PD 1096 BP 344 RA 9514 BP 220 PD 957

DOORS
General: 2.00m
Minimum height 2.00m 2.00m 2.00m Bathroom/mezzanine:
1.80m
Main door: 0.80m
Minimum width 900mm 800mm 710mm Bedroom: 0.70m
Bathroom: 0.60m
Maximum width 1200mm 1220mm
820-
1060mm
Height of door knob
(900mm
preferred)
LOCATION ON PROPERTY
Front setback R1: 4.50m 1.50m
Side setback R1: 2.00m 1.50m Follow
Rear setback R1: 2.00m 2.00m NBC
Distance of eaves from property line 0.75m 0.75m
MINIMUM ROOM SIZES
6.00sqm
Rooms for human habitation Minimum dimension of
2.00m
3.00sqm
Follow
Kitchen Minimum dimension of
NBC
1.50m
1.20sqm
Bathroom Minimum dimension of
0.90m
MINIMUM AIR SPACE REQUIREMENTS
3.00 cubic meters (Allot
Schools
1.00 sqm per person)
Offices and factories 12.00 cubic meters
Habitable rooms 14.00 cubic meters
MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHTS
Naturally ventilated:
2.00m for
2.70m 2.00m for
Ground floor means of 2.00m
Artificially ventilated: walkways
egress
2.70m
 Naturally ventilated:
2.70m
Second floor
Artificially ventilated:
2.40m
Naturally ventilated:
2.70m
Succeeding floors
Artificially ventilated:
2.10m
Mezzanine 1.80m 1.80m
LIGHT AND VENTILATION
Windows for rooms 10% of floor area, but
10% of floor area
1.00sqm minimum
Windows for bathrooms 5% of floor area, but
5% of floor area
240 sq. mm. minimum
Minimum dimension of court
2.00m 2.00m
Min. width of court passageway
1.20m 1.20m
STAIRS
Existing
stairs:
205mm
Riser 200mm maximum 250mm maximum
max.
New stairs:
Slanted 100-180mm
nosing Existing
preferred stairs:
over 230mm
Tread 250mm minimum protruding min. 200mm minimum
nosing, New stairs:
provide 280mm
300mm- min.
wide tactile Existing
Less than 10 OL:0.75m strip at top stairs:
and bottom 915mm
of stairs. New stairs,
10-50 OL.: 0.90m 0-49 OL: 600mm
Minimum width 915mm
New stairs,
More than 50 OL:1.10m 50-1999 OL:
1120mm
 New stairs,
2000 or
more OL:
1420mm
Minimum headroom 2.00m 2.00m 2.00m
Maximum vertical distance between landings 3.60m 3.66m 3.60m
Handrail height 800-900mm 760-865mm 800-1200mm
RAMPS
Maximum slope 1 in 12 1 in 12
Maximum cross slope 1 in 48
Minimum width 1.20m 1120mm
Minimum landing length 1.50m
No general requirements
provided, only for ramps 6.00m 760mm
located in reviewing (horizontal (vertical
Distance between landings stands, grandstands and distance distance
bleachers. bet. bet.
landings) landings)
700mm
Handrail height and 760-865mm
900mm
CORRIDORS
1.10m 1.20m
OCCUPANT LOADS (Area per person)
Place of assembly 0.65 sqm
Standing room 0.28 sqm
Concentrated use 0.65 sqm
Less concentrated use 1.40 sqm
Educational
Classrooms 1.80 sqm 1.90 sqm
Shop, laboratories,
4.60 sqm 4.60 sqm
vocational rooms
Dry nurseries 3.30 sqm
Conference rooms, exhibit
1.40 sqm
rooms, gyms
Healthcare
Sleeping departments 11.00 sqm 11.10 sqm
In-patient treatment 22.00 sqm 22.30sqm
Hospitals, sanitaria 8.40 sqm
Nursing homes 7.40 sqm

Children's nurseries 3.25 sqm

Residential 18.60 sqm
Dwellings 28.00 sqm
Hotels, apartments,
18.60 sqm
dormitories
Mercantile
Street floor or basement
2.80 sqm 2.80 sqm
used for sale
Upper floors used for sale 5.60 sqm 5.60 sqm
Floors not used for sale
9.30 sqm 9.30 sqm
(office, storage, etc.)
Drinking establishments 1.40 sqm
Commercial kitchens 18.60 sqm
FIREWALL EXTENSIONS
For
Above roof 400mm 300mm rowhouse:
300mm
For
From outermost edges (walls) 600mm 300mm rowhouse:
300mm
For
Under eaves 300mm 300mm rowhouse:
300mm
EXITS
0-10 OL: 1 exit 0-500 OL: 2
0-9 OL: 1 exit
10-499 OL: 2 exits exits
501-999 OL:
500-999 OL: 3 exits
Number of exits required (based on occupant load) 3 exits
10 or more OL: 2
1000 or
exits
1000 or more OL: 4 exits more OL: 4
exits
Minimum width of exits 1.10m (corridors) 915mm Additional note
Maximum travel distance to exit, no sprinkler 45.00m regarding exits: BP
Maximum travel distance to exit, with sprinkler 60.00m 220 specifically refers
800mm to Section 3.1007 of
Minimum width of exit door 900mm (for all PD 1185 (the old Fire
doors) Code) for the exit
requirements. This is
2.00m (For included in BP 220 as
Minimum height of exit door 2.00m
all doors) Annex 1 on page 53.
Change in floor level at doors 50mm 13mm
Provide
6.00m
Maximum length of dead ends turnabout
 space
Place of assembly within 6.10m
Educational 3.50m of 6.00m
Healthcare any dead 6.00m
Detention/correctional end 6.00m
Residential
6.00m
(hotels/dormitories)
Residential (apartment
Not allowed
buildings)
Business 6.00m
Business, with NFPA 13
15.00m
sprinkler system
Industrial 15.50m
ELEVATORS
Inside
In apartments or
dimensions Required for
condomimiums 5 storeys
of car: healthcare
or higher, at least 1
1.10m occupancies
passenger elevator shall
wide x two storeys Required for multi-
be kept on 24-hour
1.40m or higher. family dwellings and
constant service.
deep condominiums 6 Follow
Various elevator requirements
Minimum 600mm-deep Maximum storeys of higher. NBC
pit travel Provide at Follow standards in
distance least one NBC and BP 344.
from exit per
Maximum 4 cars per building elevator
hoistway entrance: lobby.
30.00m