Building Bye Laws

An exhaustive checklist

Harsh Tiwari 111110014

Rahul Upadhyay 111110016
Anjali Katare 111110022
Mohammed Roshan 111110033
Bye Laws

• Building Bye Laws is a code of practice to be strictly

followed throughout the design process as well as
construction phase.

• It is the primary constraint guidelines that invariably

determines the usability, access criteria, volumetric
constraints, access and services, HVAC, water
supply and sanitation, drainage and anything else
that may have an impact, direct or indirect to the
surroundings, the users of the structure as well as the
building itself.
Stage 1

Identifying the region the site comes under.

• Getting required building laws from concerned

authorization body.
• From Institute/concerned building
• From TnCP
• From municipality
• Verifying Jurisdiction and validity of bye laws.
• Inside the municipal limits of the city.
• Lies outside the jurisdiction of municipality.
Stage 2

Identifying the Building Type(s)

• Verifying the category the intended building(s)

belong(s) to.
• Educational
• Institutional
• Residential
• Commercial
• Mixed Land Use
• Government (Eg. Military, air force, etc.)
• Temporary structure
• Any other---___________________________
• Volumetric analysis of the building type(s).
• Number of floors---G+_______
• Basement if Any( specify number)----________
 Stage 3
Site Layout
Questions Bye-laws/ At site Remarks
Standards
Offset of Front-
building Rear-
Other-
Ground Maximum-
coverage
Landscaping Details if any
Height of the Max.
building Permissible
Height
Width of road
in front of the
site
F.A.R. As Specified
for the area
 Stage 5
Questions Bye-laws/ At site Remarks
Standards
Floor Area
analysis
Accessibility

Spatial
distribution
Vertical Elevator-
Connectivity Staircase-
Fire escape-
Furniture
Layout, If any
Movement
Analysis
 Stage 6
Questions Bye-laws/ At site Remark
Standards
Daylighting
and artificial
lighting
specification
HVAC
Electrical
Services
Mechanical
Services
Plumbing
Services
THE END