zSP7Amd 1:2021

AMENDMENT NO.
1 March 2021
TO
SP 7 : 2016 NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF INDIA 2016
This amendment amends the provisions of Part 4 ‘Fire and Life Safety’ of the Code, as follows:
(Page 11, clause 2.43.9) — Insert the following definition at the end:
‘2.43.10 Link Load — The number of passengers travelling between two stations on board a train or trains
during peak headway.’
(Page 13, clause 3.1.1.2, line 3) — Substitute ‘3.1.11’ for ‘3.1.12’.
(Page 16, clause 3.1.8, para 5, line 1) — Delete the words ‘and fire load density’.
[Page 34, clause 4.4.2.4.3.2 (f), line 6] — Substitute ‘90 mm’ for ‘115 mm’.
[Page 34, clause 4.4.2.4.3.2 (h) (12)] — Substitute the following for the existing:
‘12) Scissors type staircases (of type where intermingling of persons in the landing is possible or of type
where both stairs use the common air space) shall not be treated as part of exit.’
(Page 51, Table 7, Note 16) — Insert the following at the end:
‘For C-1 occupancy, see also 6.3.2(g)(4)’.
(Page 53, clause 5.1.2.1, para 7, line 1) — Substitute ‘The covering slab and its supporting wall/supporting
system’ for ‘The covering slab’.
(Page 64, clause 6.4.4) — Substitute the following for the existing:
‘6.4.4 Fire Protection and Firefighting System for Metro Stations (D-7 Occupancy)
Fire and life safety requirements for metro stations and metro trainways shall be in accordance with Annex J
and Annex K, respectively. In case of any ambiguity with respect to provisions in Part 4 or any other Part of the
Code, the respective provisions given in Annexes J and K shall be applicable.’
(Page 94, reference under heading Annex H) — Substitute ‘Clauses 6.4.2.2(e) and 6.8.1.5’ for ‘Clauses 6.4.2.2
and 6.8.1.5’.
[Page 97, clause J-4.1(e)] — Substitute the following for the existing:
‘e) Peak hour load shall be converted to peak minute load by dividing by 60 and multiplying further by a system
surge factor varying from 1.3 to 1.5, as defined by the transit system authority. Surge factor may require
to be further enhanced where increased footfalls are anticipated, like stations catering to sports complex
transit oriented development, and stations serving two or more lines.
NOTE — Surge factors shall be based on actual calculations by transit system authority and in no case it shall be less than 1.3.’
[Page 97, clause J-4.1(f)(1)] — Substitute the following for the existing:
‘1) Train on fire — It is assumed that a train loaded to crush capacity/link load as may be decided by the
transit system authority, travelling in peak direction at peak hour has caught fire, and as per the operating
procedure it is brought to the next station, whereupon it shall require to be evacuated.’
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[Page 97, clause J-4.1(g), line 6] — Substitute ‘train load/link load’ for ‘train load’.
[Page 97, clause J-4.1(j)] — Substitute the following the existing:

‘j) Segregation with non-transit occupancy:
Non-transit (and incidental) occupancies of area up to 250 m2 (total area of all floors), shall be permitted to be
accommodated within the station building. Occupant load of areas under non-transit occupancies shall be in
accordance with Table 3.’
(Page 100, clause J-6.4, line 4) — Substitute ‘10 m2’ for ‘6 m2’.
[Page 101, Table 27, Sl No. (i)] — Substitute the following for the existing:
‘i) Auxiliary substation, electrical UPS/battery room 2h 2h 2h 2h’
[Page 101, Table 27, Sl No. (iv), col. no. 2] — Delete the words ‘cash and ticket supervisor room,’ and ‘toilets,’.
[Pages 114 and 115, List of standards under Sl. No. (17)] — Delete the following entries and their corresponding
titles:
‘2878 : 2004’
‘13385 : 1992’
‘13386 : 1992’
[Page 115, List of standards under Sl. No. (17)] — Insert the following standard at the end:
‘16018 : 2012 Wheeled fire extinguisher — Performance and construction — Specification’
[Page 116, List of standards under Sl. No. (26)] — Delete ‘13039 : 1991’ and its corresponding title.
(CED 46)
Publication Unit, BIS, New Delhi, India

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AMENDMENT NO.

SP 7 : 2016 NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF INDIA 2016

(Page 13, clause 3.1.1.2, line 3) — Substitute ‘3.1.11’ for ‘3.1.12’.

[Page 97, clause J-4.1(j)] — Substitute the following the existing:

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