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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 5

BASEMENT DETAILS
REPORT 1

SUBMITTED BY:- SUBMITTED TO:-


PIYUSH GOEL AR. MASOOM AHMED
3B AR. VAISHALI PANDEY
WHAT IS BASEMENT?
THE LOWER STOREY OF A BUILDING WHICH IS BELOW THE GROUND
LEVEL AND IS A PART OF SUBSTRUCTURE. IT HAS RETAINING WALLS
AND IS ALSO CALLED A CELLULAR RAFT.

PORPOSE OF A BASEMENT :-

TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE.


AS A FORM OF BOUYANCY RAFT.
IN SOME CASES BASEMENT MAY BE NEEDED TO
REDUCE NET BEARING PRESSURE BY REMOVAL OF SOIL.

THE BASEMENTS CAN BE PERMITTED BELOW THE GROUND AND


BEYOND THE BUILDING LINES AT GROUND LEVEL SUBJECT TO A
CLEAR MINIMUM FRONT MARGIN OF 4.5 M AND SIDE AND REAR
MARGINS OF 3 M, AND FURTHER SUBJECT TO NON-HABITABLE
USES AND PROVISION FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND ALL
SAFETY PROVISIONS AND DRAINAGE AS SHOWN IN THE FIGURE
BELOW.
THE BASEMENT SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS :-

A) EVERY BASEMENT SHALL BE IN EVERY PART AT LEAST 2.4 M IN HEIGHT FROM THE
FLOOR TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ROOF SLAB OR CEILING.

B) ADEQUATE VENTILATION SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR THE BASEMENT. THE VENTILATION


REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE THE SAME AS REQUIRED BY THE PARTICULAR OCCUPANCY
ACCORDING TO BYELAWS. ANY DEFICIENCY MAY BE MET BY PROVIDING ADEQUATE
MECHANICAL VENTILATION IN THE FORM OF BLOWERS, EXHAUST FANS, AIR
CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, ETC;

C) THE HEIGHT OF THE CEILING OF ANY BASEMENT SHALL BE MINIMUM 0.9 M AND THE
MAXIMUM, 1.2 M ABOVE THE AVERAGE SURROUNDING GROUND LEVEL. HOWEVER, IN
CASE OF PARKING, MERCANTILE OR BUSINESS OCCUPANCY AT GROUND FLOOR,
MINIMUM HEIGHT OF THE CEILING OF THE BASEMENT MAY BE 0.3 M ABOVE THE
AVERAGE SURROUNDING GROUND LEVEL SUBJECT TO MECHANICAL VENTILATION
BEING PROVIDED .

D) ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENTS SHALL BE MADE SUCH THAT SURFACE DRAINAGE DOES


NOT ENTER THE BASEMENT E) THE WALLS AND FLOORS OF THE BASEMENT SHALL BE
WATERTIGHT AND BE SO DESIGNED THAT THE EFFECTS OF THE SURROUNDING SOIL AND
MOISTURE, IF ANY, ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DESIGN AND ADEQUATE DAMP
PROOFING TREATMENT IS GIVEN.

F) THE ACCESS TO THE BASEMENT SHALL BE SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN AND
ALTERNATIVE STAIRCASE PROVIDING ACCESS AND EXIT FROM HIGHER FLOORS. WHERE
THE STAIRCASE IS CONTINUOUS IN THE CASE OF BUILDINGS SERVED BY MORE THAN ONE
STAIRCASE, THE SAME SHALL BE OF ENCLOSED TYPE SERVING AS A FIRE SEPARATION
FROM THE BASEMENT FLOOR AND HIGHER FLOORS. OPEN RAMPS SHALL BE PERMITTED IF
THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE BUILDING LINE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISION OF (D);

G) ACCESS TO BASEMENTS THROUGH RAMPS SHALL BE PERMITTED SUBJECT TO


PROVISION OF (D). THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RAMPS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE
PURPOSE OF BUILDING AS GIVEN IN BELOW. REQUIREMENTS FOR RAMP FOR VEHICLES AS
SHOWN IN FIGURE

RAMP CONSEDERATIONS
ONE WAY RAMP OF CLEAR WIDTH OF MINIMUM 3.0 M AND TWO-WAY RAMP WITH CLEAR
WIDTH OF MINIMUM 6.0 M SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR LMV.

ONE WAY RAMP OF CLEAR WIDTH OF MINIMUM 4.5 M AND TWO-WAY RAMP WITH CLEAR
WIDTH OF MINIMUM 9.0 M SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR LCV.

ONE WAY RAMP OF CLEAR WIDTH OF MINIMUM 6.0 M AND TWO-WAY RAMP WITH CLEAR
WIDTH OF MINIMUM 12.0 M SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR HMV.

RAMP SLOPE SHALL BE MAXIMUM 1 IN 8. AFTER A 40 M LENGTH OF CONTINUOUS RAMP,


A FLAT SURFACE OF MINIMUM 6.0 M LENGTH SHALL PREFERABLY BE PROVIDED PLEASE
SEE FIGURE ABOVE IF PODIUM IS ACCESSIBLE TO FIRE TENDER, MINIMUM 7.5 M WIDE
RAMP SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR FIRE ENGINE ACCESS WITH MAXIMUM SLOPE OF 1 IN 10.

H) FOR ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND USES INCLUDING GROUP HOUSING, HAVING
BASEMENT GOING UP TO MORE THAN ONE LEVEL, ACCESS TO ALL LEVELS SHALL ALSO BE
PROVIDED THROUGH LIFT. THE EXIT REQUIREMENTS IN BASEMENTS SHALL COMPLY WITH
THE PROVISIONS AS PER FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY.

I) THE AREA COVERED IN THE BASEMENT, STILT, PODIUM, SERVICES AREA AND ALL
OTHER COVERED AREA AS THE CASE MAY BE, SHALL BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE
COVERED AREA FOR PURPOSE OF CALCULATION OF PERMIT FEES.

J) PROVISIONS FOR SUNKEN COURTYARD HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR MEETING THE LIGHT
AND VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BASEMENT AREA.

K) THE BASEMENT MAY VARY BETWEEN 33.33 AND 50 PERCENT OF THE PLOT AREA AND IS
TO BE USED FOR PARKING, SERVICING AND FOR ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD STORAGE
WITHOUT COUNTING IN FAR

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