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CODES AND
REGULATIONS
BUILDING SYSTEMS
Prepared by: Engr. Mariche S. Barrio
INTENDED
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
Recognize the importance of the Philippine
Code and Regulations on designing a
structure:
National Building Code of the Philippines
National Structural Code of the Philippines
National Electrical Code of the Philippines
National Plumbing Code of the Philippines
NATIONAL
BUILDING
CODE OF THE
PHILIPPINES
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State to
safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare,
consistent with the principles of environmental
management and control; and to this end, make it the
purpose of this Code to provide for all buildings and
structured, a framework of minimum standards and
requirements by guiding, regulating, and controlling
their location, siting, design, quality of materials,
construction, use, occupancy, and maintenance,
including their environment, utilities, fixtures,
equipment, and mechanical electrical, and other
systems and installations.
The application of this code are the following:
a. This Code shall apply to all buildings and structures
constructed and any change or repair made thereon
after the approval of said Code. Buildings or structures
constructed before the approval of this Code shall not
be affected thereby; Except, where their continued use
or occupancy is dangerous to life or limb; or where
alterations, additions, conversions, or repairs are to be
made thereon, this Code shall apply only to such
portions of the buildings or structure which have to be
altered in order to effect such damages or repairs.
The application of this code are the following:
b. This Code shall apply to chartered cities, poblaciones
of municipalities and municipal districts with a
population of at least two thousand (2,000) inhabitants,
and to barrios of urban areas with a population of at
least two thousand (2,000) inhabitants. This Code shall
also apply to any area where there are fifty (50) or more
families per hectare.
The application of this code are the following:
c. This Code shall likewise apply to any area proposed
for or being developed into a new town site, residential
subdivision, commercial or residential site, school site,
housing project, and similar construction projects
where five or more buildings not covered by paragraph
(d) of this Section will be constructed even if the
poblacion or barrio population is less than two
thousand (2,000) or the density of population is less
than fifty (50) families per hectare.
The application of this code are the following:
d. The design and construction requirements of this Code shall not
apply to any traditional indigenous family dwelling costing not more
than five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) and intended for use and
occupancy of the family of the owner only. The traditional type of family
dwellings are those that are constructed of native materials such as
bamboo, nipa, logs, or lumber, wherein the distance between vertical
supports or suportales does not exceed 3.00 meters (10 feet); and if
masonry walls or socalos are used, such shall not be more than 1.00
meter (3 feet, 3 inches) from the ground: Provided, however, That such
traditional indigenous family dwelling will not constitute a danger to
life or limb of its occupants or of the public; will not be fire hazard or an
eyesore to the community; and does not contravene any fire zoning
regulation of the city or municipality in which it is located.
The application of this code are the following:
e. Notwithstanding paragraph (d) of this Section, this
Code shall apply to Group A dwellings produced on a
commercial scale and intended for use by the general
public.
BUILDING OFFICIAL
SECTION 205
QUALIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF BUILDING OFFICIAL
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Building Official shall be
responsible for carrying out the provisions of this Code in the field as
well as the enforcement of orders and decisions made pursuant
thereto. Due to the exigencies of the service, the Secretary may
designate incumbent Public Works District Engineers, City Engineers
and Municipal Engineers to act as Building Officials in their respective
areas of jurisdiction. The designation made by the Secretary under this
Section shall continue until regular positions of Building Official are
provided or unless sooner terminated for causes provided by law or
decree.
BUILDING OFFICIAL
QUALIFICATIONS OF BUILDING OFFICIALS
a. A Filipino citizen and of good moral character

b. A duly registered architect or civil engineer.

c. A member of good standing of a duly accredited

organization of his profession for not less than two years.

d. Has at least five years of diversified and professional

experience in building design and construction.
BUILDING OFFICIAL
DUTIES OF BUILDING OFFICIALS
In his respective territorial jurisdiction, the Building Official shall be primarily
responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this Code as well as of the
implementing rules and regulations issued therefor. He is the official charged
with the duties of issuing building permits. In the performance of his duties, a
Building Official may enter any building or its premises at all reasonable times
to inspect and determine compliance with the requirements of this Code, and
the terms and conditions provided for in the building permit as issued. When
any building work is found to be contrary to the provisions of this Code, the
Building Official may order the work stopped and prescribe the terms and/or
conditions when the work will be allowed to resume. Likewise, the Building
Official is authorized to order the discontinuance of the occupancy or use of
any building or structure or portion thereof found to be occupied or used
contrary to the provisions of this Code.
 TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
TYPE DESCRIPTION

I Wood construction

Wood construction with protective fire-resistant materials and one-hour fire-resistive

II throughout: Except, that permanent non-bearing partitions may use fire-retardant
treated wood within the framing assembly

Masonry and wood construction. Provided, that the building shall be one-hour fire-
III
resistive throughout. Exterior walls shall be of incombustible fire-resistive construction.

Steel, iron, concrete, or masonry construction. Walls, ceilings, and permanent partitions
shall be of incombustible fire-resistive construction: Except, that permanent non-bearing
IV
partitions of one-hour fire-resistive construction may use fire-retardant treated wood
within the framing assembly.

Fire-resistive. The structural elements shall be of steel, iron, concrete, or masonry

V construction. Walls, ceilings, and permanent partitions shall be of incombustible fire-
resistive construction.
 CLASSIFICATION BY USE OR OCCUPANCY
GROUP USE OCCUPANCIES

Residential
A dwellings
Dwellings
multiple dwelling units including boarding
or lodging houses, hotels, apartment
Residentials, Hotels buildings, row houses, convents,
B
and Apartments monasteries and other similar building each
of which accommodates more than 10
persons.

school or day-care purposes, involving

Education and assemblage for instruction, education, or
C
Recreation recreation, and not classified in Group I or in
Division 1 and 2 or Group H Occupancies.
 CLASSIFICATION BY USE OR OCCUPANCY
GROUP USE OCCUPANCIES

Division 1 – Mental hospitals, mental sanitaria, jails, prisons,

reformatories, and buildings were personal liberties of
inmates are similarly restrained.

Division 2 – Nurseries for full-time care of children under

kindergarten age, hospitals, sanitaria, nursing homes with
non-ambulatory patients, and similar buildings each
D Institutional
accommodating more than five persons.

Division 3 – Nursing homes for ambulatory patients, homes

for children of kindergarten age or over, each
accommodating more than five persons: Provided, that
Group D Occupancies shall not include buildings used only
for private or family group dwelling purposes.
 CLASSIFICATION BY USE OR OCCUPANCY
GROUP USE OCCUPANCIES

Division 1 – Gasoline filling and service stations, storage

garages and boat storage structures where no work is done
except exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no open
flame, welding, or the use of highly flammable liquids.

Division 2 – Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings,

drinking and dining establishments having an occupant load
Business and of less than one hundred persons, printing plants, police and
E
Mercantile fire stations, factories and workshops using not highly
flammable or combustible materials and paint stores without
bulk handlings.

Division 3 – Aircraft hangars and open parking garages where

no repair work is done except exchange of parts and
maintenance requiring no open flame, welding or the use of
highly flammable liquids.
 CLASSIFICATION BY USE OR OCCUPANCY
GROUP USE OCCUPANCIES

ice plants, power plants, pumping plants, cold

storage, and creameries, factories and workshops
F Industrial using incombustible and non-explosive materials,
and storage and sales rooms for incombustible and
non-explosive materials.
 CLASSIFICATION BY USE OR OCCUPANCY
GROUP USE OCCUPANCIES

Division 1 – Storage and handling of hazardous and highly

flammable material.

Division 2 – Storage and handling of flammable materials,

dry cleaning plants using flammable liquids; paint stores
with bulk handling, paint shops and spray painting rooms.

Storage and
G Division 3 – Wood working establishments, planning mills
Hazardous
and box factories, shops, factories where loose combustible
fibers or dust are manufactured, processed or generated;
warehouses where highly combustible materials is stored.

Division 4 – Repair garages.

Division 5 – Aircrafts repair hangars

 CLASSIFICATION BY USE OR OCCUPANCY
GROUP USE OCCUPANCIES

Division 1 – Any assembly building with a stage and

an occupant load of less than 1000 in the building.

Division 2 – Any assembly building without stage

and having an occupant load of 300 or more in the
building.
Assembly
H Other than
Division 3 – Any assembly building without a stage
Group I
and having an occupant load of less than 300 in the
building.

Division 4 – Stadia, reviewing stands, amusement

park structures not included within Group I or in
Division 1, 2, and 3 of this Group.
 CLASSIFICATION BY USE OR OCCUPANCY
GROUP USE OCCUPANCIES

any assembly building with a stage and an

Assembly Occupant
I occupant load of 1000 or more in the
Load 1000 or More
building

Division 1 – Private garage, carports, sheds

and agricultural buildings.
J Accessory
Division 2 – Fences over 1.80 meters high,
tanks and towers.

(b) Other subgroupings or divisions within Groups A to J may be determined by

the Secretary. Any other occupancy not mentioned specifically in this Section,
or about which there is any question, shall be included in the Group which it
most nearly resembles based on the existing or proposed life and fire hazard.
LOCATION ON PROPERTY
SECTION 704 - GENERAL

No building shall be constructed unless it adjoins or has

direct access to a public space, yard or street on at least
one of its sides.

Eaves over required windows shall not be less than 750

millimeters from the side and rear property lines.
MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF
THE BUILDINGS
SECTION 707 - DETERMINATION OF BUILDING HEIGHT

The BHL shall be generally measured from the established

grade line to the topmost portion of the proposed
building/structure.

BHL excludes the height of permitted/allowed projections

above the roof of the building/structure, e.g., signage,
mast, antenna, telecom tower, beacons and the like.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR
GROUP A DWELLINGS
SECTION 708

The dwelling shall occupy not more than ninety percent of

a corner lot and eighty percent of an inside lot, and subject
to the provisions on Easements of Light and View of the
Civil Code of Philippines, shall be at least 2 meters from the
property line.

Every dwelling shall be so constructed and arranged as to

provide adequate light and ventilation.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR
GROUP A DWELLINGS
SECTION 708

Every dwelling shall be provided with at least one sanitary

toilet and adequate washing and drainage facilities.

Footings shall be of sufficient size and strength to support

the load of the dwelling and shall be at least 250
millimeters thick and 600 millimeters below the surface of
the ground.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR
GROUP A DWELLINGS
SECTION 708

The live load of the first floor shall be at least 200 kilograms
per square meter and for the second floor, at least 150
kilograms per square meter.

The wind load for roofs shall be at least 120 kilograms per
square meter for vertical projection.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR
GROUP A DWELLINGS
SECTION 708

Stairs shall be at least 750 millimeters in clear width, with a

rise of 200 millimeters and a minimum run of 200
millimeters.

There shall be at least one entrance and another one for

exit.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR
GROUP A DWELLINGS
SECTION 708

All electrical installation shall conform to the requirements

of the Philippine Electrical Code.

Mechanical systems and/or equipment installation shall be

subject to the requirement of the Philippine Mechanical
Engineering Code.
LIGHT AND VENTILATION
SECTION 801

Subject to the provisions of the Civil Code of the

Philippines on Easements of Light and View, and to the
provisions of this part of the Code, every building shall be
designed, constructed, and equipped to provide adequate
light and ventilation.

All buildings shall face a street or public alley or a private

street which has been duly approved.
LIGHT AND VENTILATION
SECTION 801
No building shall be altered nor arranged so as to reduce
the size of any room or the relative area of windows to less
than that provided for buildings under this Code, or to
create an additional room, unless such additional room
conforms to the requirements of this Code.

No building shall be enlarged so that the dimensions of the

required court or yard would be less than that prescribed
for such building
CEILING HEIGHTS
SECTION 805
Habitable rooms provided with artificial ventilation shall have
ceiling heights not less than 2.40 meters measured from the floor to
the ceiling; Provided that for buildings of more than one-storey, the
minimum ceiling height of the first storey shall be 2.70 meters and
that for the second storey 2.40 meters and succeeding storeys shall
have an unobstructed typical head-room clearance of not less than
2.10 meters above the finished floor. Above stated rooms with a
natural ventilation shall have ceiling heights not less than 2.70
meters.
Mezzanine floors shall have a clear ceiling height not less than 1.80
meters above and below it.
SIZES AND DIMENSIONS OF
ROOMS
SECTION 806
Minimum sizes of rooms and their least horizontal dimensions shall be
as follows:

1. Rooms for Human Habitations – 6.00 square meters with a least

dimension of 2.00 meters;
2. Kitchens – 3.0 square meters with a least dimension of 1.50 meters;
3. Bath and toilet – 1.20 square meters with a least dimension of 0.90
meter.
AIR SPACE REQUIREMENTS IN
DETERMINING THE SIZE OF THE
ROOMS
SECTION 807
Minimum air space shall be provided as follows:

1. School Rooms – 3.00 cu. meters with 1.00 sq. meter of floor area per
person;
2. Workshop, Factories, and Offices – 12.00 cu. meters of air space per
person; and
3. Habitable Rooms – 14.00 cu. meters of air space per person.
WINDOW OPENINGS
SECTION 808

Every room intended for any use, not provided with artificial ventilation
system as herein specified in this Code, shall be provided with a
window or windows with a total free area of openings and equal to at
least ten percent of the floor area of room, and such window shall open
directly to a court, yard, public street or alley, or open water courses.
VENT SHAFTS
SECTION 808
Ventilation or vent shafts shall have a horizontal cross-
sectional area of not less than 0.10 square meter for every
meter of height of shaft but in no case shall the area be
less than 1.00 square meter. No vent shaft shall have its
least dimension less than 600 millimeters.

Skylights – Unless open to the outer air at the top for its full
area, vent shaft shall be covered by a skylight having a net
free area or fixed louver openings equal to the maximum
required shaft area.
VENT SHAFTS
SECTION 808

Air ducts shall open to a street or court by a horizontal duct

or intake at a point below the lowest window opening.
Such duct or intake shall have a minimum unobstructed
cross-sectional area of not less than 0.30 square meter with
a minimum dimension of 300 millimeters. The openings to
the duct or intake shall be not less than 300 millimeters
above the bottom of the shaft and the street surface or
level of court, at the respective ends of the duct or intake.
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
SECTION 902

Whenever available, the potable water requirements for a

building used for human habitation shall be supplied from
existing municipal or city waterworks system.

The quality of drinking water from meteoric, surface or

underground sources shall conform to the criteria set in
the latest approved National Standards for Drinking Water
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
SECTION 902
The design, construction and operation of deepwells for the
abstraction of groundwater shall be subject to the provisions of the
Water Code of the Philippines.

The design, construction and operation of independent waterworks

systems private housing subdivisions or industrial estates shall be
governed by existing laws relating to local waterworks system.

The water piping installations inside buildings and premises shall

conform to the provisions of the National Plumbing Code of the
Philippines.
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
SECTION 902
Sanitary sewage from buildings and neutralized or pre-treated industrial
wastewater shall be discharged directly into the nearest street sanitary sewer
main of existing municipal or city sanitary sewerage system in accordance with
the criteria set by the Code on Sanitation and the National Pollution Control
Commission.

All buildings located in areas where there are no available sanitary sewerage
system shall dispose their sewage “Imhoff” or septic tank and subsurface
absorption field.

Sanitary and industrial plumbing installations inside buildings and premises

shall conform to the provisions of the National Plumbing Code.
NOISE POLLUTION CONTROL
SECTION 906

Industrial establishments shall be provided with positive

noise abatement devices to tone down the noise level of
equipment and machineries to acceptable limits set down
by the Department of Labor and the National Pollution
Control Commission.
 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR DWELLING

0.6m depth, 0.25m thk Foundation footing

90% Buildable Area Corner lot

Sec 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
80% Buildable Area Inside lot

2 meters Easement

Sec 1207. Stairs, Exits, and Occupant

1:8 Maximum slope of a ramp
Loads
 STAIRWAYS

200 mm Maximum rise of threads

280 mm Minimum width of the run

1.20 m Maximum length of landing for straight run

3.60 m Maximum distance between landings

Sec 1207. Stairs,
Exits, and
0.80 - 0.90 m Height range for handrail placement
Occupant
Loads
0.15 - 0.30 m Width of run for winding stairways

not less than 1.10 m Stairway width (more than 50 occupants)

0.90 m Stairway width (50 occupants or less)

0.75m Stairway width (Private or less than 10 occupant load)

 CEILING HEIGHTS

2.40m min Artificial Vent

2.70 m Artificial Ventilation - Ground Floor

2.40 m Artificial Ventilation - Second Floor

Sec 805. Ceiling Heights
2.10 m Artificial Ventilation - Third Floor

2.70m min Natural Vent

1.80m min Mezzanine

 EXITS

2 exits More than 10

3 exits 500 - 999

4 exits 1000 or more

mezzanine greater than 185 sq.m. or more Sec 1207. Stairs, Exits, and
2 stairways
than 18 meters in any dimension Occupant Loads

1/5 of the perimeter apart if there are only 2 exits

45 meters max dead end - w/out sprinkler system

60 meters max dead end - with fire extinguishing system

Every building or usable portion thereof shall have at least one (1) exit.
 AIR CONDITIONING

20-24 C Temperature

50-60% Relative humidity

SECTION 1302. Mechanical
Regulations
4.6-7.6 mpm Air movement

2.10m Height of installation

 MINIMUM SPACE

6.0 sq.m ; 2.0m min dimension Human habitation

SECTION 806. Sizes and Dimensions

3.0 sq.m ; 1.50m min dimension Kitchen
of Rooms

1.20 sq.m ; 0.90m min dimension Toilet

AIR SPACE

3.o cu.m per 1 sq.m per person Classroom

SECTION 806. Sizes and Dimensions

12.00 cu.m per person Offices
of Rooms

14.0 cu.m per person Habitable space

NATIONAL
STRUCTURAL
CODE OF THE
PHILIPPINES
NSCP is designed to meet the needs through various
models codes/regulation, generally from United States,
to safeguard the public health and safety nationwide. It
establishes minimum requirements for structural
systems using prescriptive and performance-based
provisions. It is founded on broad-based principles that
make possible the use of new materials and new
building designs. Also, this code reflects the latest
seismic design practice for earthquake-resistant
structures.
Sec 103.
Classification
of Structures
Sec 106. The general information are the following:
Specifications, 1. Name and date of the issue of the building code and
Drawing and supplements, if any, to which the design conforms.
2. Strengths or designations of materials to be used.
Calculations 3. Design strengths of underlying soil or rock. The soil
Copies of design or rock profile, when available, shall be provided.
4. Live loads and other loads used in design and clearly
calculations, reports,
indicated in the floor plans.
plans, specifications 5. Seismic designs basis.
and inspection 6. Dimensional changes due to creep, shrinkage, heave
program for all and temperature.
construction shall 7. Camber of trusses, beams, and girders, if required
bear the signature 8. Explanation or definition of symbols and
and seal of the abbreviations used in drawings.
engineer-of-record. 9. Engineer-of-Record’s professional license number
and expiration date of the current Professional
Regulation Commission registration.
Sec 206.
Combination
of Loads
Buildings, towers, and other vertical
structures and all portions thereof
shall be designed to resist the load
combinations. The most critical effect
can occur when one or more of the
contributing loads are not acting. All
applicable loads shall be considered,
including both earthquake and wind,
in accordance with the specific load
combinations
Sec 204.
Dead Loads
Dead Loads consist of the
weight of all materials of
construction incorporated into
the building or other structure,
including but not limited to
walls, floors, roofs, ceilings,
stairways, built-in partitions,
finishes, cladding, and other
similarly incorporated
architectural and structural
items, and fixed equipment
including the weight of cranes.
Sec 205.
Live Loads

Live loads shall be the

maximum loads
expected by the
intended use or
occupancy but in no
case shall be less than
the loads required by
this section.
NATIONAL
ELECTRICAL
CODE OF THE
PHILIPPINES
The purpose of this Code is the practical safeguarding
of persons and property from hazards arising from the
use of electricity. This Code contains provisions that are
considered minimum requirements necessary for
safety. Compliance therewith and proper maintenance
will result in an installation that is essentially free from
hazard but not necessarily efficient, convenient, or
adequate for good service or future expansion of
electrical use.
PERMITS AND INSPECTION
CERTIFICATES
Electrical Permit Needed Before Work is Started.
Before starting any installation work, alternation, repair or
extension on any electrical system, the owners, lessors,
operators, occupants, or licensed electrical practitioners shall
obtain Electrical Permit for buildings, trailers, mobile homes,
or other premises from the Office of the Local Building Official,
and for watercrafts from the Maritime Industry Authority
(Marina). In securing the electrical permit, the services of a
licensed electrical practitioner is required under the New
Electrical Engineering Law (RA 7920).
REQUIREMENTS FOR
ELECTRICAL PERMIT
Signatures and Submittals
(a) The Electrical Permit shall include the following minimum
information:
1. Applicant
2. Professional Electrical Engineer who signed and sealed electrical
plans and specifications.
3. Licensed Electrical Engineer whose in-charged of electrical works.
4. Building Owner
5. Lot Owner
6. Building Official
(b) Five (5) sets of complete electrical plans and specifications signed
and sealed by Professional Electrical Engineer.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
LOCATION AND SITE PLANS
Location and site plans, with proposed structure and owener’s land
drawn to appropriate scale shall show:
(1) Bordering areas showing which public or well-known streets,
landmarks and/or structures which need not be drawn to scale unless
they extend into the area concerned.
(2) Location of service drop, service equipment and nearest pole of the
utility company furnishing electrical energy; location of the meter as
well as sizes of service entrance wires, conduits and service equipment;
and
(3) Clearance of the path or run of service drops and entrance wires to
adjacent existing and/or proposed structures.
PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
LEGENDS

The legend or symbols shall show

symbols or configurations and
figures of devices and equipment
used. Standard Electrical symbols
can be obtained from the appendix
- a of the Philippine Electrical
Code.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
GENERAL NOTES AND/OR SPECIFICATIONS
Specification written on electrical plan should indicate :
1. That the design is done in accordance with the P.E.C. and all electrical
works shall comply with the provisions of all authorities having
jurisdiction on the use of electrical power.
2. The nature of the service including voltage, phase and frequency.
3. The type of approved wiring to used in installing service entrance,
feeders, sub-feeders, branch circuit conductors, remote control system,
fire protection, signal and communication system.
4. All other aspects and details that the designer and the owner would
want to be done in the actual construction of the project.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
GENERAL NOTES AND/OR SPECIFICATIONS
EXAMPLE :

1. Works here under shall comply with the latest edition of the P.E.C, the
national building code, municipal or city ordinances, office of the
municipal or city electrician, & Meralco.
2. Type of services shall be 230 volts, 1 phase, 2 wire system, 60 hertz and
there shall be only one service drop to the building.
3. Method of wiring shall be EMT both exposed and embedded work
with proper fitting and supports. In cases where concealed conduits
wiring is impracticable to use, metal moulding may be applied.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
GENERAL NOTES AND/OR SPECIFICATIONS
EXAMPLE :

4. All materials and equipment shall be new and approved type for both
location and purpose intended.
5. All lighting and convenience outlet circuit homeruns shall be wired
with no less than 2 sq. mm and 3.5 sq. mm respectively, unless otherwise
indicated on the plan.
6. Lighting and power panel board shall be circuit breaker type surface
or flushed mounted or as indicated on the plan; door shall be provided
with locked and milled key, a line circuit directory card and holder shall
be provided in innerface or door.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
GENERAL NOTES AND/OR SPECIFICATIONS
EXAMPLE :

7. Whenever required and necessary, full boxes and junction boxes of

proper sizes shall be installed at convenient and inconspicuous locations
although such boxes are not shown on the plans nor mentioned
in the specification.
8. All outdoor installation shall be weather-proof type.
9. All electrical work shall be done under the direct and immediate
supervision of a duly licensed Electrical Engineer.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
ELECTRICAL LAYOUT
Electrical layout for each floor of the building shall indicate the location
of:

1. Location of lighting outlets.

2. Location of convenience outlets.
3. Location of switches with their corresponding symbols.
4. Location of outlets for air conditioning units.
5. Location of telephone, intercom and master antenna television
outlets.
6. Location of service equipment and/or disconnecting means.
7. Location of service kilowatt-hour meter.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
SCHEDULE OF LOADS AND COMPUTATION
Schedule of loads in tabulated form shall indicate:

A. MOTOR LOADS:

1. Motor as numbered or identified in power layout.

2. Type of motor
3. HP/kW/kVA rating
4. Voltage rating
5. Full load current rating
6. Frequency rating
7. Number of phases
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
SCHEDULE OF LOADS AND COMPUTATION
Schedule of loads in tabulated form shall indicate:

B. LIGHTING AND POWER LOADS:

1. Panel as numbered in the riser diagram.

2. Circuit designation number.
3. Number and lightning outlets in each circuits.
4. Number of switches in each circuit.
5. Number of convinience outlet
6. Voltage circuit
7. Fuse rating or trip rating of circuit protective device.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
SCHEDULE OF LOADS AND COMPUTATION
Schedule of loads in tabulated form shall indicate:

C. OTHER LOADS

1. Designation number on plan

2. Description loads
3. Classification of service duty
4. Rating in kilovolt ampere (KVA) or kilowatt (KW)
5. Phase loading indicating full load line current
6. Voltage rating
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
RISER DIAGRAM

The riser diagram consists of the schematic diagram of service entrance,

feeders and branch circuits. This indicates:

1. The number of branch circuits, the size of conductors, size of conduit

and protection for each branch circuit.
2. The sizes of feeders, its conduit and feeder’s protection.
3. The type of service, size of service entrance conductor, conduits and
main protective device
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
PLAN REQUIREMENTS:
TITLE BLOCK
Title block or nameplate of plans and drawings shall be a standard strip
of 40 mm high at the bottom of each sheet. It shall contain the
following:
1. Name and location of proposed installation, project, or watercraft;
2. Name, signature and address of owner/manager/operator;
3. Title of sheet and sheet number;
4. Scale used;
5. Name, signature and dry seal of professional electrical engineer
together with registration number,
Professional Tax Receipt (PTR) and Tax Identification Number (TIN);
6. Initial of draftsman; and
7. Date drawn or revised.
NATIONAL
PLUMBING
CODE OF THE
PHILIPPINES
The plumbing systems: water supply, sewage collection
and disposal, and stormwater drainage involve the
right choice of materials, the economical design of the
systems, and their proper operation and maintenance.
The supply of adequate hot, cold, and chilled water, the
efficient conveyance and disposal of wastewater such
as food wastes and human excreta from plumbing
fixtures require enough air, which will result in the
efficient installation of the systems

(22 Basic Principles of Plumbing Code)

GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 301 - DISPOSAL OF WASTEWATERS
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, suffer or
permit the disposal of sewage, human excrement or
other waste waters in any place or manner, except
through and by means of an approved Excreta and
Storm Drainage Systems installed and maintained in
accordance with the provisions of this Code.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 302
- GRADE OF HORIZONTAL DRAINAGE PIPING
Horizontal drainage piping shall be run in practical alignments and at
uniform slope between manholes of not less than 20mm/m or 2%
toward the point of disposal, provided that, where it is impracticable to
obtain a 2% slope due to the following constraints in: (1) excessive
depth of the proposed drainage line; (2) structural and/or geological
features of the terrain; and (3) existing adverse in arrangements of
building or structure; any such pipe or piping 102mm or larger in
diameter may have a slope of 10mm/m or 1% provided it is first
approved by the Administrative Authority.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 303
- CHANGES IN DIRECTION OF DRAINAGE FLOW
Changes in direction of drainage piping shall be made by the use of
approved pipe fittings and shall be of the angles presented by a 22 1/2°
bend, 45° bend, 60° bend or other approved fittings of longer sweeps.

Horizontal drainage lines connecting to a vertical stack shall enter

through 45° or 60° wye branches, combination wye and 1/8 bend
branches, sanitary tee or other approved fittings or longer sweeps. No
fitting having more than one inlet at the same level shall be used
unless such fitting is constructed so that the discharge from one inlet
cannot readily enter into the other inlet.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 303
- CHANGES IN DIRECTION OF DRAINAGE FLOW
Horizontal drainage lines connecting to other horizontal drainage lines
shall enter through 45° wye branches, combination wye and 1/8 bend
branches or other approved fittings of longer sweep.

Vertical drainage lines connecting to horizontal drainage line shall

enter through 45° branches, or other approved fittings of longer sweep,
60° branches of offsets may be used only when installed in a true
vertical position.
SANITARY TEE WYE
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 304
- CONNECTIONS TO PLUMBING SYSTEM REQUIRED

All plumbing fixtures, drains, appurtenances and appliances used to

receive or discharge liquid wastes or sewage, shall be connected
properly to the drainage systems of the building and premises, in
accordance with the requirements of this Code.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 305
- SEWER REQUIRED

Every building where plumbing fixtures are installed shall have a sewer
service connection to a public or private sewer systems except as
provided in subsection 305.2 of this section.

When a public or private sewer is not available for use, excreta

drainage piping from buildings and premises shall be connected to an
approved private sewage disposal system.
GENERAL
REGULATIONS
SECTION 5
- PLUMBING FIXTURES
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 601
- RUNNING WATER REQUIRED

Each plumbing fixture shall be provided with an adequate supply of

potable running water, so arrange to flush and keep same in clean and
healthful conditions without danger of backflow or cross-connection.
Water closets and urinals shall be flushed by means of an approved
flush tank or flushometer valve. Faucets and diverters shall be
connected to the hot and cold water distribution supplies so that the
hot water supply is located at left side of the combination fittings.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 602
- UNLAWFUL CONNECTIONS

No installation of potable water supply piping shall be made in such

manner that it will be possible for used, unclean, polluted or
contaminated water to enter any portion of the piping system.

No person shall make a connection or allow one to exist between pipes

carrying domestic water supplied by any public or private water service
system, and any pipe containing chemicals, liquids, gases or any
substances unless there is an approved backflow prevention device.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 602
- UNLAWFUL CONNECTIONS

No plumbing fixture or device shall be installed to any domestic water

supply when such connection may provide a possibility of polluting
such water supply, unless there is a backflow prevention device.

No water piping supplied by any private water supply system shall be

interconnected to an approved city water supply system without the
approval of the Administrative Authority, Health Department, or other
agencies.
PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS
PLUMBING SYMBOLS
REFERENCES:
1. National Building Code of the Philippines (PD 1096)
2. National Structural Code of the Philippines (2015)
3. National Electrical Code of the Philippines
4. Revised National Plumbing Code of the Philippines
5. Fire Code of the Philippines
6. Sanitary Law of the Philippines

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