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Building Categorization: Common Type of Buildings in Nepal

This document discusses building categorization in Nepal. It outlines four categories of building design and construction based on the National Building Code, ranging from international standards to rural buildings where control is impractical. The majority of buildings in Nepal are non-engineered masonry up to 3 stories and under 1,000 square feet. Examples include stone or brick structures with mud or cement mortar. The document focuses on strengthening techniques for these common building types. It also addresses irregular building plans and elevations that can disturb load paths during seismic events.

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Building Categorization: Common Type of Buildings in Nepal

This document discusses building categorization in Nepal. It outlines four categories of building design and construction based on the National Building Code, ranging from international standards to rural buildings where control is impractical. The majority of buildings in Nepal are non-engineered masonry up to 3 stories and under 1,000 square feet. Examples include stone or brick structures with mud or cement mortar. The document focuses on strengthening techniques for these common building types. It also addresses irregular building plans and elevations that can disturb load paths during seismic events.

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Government of Nepal

DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT & BUILDING CONSTRUCTION


&
NEPAL ENGINEERS’ ASSOCIATION

BUILDING CATEGORIZATION
Common Type of Buildings in Nepal

By: Prof. Dr. Gokarna Bdr. Motra


Institute of Engineering
Central Campus, Pulchowk

Technical Support
IOE/ NSET/ CORD
Total Building Stock in Nepal

Source: National Population and Housing Census 2011

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Household Types in Urban vs. Rural Areas

Source: National Population and Housing Census 2011

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Basis of Categorization

• Material type
• Load resisting system
• Configuration
• Height of Building
• Quality of Construction
• Ground Slope

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Category as per National Building Code
Four levels of design and construction
 International state-of-art (Part I)
-Sophisticated design philosophies and analytical techniques in the world
 Professionally engineered structures (Part II)
-Designed by professional engineers following code requirements
-Hospitals, meeting halls, factories, warehouses, multi-storied buildings, residential
buildings . Masonry: unreinforced; RCC frames: with and without masonry infills
 Buildings of restricted size designed using mandatory rules-of-
thumb (Part III)
-Small buildings with limitation of height, number of stories and floor area can be
designed by professional advisor reinf., eq. resisting elements etc.
-Limits on span and height, member sizes, min.
-RCC buildings with and without masonry infill; Load bearing masonry
 Remote rural buildings where control is impractical (Part IV)
-Guidelines: Rural buildings- low strength masonry and earthen buildings
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Building Categorization
• Non-engineered (non- strengthened)
Low strength    
• Adobe building (up to 2-3 storeys  incl. buingal)
• Stone in mud, timber floor (up to 3 storeys incl. buingal)
• Stone in mud, RC floor slab (up to 2-3 storeys)
• Brick in mud, timber floor (up to2-3 storeys incl. buingal)
• Brick in mud, RC floor slab (up to 2-3 storeys)

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Building Categorization
• Non-engineered (non- strengthened)
 Stone in cement mortar (up to 3 storeys, <1000sft. plinth area )
 Brick in cement mortar (up to 3 storeys, <1000sft. plinth area )
 RCC frame with masonry infill (up to 3 storeys, <1000sft. plinth area)
 RCC frame with masonry infill (> 3 storeys, <1000sft. plinth area)
 Mixed

 80% of building : up to 3 storey and <1000 sft. in plinth area


 Target of this training : share the strengthening techniques of these buildings

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Campus
Building Categorization
• Engineered Masonry Buildings (strengthened)
• Engineered RCC buildings

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Configuration: Irregular Shapes

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Plan Shapes

Complex
building
Plan

No

Yes

Seismic
Joints

Source: NSET
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Irregular Elevations

Load Path Disturbed

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