Amendment to the National Building Code 105:1994
has ended the obligation to rely on the Indian building code to build safe and
quake-resilient houses.
It has included the structural design standards
which are required for making all types of building quake resilient.
A Cabinet meeting on Monday approved the updated
National Building Code 2020 replacing the old one of 1994.
The code was updated as per the suggestions from
the Structural Engineers Association, designers,
The ministry said that the code was updated on
the basis of earthquakes happened in the past two and a half decades, building
codes of various countries, recent technology, research and innovations.
According to Chief of Residence Building
Division at the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction
(DUDBC) Nava Raj Pyakurel, the code facilitates in designing all types of
buildings.
The code aims at offering process and standards
for the engineering designs to construct small to high-rise buildings by utilising
various construction materials.
Structural Engineer of Central Project
Implementation Unit (Building) at the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA)
Bipin Kumar Gautam said that different building and structural standards are
maintained in the code considering the varying degree of earthquake risk.
It has opened way for the use of new technology
and methods. Its index includes detail information needed to make the steel and
concrete building a quake-resilient one.
Structural engineer and Professor Dr. Prem Nath
Maskey said that the new code was able to address the need for the latest
building design and construction.
Chief Executive Officer of the NRA Sushil Gyawali
expressed hope that it would support the safe Nepal campaign by promoting
quake-resilient structures.
Published in the Rising Nepal daily on 8 August 2020.
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