NATIONAL BUILDING CODE

OF THE PHILIPPINES
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE (P.D.) NO. 1096 ADOPTING A NATIONAL
BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES (NBCP) THEREBY REVISING
REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE
(R.A. No. 6541)

Republic Act No. 6541, entitled "An Act to Ordain and Institute a
National Building Code of the Philippines",

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SECTION 101. TITLE.

This Decree shall be known as the "National Building Code of

the Philippines" and shall hereinafter be referred to as the
"Code".

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SECTION 103. SCOPE AND APPLICATION.

a. The provisions of this Code shall apply to the design, location,

sitting, construction, alteration, repair, conversion, use, occupancy,
maintenance, moving, demolition of, and addition to public and private
buildings and structures, except traditional indigenous family dwellings
as defined herein.
b. Building and/or structures constructed before the approval of this
Code shall not be affected thereby except when alterations, additions,
conversions or repairs are to be made therein in which case, this Code
shall apply only to portions to be altered, added, converted or
repaired.
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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.
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.
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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.

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SECTION 205. BUILDING OFFICIALS.

❑ 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.

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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. 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.
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SECTION 207. DUTIES OF A BUILDING OFFICIAL.

➢ He is the official charged with the duties of issuing building permits.

➢ A Building Official may enter any building or its premises at all
reasonable times to inspect and determine compliance with the
requirements.
➢ 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.
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SECTION 209. EXEMPTION.

➢ Public buildings and traditional indigenous family dwelling shall be

exempt from payment of building permit fees.
➢ The term "additional indigenous family dwelling" means a dwelling
intended for the use and occupancy by the family of the owner only
and constructed of native materials such as bamboo, nipa, logs, or
lumber, the total cost of which does not exceed fifteen thousand pesos.

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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;
3. The use or occupancy for which the proposal work is intended;
4. Estimated cost of the proposed work.
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SECTION 304. ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS.

➢ When satisfied that the work described in an application for

building permit and the plans and specifications submitted
therewith, conform to the requirements of this Code and other
pertinent rules and regulations, the Building Official shall,
within fifteen days from payment of the required fees by the
applicant, issue the building permit applied for. 1. A
description of the work to be covered by the permit applied
for;
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SECTION 304. ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS.

➢ The Building Official may issue a permit for the construction

of only a part or portion of a building or structure.

➢ Approved plans and specifications shall not be changed,

modified or altered without the approval of the Building
Official and the work shall be done strictly in accordance
thereto.

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SECTION 305. VALIDITY OF BUILDING PERMITS.

➢ A building permit shall expire and become null and void if the
building or work authorized therein is not commenced within a
period of one year from the date of such permit.

➢ if the building or work so authorized is suspended or abandoned

at any time after it has been commenced, for a period of 120
days.

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SECTION 306. NON-ISSUANCE, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION
OF BUILDING PERMITS.
The Building Official may order or cause the non-issuance, suspension
or revocation of building permits on any or all of the following reasons
or grounds:
(a) Errors found in the plans and specifications;
(b) In correct or inaccurate data or information supplied;
(c) Non-compliance with the provisions of this Code or of any rule or
regulation.

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SECTION 309. CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

➢A certificate of Occupancy shall be issued by the Building

Official within thirty (30) days if after final inspection and
submittal of a Certificate of Completion, it is found that the
building or structure complies with the provisions of this
Code.

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 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
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SECTION 401. TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION.
3. Type III. Type III buildings shall be of masonry and wood
construction. 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.
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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.

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CLASSIFICATION
OF BUILDINGS BY
USE OF
OCCUPANCY
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.
- Occupancies shall be dwellings.
2. Group B. Residentials, Hotels and Apartments.
- Occupancies shall be multiple dwelling units of which
accommodates more than ten persons.
3. Group C. Education and Recreation
- Occupancies shall be buildings used for school or day-care
purposes
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4. Group D. Institutional
Occupancies shall include:

Division 1. Mental hospitals, mental sanitaria, jails, prisons, reformatories,

and buildings where 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 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.
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5. Group E. Business and Mercantile
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 use of highly flammable liquids.
Division 2. Wholesale and retail stores, office buildings, drinking and
dining establishments having an occupant load of less than one
hundred persons.
Division 3. Aircraft hangers and open parking garage with no repair
work is done except exchange of parts and maintenance requiring no
use of highly flammable liquids.

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6. Group F. Industrial

➢ 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.

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7. Group G. Storage and Hazardous
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.
Division 3. Wood working establishments, planning mills and box
factories, shops, factories where loose combustible fibers or dust are
manufactured, processed or generated.
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7. Group G. Storage and Hazardous

Division 4. Repair garages.

Division 5. Aircraft repair hangers.

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8. Group H. Assembly Other Than Group 1
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.
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.
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9. Group I. Assembly Occupant Load 1000 or More

➢ Occupancies shall be any assembly building with an age and an

occupant load of 1000 or more in the building.

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10. Group J. Accessory

Occupancies shall include:

Division 1. Private garage, carports, sheds and agriculture buildings.

Division 2. Fences over 1.80 meters high, tanks, and towers.

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 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR
DWELLINGS (BASED ON NBCP)

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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 shall be at least 2
meters from the property line.

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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.

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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.

ROOF.
➢ The wind load for roofs shall be at least 120 kilograms per
square meter.

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STAIRS.
➢ Stairs shall be at least 750 millimeters in clear width, with a rise
of 200 millimeters and a minimum run of 200 millimeters.

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SANITATION.
➢ Every dwelling shall be provided with at least one sanitary toilet
and adequate washing and drainage facilities.

ENTRANCE AND EXIT.

➢ There shall be at least one entrance and another one for exit.

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ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS.
➢ All electrical installation shall conform to the requirements of the
Philippine Electrical Code.

MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS.

➢ Mechanical systems and/or equipment installation shall be subject to

the requirement of the Philippine Mechanical Engineering Code.

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CEILING HEIGHTS.
➢ Habitable rooms provided with artificial
ventilation have ceiling heights not less than
2.40 meters measured from the floor to the
ceiling.
➢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.

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SIZES AND DIMENSIONS OF ROOMS
Minimum sizes of rooms and their least horizontal dimensions shall be
as follows:
1. Rooms for Human Habitations. 6.00 square meters with at least
dimensions of 2.00.

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SIZES AND DIMENSIONS OF ROOMS
2. Kitchens. 3.00 square meters with at least dimension of 1.50
meters.

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SIZES AND DIMENSIONS OF ROOMS
3. Bath and toilet. 1.20 square meters with at least dimension of 0.90
meters.

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WINDOW OPENINGS.
➢Every room intended for any
use shall be provided with a
window or windows with a total
free area of openings 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.

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