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 PD No. 1096
Adopting a National Building
Code of the Philippines
(NBCP) thereby revising RA
No. 6541
Section 101. Title
This decree shall be known as the “National
Building Code of the Philippines” and shall
hereinafter be referred to as “Code”.
Section 104. General Building Requirements
(a) All buildings or structures as well as accessory
facilities thereto shall conform in all respects to
the principles of the safe construction and must
be suited to the purpose for which they are
designed.
Section 104. General Building Requirements
(b) Buildings or structures intended to be used for
the manufacture and/or production of any kind of
article or product shall observe adequate
environmental safeguards.
Section 104. General Building Requirements
(c) Buildings or structures and all parts thereof as
well as all facilities found therein shall be
maintained in safe, sanitary and good working
condition.
 Chapter II
Administration and Enforcement
Section 201. Responsibility for Administration
and Enforcement
The administration and enforcement of the
provisions of this Code including the imposition of
penalties for administrative violations thereof is
hereby vested in the Secretary of Public
Transportation and Communications, hereinafter
referred to as the “Secretary”.
Section 203. General Powers and Functions of
the Secretary under this Code
For purposes of carrying out the provisions of
this Code, the Secretary shall exercise the
following general powers and functions:
Section 203. General Powers and Functions of
the Secretary under this Code
(1) Formulate policies, plans, standards and
guidelines on building design, construction, use
occupancy and maintenance, in accordance with
this Code.
(2) Issue and promulgate rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of this Code and ensure
compliance with policies, plans, standards and
guidelines formulated under paragraph 1 of this
Section
Section 203. General Powers and Functions of
the Secretary under this Code
(3) Evaluate, review, approve and/or take final
action on changes and/or amendments to existing
Referral Codes as well as on the incorporation of
other referral codes which are not yet expressly
made part of this Code.
Section 203. General Powers and Functions of
the Secretary under this Code
(4) Prescribe and fix the amount of fees and other
charges that the Building Official shall collect in
connection with the performance of regulatory
functions.
Section 205. Building Officials
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 act as Building Officials in their respective
areas of jurisdiction
Section 206. Qualifications of Building
Officials
No person shall be appointed as a Building Official unless
he possesses the following qualifications:
1. A Filipino citizen and of good moral character.
2. 2. A duly registered architect or civil engineer.
3. A member of good standing of a duly accredited
organization of his profession for not less than two
years.
4. Has at least five years of diversified and professional
experience in building design and construction.
 CHAPTER III
PERMITS AND INSPECTION
Section 302. Application for permits
In order to obtain a building permit, the applicant shall
file an application therefor in writing and on the prescribed
form from the office of the Building Official. Every application
shall provide at least the following information:
(1) A description of the work to be covered by the permit
applied for;
(2) Certified true copy of the TCT covering the lot on which the
proposed work is to be done. If the applicant is not the
registered owner, in addition to the TCT, a copy of the
contract of lease shall be submitted;
Section 302. Application for permits
(3) The use or occupancy for which the proposal work is
intended;
(4) Estimated cost of the proposed work.
To be submitted together with such application are at
least five sets of corresponding plans and specifications
prepared, signed and sealed by a duly mechanical engineer in
case of mechanical plans, and by a registered electrical
engineer in case of electrical plans, except in those cases
exempted or not required by the Building Official under this
Code.
 CHAPTER IV
TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 401. Types of Construction
For purposes of this Code, all buildings proposed for construction
shall be classified or identified according to the following types:
(1) Type I. Type I buildings shall be a wood construction. The
structural elements may be any of the materials permitted by
this Code.
(2) Type II. Type II buildings shall be of wood construction with
protective fire-resistant materials and one-hour fire resistive
throughout: Except, that permanent non-bearing partitions
may use fire-retardant treated wood within the framing
assembly.
Section 401. Types of Construction
(3) Type III. Type III buildings shall be of masonry and wood
construction. Structural elements may be any of the materials
permitted by this Code: Provided, that the building shall be one-
hour fire-resistive throughout. Exterior walls shall be of
incombustible fire-resistive construction.
(4) Type IV. Type IV buildings shall be of steel, iron, concrete, or
masonry construction. Walls, ceiling, and permanent partitions
shall be of incombustible fire resistive construction: Except, that
permanent non-bearing partitions of one-hour fire-resistive
construction may use fire-retardant treated wood within the
framing assembly.
Section 401. Types of Construction
(5) Type V. Type V buildings shall be fire-resistive. The structural
elements shall be of steel, iron, concrete, or masonry construction.
Walls, ceilings, and permanent partitions shall be of incombustible
fire-resistive construction.
 CHAPTER V
REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRE ZONES
Section 501. Fire Zones Defined
Fire zones are areas within which only certain types of
buildings are permitted to be constructed based on their use
or occupancy, type of construction, and resistance to fire.
Section 503. Moved Building
Any building or structure moved within or into any fire zone shall
be made to comply with all the requirements for buildings in that fire
zone.
Section 504. Temporary Building
Temporary building such as reviewing stands and other
miscellaneous structures conforming to the requirements of this
Code, and sheds, canopies and fences used for the protection of
the public around and in conjunction with construction work, may
be erected in the fire zones by special permit from the Building
Official for a limited period of time, and such buildings or
structures shall be-completely removed upon the expiration of the
time limit stated in such permits.
 CHAPTER VI
FIRE-RESISTIVE REQUIREMENTS
IN CONSTRUCTION
Section 601. Fire-Resistive Rating Defined
Fire-resistive rating means the degree to which a
material can withstand fire as determined by generally
recognized and accepted testing methods.
Section 602. Fire-Resistive Time Period
Rating
Fire-resistive time period rating is the length
of time a material can withstand being burned
which may be one-hour, two-hours, three hours,
four-hours, etc.
 CHAPTER VII
CLASSIFICATION AND GENERAL
REQUIREMENT OF ALL
BUILDINGS BY USE OF
OCCUPANCY
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(a) Buildings proposed for construction shall be identified according to
their use or the character of its occupancy and shall be classified as
follows:
(1) Group A. Residential Dwellings
Group A Occupancies shall be dwellings.
(2) Group B. Residentials, Hotels and Apartments Group B Occupancies
shall be multiple dwelling units including boarding or lodging houses,
hotels, apartment buildings, row houses, convents, monasteries, and
other similar building each of which accommodates more than ten
persons
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(3) Group C. Education and Recreation Group C Occupancies
shall be buildings used for school or day-care purposes,
involving assemblage for instruction, education, or recreation,
and not classified in Group I or in Division 1 and 2 or Group H
Occupancies.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(4) Group D. Institutional Group D Occupancies shall
include:
Division 1. Mental hospitals, mental sanitaria, jails, prisons,
reformatories, and buildings where personal liberties of
inmates are similarly restrained.sa d
Division 2. Nurseries for full-time care of children under
kindergarten age, hospitals, sanitaria, nursing homes with
non-ambulatory patients, and similar buildings each
accommodating more than five persons.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(5) Group E. Business and Mercantile Group E Occupancies
shall include:

Division 1. Gasoline filling and service stations, storage

garages and boot 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.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
Division 2. Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings,
drinking and dining establishments having an occupant load of
less than one hundred persons, printing plants, police and fire
stations, factories and workshops using not highly flammable
or combustible materials and paint stores without bulk
handlings.
Division 3. Aircraft hangers and open parking garage with no
repair work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance
requiring no open flame, welding or the use of highly
flammable liquids
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(6) Group F. Industrial Group F Occupancies shall include:
ice plants, power plants, pumping plants, cold storage, and
creameries, factories and workshops using incombustible and
non-explosive materials, and storage and sale rooms for
incombustible and nonexplosive materials.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(5) Group E. Business and Mercantile Group E Occupancies
shall include:
Division 1. Gasoline filling and service stations, storage
garages and boot 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.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
Division 2. Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings,
drinking and dining establishments having an occupant load of
less than one hundred persons, printing plants, police and fire
stations, factories and workshops using not highly flammable
or combustible materials and paint stores without bulk
handlings.
Division 3. Aircraft hangers and open parking garage with no
repair work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance
requiring no open flame, welding or the use of highly
flammable liquids.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(6) Group F. Industrial Group F Occupancies shall include:
ice plants, power plants, pumping plants, cold storage, and
creameries, factories and workshops using incombustible and
non-explosive materials, and storage and sale rooms for
incombustible and nonexplosive materials.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(7) Group G. Storage and Hazardous Group G Occupancies
shall include:
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.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
Division 3. Wood working establishments, planning mills and
box factories, shops, factories where loose combustible fibers
or dust are manufactured, processed or generated;
warehouses where highly combustible material is store.
Division 4. Repair garages.
Division 5. rcraft repair hangers
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(8) Group H. Assembly Other Than Group 1
Group H Occupancies shall include:
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.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
Division 3. Any assembly building without a stage 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.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(9) Group I. Assembly Occupant Load 1000 or More Group I
Occupancies shall be any assembly building with an age and
an occupant load of 1000 or more in the building.
Section 701. Occupancy Classified
(10) Group J. Accessory Group J Occupancies shall include:
Division 1. Private garage, carports, sheds and agriculture
buildings.
Division 2. Fences over 1.80 meters high, tanks, and towers.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(a) Dwelling Location and Lot Occupancy. 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 Easement on Light and View of the Civil Code of the
Philippines, shall be at least 2 meters from the property line.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(b) Light and Ventilation. Every dwelling shall be so
constructed and arranged as to provide adequate light and
ventilation as provided under Section 805, of this Code.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(c) Sanitation. Every dwelling shall be provided with at least
one sanitary toilet and adequate washing and drainage
facilities.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(d) Foundation. Footing 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.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(e) Post. The dimensions of wooden post shall be those found
in Table 708-A Dimensions of Wooden Posts (Annex B-1). Each
post shall be anchored to such footing by strap and bolts of
adequate size.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(f) Floor. 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.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(g) Roof . The wind load for roofs shall be at least 120
kilograms per square meter for vertical projection.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(h) Stairs. Stairs shall be at least 750 millimeters in clear
width, with a rise of 200 millimeters and a minimum run of
200 millimeters.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(i) Entrance and Exit. There shall be at least one entrance and
another one for exit.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(j) Electrical Requirements. All electrical installation shall
conform to the requirements of the Philippine Electrical Code.
Section 708. Minimum Requirements for
Group A Dwellings
(k) Mechanical Requirements.
Mechanical systems and/or equipment installation shall be
subject to the requirement of the Philippine Mechanical
Engineering Code
Quiz
In a whole bond paper, draw your dream house. In another paper, give
the description (narrative) of your dream house as to the following:
1. Dwelling Location and Lot Occupancy 7. Roof
2. Light and Ventilation 8. Stairs
3. Sanitation 9. Entrance and Exit
4. Foundation 10. Electrical Requirement
5. Post 11. Mechanical Requirement
6. Floor