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How are buildings classified as per NBC 2016

  • January 13, 2022
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As per NBC 2016 Part IV buildings are classified based on their occupancies, under the following categories:

A: Residential

A-1: Lodging and rooming houses
A-2: One  or  two  family  private dwellings
A-3: Dormitories
A-4: Apartment houses
A-5: Hotels
A-6: Starred hotels

B: Educational

B-1: Schools up to senior secondary level
B-2: All others/training institutions

Group C: Institutional

C-1: Hospitals and sanatoria
C-2: Custodial institutions
C-3: Penal and mental institutions

Group D: Assembly

D-1: Buildings having a theatrical or motion picture or any other stage and fixed seats for over 1000 persons
D-2: Buildings having a theatrical or motion picture or any other stage and fixed seats up to 1000 persons
D-3: Buildings without a permanent stage having accommodation for 300 or more persons but no permanent  seating  arrangement
D-4: Buildings without a permanent stage having accommodation for less than 300 persons with no permanent seating arrangement
D-5: All other structures including temporary structures designed for  assembly  of  people  not covered by Subdivisions D-1 to D-4, at ground level
D-6: Buildings  having  mixed occupancies of assembly and mercantile  (for  example, shopping malls  providing facilities  such  as  shopping, cinema theatres, multiplexes and restaurants/food courts)
D-7: Underground  and  elevated mass rapid transit system

Group E: Business

Subdivision E-1: Offices, banks, professional establishments, like offices of architects, engineers, doctors, lawyers,  post  offices  and police stations
Subdivision E-2: Laboratories,  outpatient clinics,  research  establishments, libraries and test houses
Subdivision E-3: Electronic  data  processing centres,  computer  installations, information technology parks and call centres
Subdivision E-4: Telephone exchanges
Subdivision E-5: Broadcasting  stations,  T.V. stations and air traffic control towers

Group F: Mercantile

F-1: Shops, stores, departmental stores, markets  (any  with covered area up to 500 m2)
F-2: Shops, stores, departmental stores, markets  (any  with covered  area  more  than 500 m2)
F-3: Underground shopping centres

Group G: Industrial

G-1: Buildings used for low hazard industries
G-2: Buildings used for moderate hazard industries
G-3: Buildings used for high hazard industries

Group H: Storage

These shall include any building or part of a building used primarily for the storage or sheltering (including servicing, processing or repairs incidental to storage) of goods, ware or merchandise (except those that involve highly combustible or explosive products or materials)

Group J Hazardous

These shall include any building or part thereof which is used for the storage, handling, manufacture or processing of highly combustible or explosive materials or products.

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