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1985 Ed.]

Building (Construction) Regulations

[CAP. 123

[Subsidiary]

persons; and

(d) a place of public entertainment or assembly to which

persons are admitted by ticket or otherwise;

"reinforced concrete" means concrete not inferior to that designated Grade III in regulation 19 and reinforced by reinforcement which complies with the provisions of regulation 20;

"safe bearing capacity" means the intensity of the loading due to the weight and imposed loads of any proposed building works including earth works (if any) that the ground under a foundation will safely carry without risk of shear failure irrespective of any consolidation settlement that may result;

"shell lime" means lime formed by burning sea shells or other like

marine calcium deposits;

"storey-height" for the purposes of regulations 64 to 67 means the height of that part of a wall or pier which is between the level of one lateral support and the level of the lateral support next above or (if there is no such lateral support above) the top of such wall or pier;

"ultimate bearing capacity" means the value of the net loading intensity in the ground on any horizontal plane at which the ground fails in shear.

3. All materials used in the construction of any building shall-

(a) be of a suitable nature and quality for the purposes for

which they are used;

(b) be adequately mixed or prepared; and

functions for which they are designed.

4. The Building Authority may permit in writing subject to such conditions as he may endorse thereon the use of any type of material or any method of mixing or preparing materials or of applying, using or fixing materials which conforms with a British Standard Specification or a British Standard Code of Practice prescribing the quality of material or standards of workmanship:

Provided that in the event of more than one such Standard or Code having been issued, the type of material or method used shall conform with the latest edition and any published amendments thereto unless in these regulations a specific edition of Standard or Code is required to be adopted.

5. Every building shall be so designed and constructed as to be capable of sustaining safely and transmitting all the dead and imposed loads without exceeding the appropriate limitations of permissible stresses.

Materials.

British Standard Specification or British Standard Code of Practice.

Permissible stresses not to be exceeded.

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1985 Ed.] Building (Construction) Regulations [CAP. 123 B9 [Subsidiary] (c) a restaurant having a seating capacity for more than 100 persons; and (d) a place of public entertainment or assembly to which persons are admitted by ticket or otherwise; "reinforced concrete" means concrete not inferior to that designated Grade III in regulation 19 and reinforced by reinforcement which complies with the provisions of regulation 20; "safe bearing capacity" means the intensity of the loading due to the weight and imposed loads of any proposed building works including earth works (if any) that the ground under a foundation will safely carry without risk of shear failure irrespective of any consolidation settlement that may result; "shell lime" means lime formed by burning sea shells or other like marine calcium deposits; "storey-height" for the purposes of regulations 64 to 67 means the height of that part of a wall or pier which is between the level of one lateral support and the level of the lateral support next above or (if there is no such lateral support above) the top of such wall or pier; "ultimate bearing capacity" means the value of the net loading intensity in the ground on any horizontal plane at which the ground fails in shear. 3. All materials used in the construction of any building shall- (a) be of a suitable nature and quality for the purposes for which they are used; (b) be adequately mixed or prepared; and (c) be applied, used or fixed so as adequately to perform the functions for which they are designed. 4. The Building Authority may permit in writing subject to such conditions as he may endorse thereon the use of any type of material or any method of mixing or preparing materials or of applying, using or fixing materials which conforms with a British Standard Specification or a British Standard Code of Practice prescribing the quality of material or standards of workmanship: Provided that in the event of more than one such Standard or Code having been issued, the type of material or method used shall conform with the latest edition and any published amendments thereto unless in these regulations a specific edition of Standard or Code is required to be adopted. 5. Every building shall be so designed and constructed as to be capable of sustaining safely and transmitting all the dead and imposed loads without exceeding the appropriate limitations of permissible stresses. Materials. British Standard Specification or British Standard Code of Practice. Permissible stresses not to be exceeded.

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1985 Ed.] Building (Construction) Regulations [CAP. 123 B9 [Subsidiary] (c) a restaurant having a seating capacity for more than 100 persons; and (d) a place of public entertainment or assembly to which persons are admitted by ticket or otherwise; "reinforced concrete" means concrete not inferior to that designated Grade III in regulation 19 and reinforced by reinforcement which complies with the provisions of regulation 20; "safe bearing capacity" means the intensity of the loading due to the weight and imposed loads of any proposed building works including earth works (if any) that the ground under a founda- tion will safely carry without risk of shear failure irrespective of any consolidation settlement that may result; "shell lime" means lime formed by burning sea shells or other like marine calcium deposits; "storey-height" for the purposes of regulations 64 to 67 means the height of that part of a wall or pier which is between the level of one lateral support and the level of the lateral support next above or (if there is no such lateral support above) the top of such wall or pier; "ultimate bearing capacity" means the value of the net loading intensity in the ground on any horizontal plane at which the ground fails in shear. 3. All materials used in the construction of any building shall- (a) be of a suitable nature and quality for the purposes for which they are used; (6) be adequately mixed or prepared; and (c) be applied, used or fixed so as adequately to perform the functions for which they are designed. 4. The Building Authority may permit in writing subject to such conditions as he may endorse thereon the use of any type of material or any method of mixing or preparing materials or of applying, using or fixing materials which conforms with a British Standard Specification or a British Standard Code of Practice prescribing the quality of material or standards of workmanship: Provided that in the event of more than one such Standard or Code having been issued, the type of material or method used shall conform with the latest edition and any published amendments thereto unless in these regulations a specific edition of Standard or Code is required to be adopted. 5. Every building shall be so designed and constructed as to be capable of sustaining safely and transmitting all the dead and imposed loads without exceeding the appropriate limitations of permissible stresses. Materials. British Standard Specification or British Standard Code of Practice. Permissible stresses not to be exceeded.

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