, niches, aviaries, aquariums, zoo structures, banks, and record vaults.

Division 3

A low density residential zone characterized mainly by single-family, single detached dwellings with the usual community ancillary uses on a neighborhood scale, such as executive subdivisions and relatively exclusive residential communities which are not subdivisions.

Residential R1

A medium density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise single-attached, duplex or multi-level building / structure or exclusive use as multiple family dwellings.

Residential R2

Under R2 a single attached or duplex building/structure of from one (1) storey up to three (3) storeys in height and with each unit to for separate use as single-family dwellings

Basic R2

Under R2 are low-rise multi-level building/structure of from three (3) to five (5) storeys in height and for use as multiple family dwellings

Maximum R2

A high density residential use or occupancy characterized mainly as low-rise or medium rise building/structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings with mixed housing types; may include low-rise or medium-rise condominium buildings that are already commercial in nature and scale

Residential R3

Under R3 rowhouse building/structure of from one (1) storey to three (3) storeys in height and with each unit for separate use as single-family dwellings

Basic R3

Under R3 are medium-rise multi-level building/structure of from six (6) up to twelve (12) storeys in height and for use as multiple family dwellings.

Maximum R3

Are medium to high-density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise townhouses building/structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwellings

Residential R4

A very high-density residential use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a medium-rise or high-rise condominium building/structure for exclusive use as multiple family dwelling

Residential R5

A community to national level of institutional use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise, medium-rise or high-rise building/structure for educational training and related activities, e.g., schools and related facilities and the like

General Institutional GI

A neighborhood level of commercial use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise building/structure for low intensity commercial/trade services and business activities e.g., one to three storey shopping centers small offices on mixed use occupancy buildings and the like

C-1 Commercial one or Light Commercial

A range of utilitarian/functional uses of occupancies mainly characterized as a low-rise or medium-rise building/structure for low to high intensity community support functions, e.g., terminals/inter-modals/multi-modals and depots.

UTS Utilities,Transportation, and Services

A municipal or city level of commercial use or occupancy characterized mainly as a medium-rise building/structure for medium to high intensity commercial/trade services and business activities e.g., three to five (3-5) storey shopping centers, medium to large office or mixed-use occupancy building/structure and the like

C-2 Commercial Two or Medium Commercial

Other vertical facilities are not mentioned under regular uses/occupancies of buildings/structures such as cemeteries, memorial parks, and the like.

SPE Special

Means a metropol;itan level of commercial use/occupancy, characterized mainly as a medium-rise to high-rise building/structure for high to very high intensity commercial/trade service and business activities e.g., large to very large shopping malls, very large office or mixed-use occupancy buildings and the like.

C-3 Commercial Three or Metropolitan Commercial

A medium industrial use or occupancy characterized mainly as a low-rise but sprawling building/structure for medium intensity manufacturing or production activities.

I-2 Industrial Two

A light industrial use or occupancy characterized mainly as low-rise but sprawling building/structure for low intensity manufacturing or production activities

I-1 Industrial One

A range of recreational uses or occupancies characterized mainly as low-rise to medium-rise building/structure for low to medium functions related to educational uses e.g., structures on campuses or its component parks/open spaces and all other kinds of recreational or assembly buildings/structures on campus such as auditoria mess halls, seminar facilities, gymnasia, stadia, arenas and the like.

PRE Park Structures Recreation and Entertainment

A community to national level of cultural use or occupancy characterized mainly as a low-rise or medium-rise building/structure for cultural activities e.g., cultural centers, convention centers, very large office or mixed use occupancy buildings and the like

CUL Cultural

An agricultural or agriculture-related use or occupancy, characterized mainly as a low-rise or medium-rise building/structure for low to high intensity agricultural or related activities, e.g., poultry houses, hatcheries, and the like.

A Agricultural

Refers to land development or redevelopment schemes for a new or built-up project site wherein said project site must have a Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) or its acceptable equivalent.

PUD Planned Unit Development

Absolutely no firewalls allowed for a low density residential ____ uses or occupancies; an abutment up to ____ meters from the established grade level may however be permitted but solely for the purpose of supporting a carport roof; provided further that such abutment shall be constructed of perforated or decorative concrete blocks above ____ meters measured vertically from the established grade level; such abutment shall not be longer than ____ meters or ___ of the side of the property line in total length, whichever is shorter.

R1, 3.20, 1.50, 7.00, 50%

For ___ use occupancy with a firewall on two sides, a firewall can be erected on a maximum of ___ of the total length of each side of property line; provided that a firewall construction shall not exceed ___ of the total perimeter of the of the ___ property

R3, 85%, 65%, R3 property