After the 2045 B.S earthquake that time government felt that they require their own Building Code. Due to the lack of country code mostly engineers are forced to use other country building codes. Without considering the strength of materials people are constructing residential buildings. 10-15 years ago, about 95% of the building’s structures are built-up without taking the suggestion of any technicians or engineers. Even technicians do not have proper knowledge and idea about earthquake residential buildings.
Download Codes
| S.N. | Codes Name | Downloads |
| 1. | NBC 000::International State-of-Art | Downloads |
| 2. | NBC 101::Material Specification | Downloads |
| 3. | NBC 102::Unit weight of Materials | Downloads |
| 4. | NBC 103::OCCUPANCY LOAD (IMPOSED LOAD) | Downloads |
| 5. | NBC 104::WIND LOAD | Downloads |
| 6. | NBC 105::SEISMIC DESIGN OF BUILDINGS IN NEPAL (Updated 2020) | Downloads |
| 7. | NBC 106::SNOW LOAD | Downloads |
| 8. | NBC 107::PROVISIONAL RECOMMENDATION ON FIRE SAFETY | Downloads |
| 9. | NBC 108::SITE CONSIDERATION FOR SEISMIC HAZARDS | Downloads |
| 10. | NBC 109::MASONRY : UNREINFORCED | Downloads |
| 11. | NBC 110::PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE | Downloads |
| 12. | NBC 111::STEEL | Downloads |
| 13. | NBC 112::TIMBER | Downloads |
| 14. | NBC 113::ALUMINIUM | Downloads |
| 15. | NBC 114::CONSTRUCTION SAFETY | Downloads |
| 16. | NBC 201::MRT REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS WITH MASONRY INFILL | Downloads |
| 17. | NBC 202::MRT LOAD BEARING MASONRY | Downloads |
| 18. | NBC 203::GUIDELINES FOR EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION -LOW STRENGTH MASORY (Updated 2015) | Downloads |
| 19. | NBC 204::GUIDELINES FOR EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION: EARTHEN BUILDING (EB) (Updated 2015) | Downloads |
| 20. | NBC 205::MRT FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS WITHOUT MASONRY INFILL (Updated 2024) | Downloads |
| 21. | NBC 206::2015 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS (Updated 2024) | Downloads |
| 22. | NBC 207::ELECTRICAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS for (PUBLIC BUILDINGS) | Downloads |
| 23. | NBC 208::SANITARY AND PLUMBING DESIGN REQUIREMENTS | Downloads |
Implementation of NBC Codes
From 2060/04/12, NBC is started to use in government and government shared construction buildings. Later in 2062/11/01 after the publish of Gadget NBC is implemented in 58 municipalities, 28 VDC where district headquarter lies at that time.
Before releasing it on government gadget to implement the NBC is started to use in Lalitpur metropolitan in 2059 B.S Magh-2 on the occasion of National Earthquake day.
NBC Codes: Nepal National Building Code
National Building Code (NBC) is a group of 23 codes. At first 20 codes are developed after that 3 codes, architectural code, electrical, and sanitation are added to NBC in 2060 B.S.
National Building Code(NBC) are sub categorized into 4 types:
1. International state-of-Art (SOA):
By using reference from the developed country building code you can design a building. Generally, while constructing important buildings, commercial buildings, stadium reference is taken from developed country code. It contains only one code.
2. Professionally Engineered Buildings (PEB):
Buildings having a plinth area of more than 1000 square feet or a structural span greater than 4.5-meter are categorized in Professionally Engineered Buildings (PEB). These buildings should be designed and built-in with guidelines of engineers.
3. Mandatory Rule of Thumb (MRT)
The main objective of these Mandatory Rules of Thumb (MRT) is to provide ready-to-use dimensions and details for various structural and non-structural elements for up to three-storey reinforced concrete (RC), framed, ordinary residential buildings commonly being built by owner-builders in Nepal. Their purpose is to replace the non-engineered construction presently adopted with pre-engineered construction. Now, it is mandatory to follow MRT while designing or constructing buildings in every municipality of Nepal.
4. Guidelines for Remote Rural Buildings (GRB)
Guidelines for Remote Rural Buildings (GRB) guidelines are prepared in order to raise the seismic safety of low-strength masonry buildings and earthen buildings. These guidelines are intended to be implemented by the owner/builder with some assistance from the technicians.
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