An Overview of The Uniform Building By-Laws, 1984 & The Amendments 2007 (Part 4 - 5)
An Overview of The Uniform Building By-Laws, 1984 & The Amendments 2007 (Part 4 - 5)
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3.3.2. PART II The procedures for submitting plans to the Local Authorities for their approval
for permanent and temporary buildings, advertisement and perimeter hoardings [ByLaws
Sections 3 29],
Members(14)
Clause 3
Submission of plans for approval [By a qualified person / principal
submitting person] FORM A
Clause 5
No erection or continued erection of a building shall take place unless the
qualified person undertakes the supervision of the erection and the
setting out
Clause 7
Withdrawal or change of qualified person / principal submitting person
[With the agreement of the authority] No work to commence until
another qualified person takes over.
Clauses 8 12
Submission procedures
Clause 13
Special permission to commence building operations early
Clauses 14 & 15
Submission procedures
Clauses 16 & 17
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3.3.5. PART V Structural requirements and considerations e.g. dead, superimposed and
dynamic loads and, structural materials and elements [ByLaws Sections 53 80],
Clause 53
Building materials use
Clause 54
General requirement of loading [Dead loads, imposed loads and winds
load considerations]
Clause 55
Dead and imposed loads [Provisions for loads]
Clause 56
BLOGLIST
ARCHITECTURALMANUAL(3)
BHAFAMILYTRIPS(6)
DISCOURSE(2)
UBBL1984(6)
VIEWS(1)
3.3.7. PART VII Passive fire protection requirements [ByLaws Sections 133 224]
Clause 133
Interpretations and Definitions on Fire Requirements
Clause 134
Designation of Purpose Group of every building [Fifth Schedule]
Clause 135
Rules of Measurements for Height, Areas, Cubic Capacity of Buildings
Clauses 136 137
Fifth Schedule _ Provisions of compartment walls and floors_ floor area
exceeds relevant height e.g. floors in building exceeding 30m in height,
or volume of space exceeds relevant cubic capacity to be constructed as
compartment floor
Clause 138
Fifth Schedule _ Walls and floors to be constructed as compartment walls
or compartment floor under Purpose Group II [Institutions],
flats/apartments, between different Purpose Groups and floor above a
basement of area exceeding 100sqm.
Clause 139
Separation of fire risk areas from areas of occupancy.
Clause 140
Fire appliance access e.g. 12m width road to support fire engine for
buildings over 7000cum of volume & minimum proportion building
perimeter as road for fire access based on building volume.
Clause 141
Rules on Penetrations of Pipes through separating walls and height of
separating walls at roof junctions e.g. 225mm wall extension above roof.
Clauses 142 145
External Walls Design and Materials to comply with Permitted Limits of
Unprotected Areas specified in the Sixth Schedule including Beams
Clause 146
Definition of Relevant Boundary
Clause 147
Construction of Separating Walls to be on NonCombustible Materials
Clause 148
Special Requirements for Compartment Walls and Floors
Clause 149
Horizontal and Vertical Barriers of the external walls to extend minimum
750mm and 900mm respectively.
Clause 150
Protected Shafts Requirements
Clause 151 155
Lifts Requirements _ Ventilation, Openings, Smoke Detectors in Lift
Lobbies & Emergency Mode
Clause 156 157
Protected Shafts as Ventilation Duct and Staircases
Clauses 158 159
Stages in Places of Assembly and Open Stages _ Requirement for a
proscenium wall of 225mm thick unless suitable protection devices
installed
Clause 160
Fire precautions in air conditioning systems
Clause 161
Fire Stopping Materials
Clauses 162 164
Fire Doors _ 162(2) Openings in compartment and separating walls to be
protected by Fire Doors in accordance with the FRP requirements of the
relevant walls referred in the Ninth Schedule 162(3) Openings in protected
structures to be protected by Fire Doors with FRP not less than of the
relevant walls referred in the Ninth Schedule 162(4) Openings in protected
corridor or lobby to be protected by Fire Doors having FRP of hour.
Clause 165 167
Measurement of Travel Distance to Exits, Condition of Exits and Storey
Exits based on Seventh Schedule _ Open plan travel distance calculated no
more than 2/3 permitted travel distance, room with 6 or less persons
measured from the doors if travel distance within room less than 15m,
minimum 2 separate exits from each storey not nearer than 4.5m apart
and located within the limits of travel distance, widths of exits as
specified in Seventh Schedule
Clauses 168 169
Exit Staircases _ Every upper floor to have minimum 2 staircases except
buildings lower than 12m that comply with Clause 194, Number of
Staircases should accommodate highest occupancy load under Seventh
Schedule even though one staircase is not accessible/available, handrails
may encroach into staircase width to a maximum 75mm, widths of
staircases and exit routes shall be maintained [not reduced in width]
throughout & door swings should not encroach the access width. Also refer
Clauses 174 177, 181 182, 190 & 191.
Clause 170
Egress Conditions for Mezzanine Floors and Open Staircases
Clause 171
Conditions for Horizontal Exits
Clause 172
Conditions for Emergency Exit [KELUAR] Signs
Clause 173
Conditions for Exit Door
Clause 174
Arrangement of Storey Exits to be not less than 5m apart with direct
access to [1] a final exit [2] a protected staircase to a final exit [3] an
external route to a final exit. Basements and Roof Structures for services
need not have alternative egress.
Clauses 175 177
Calculation of occupancy load, capacity of exits, exit widths and number
of staircases to refer to Seventh Schedule. At least one staircase should be
a minimum of 2 unit widths [552mm x 2 = 1104mm wide] except 900mm
allowed where total occupancy of all floors less than 50. Refer Clauses
168 169, 181 & 182
Clause 178
Exits for institutional and places of assembly to be located to avoid undue
danger from fire originating in other occupancy (areas)
Clauses 179 188
Classifications of places of assembly, space standards for calculating
occupancy loads, exit details for places of assembly, seating, gangways,
exit doors and travel distance
Clause 181 182
Calculation for width of means of egress and rate of discharge _ 552mm
per unit width with unit width = 300mm, no exits less than 700mm
[clear width of opening], rates of travel per floor are [1] 60 persons per
minute horizontally (doors & level passage ways) and [2] 45 person per
minute vertically (stairs)
3.3.8. PART VIII Active fire protection requirements [ByLaws Sections 225 253] and
Clause 225
Every building to have [1] means of detecting and extinguishing fire,
equipped with fire alarm and exit signs based the Tenth Schedule and [2]
a minimum one Fire Hydrant not more than 91.5m from nearest fire
brigade access
Clause 226
Automatic fire protection system for hazardous occupancy to suit hazard
Clause 227
Portable extinguishers provided based on relevant codes and sited
prominently and visible along exit routes
Clause 228
Sprinkler valves to be located on exterior walls accessible to Firemen and
alarm electrically connected to nearest Bomba station
Clause 229
Buildings with top most floor higher than 18.3m to be provided with
means of access and fighting fire from within building via fire fighting
access lobbies directly accessible from outside, staircases, fire lifts in
protected lobbies or staircases or corridors and dry or wet risers. Fire
fighting lobbies at every level no more than 45.75m from furthermost
point.
Clause 230
Dry rising system to be provided in buildings with top most floor more than
18.3m but less than 30.5m.
Clause 231
Wet rising system to be provided in buildings with top most floor more
than 30.5m. Wet riser to be provided to every staircase which extends to
the roof. Each stage of wet riser to be no more than 61.0m except in
cases may be permitted to 70.15m
Clause 232
One Wet or Dry Riser to be installed when a building is under construction
reached a height above fire brigade pumping inlet and located next to a
useable staircase within 2 floors of the topmost construction
Clauses 233 234
Foam inlets to be installed for windowless buildings, boiler rooms and
structures/storage areas below ground where automated extinguishers not
installed
Clauses 235 236
Fixed installations via total flooding or unit protection system may be
required e.g. for places with special hazard
Clause 237
Fire alarms to be provided base on Tenth Schedule with premises
exceeding area of 9,290sqm or higher than 30.5m provided with two
stage alarm system
Clause 238
Large or tall buildings over 30.5m require Command and Control Centre to
be located at designated floor with direct telephone connection to Bomba
Clauses 239 241
Two voice communication systems to be provided [1] Bomba
communications [2] pa system between control centre and public areas.
Floor or zone of area over 929sqm of nett area to be provided with
electrical isolation switches within staircases. Special visible fire alarm
systems to be installed in addition to normal alarm for deaf persons or
audible alarms undesirable.
Clause 242
Fire fighting access lobbies to be 5.57sqm or more in area and have
openable windows or openings for ventilation or mechanically ventilated.
Clause 243
Buildings with top most occupied floor over 18.5m to be provided with
Bomba lifts. Bomba lifts to be provided for every group of lifts discharged
into the same protected enclosure but no more than 61.0m travel distance
from furthermost point of the floor.
Clauses 244 245
Standards required and approval of Ketua Pengarah Bomba.
Clause 246
Certificate of Completion to be signed on Form B in Tenth Schedule once
work is completed.
Clauses 247 248
Water storage and markings to comply with Tenth Schedule and Bomba
requirements.
Clause 249 252
Smoke and heat venting in large buildings, Natural draught smoke vent,
Smoke vents for exit safety to be designed to prevent accumulation of
smoke during evacuation and manual vents must be openable by BOmba
from outside.
Clause 253
3.3.9. PART IX Miscellaneous definitions and references and, the procedures on reporting on
building failures [ByLaws Sections 254 258].
Clause 254 256
Buildings to which Parts VII & VIII apply & power of PBT to extend
compliance / exemptions.
Clause 257
Malaysian standard specification and code of practice to prevail over
British Standard Specifications or Code of Practice
Clause 258
Failure to Buildings [report failure, explain cause & state remedial action
within a week]
3.4 SHORTFALLS OF THE UBBL
1. The Uniform Building ByLaws, 1984 [UBBL] was established out the need for a
standardised set of building regulations for the country. However, despite the federal
government gazetting the UBBL in 1985, the reality is that until today the use and
interpretation of the UBBL are anything but uniformed. The enforcement of UBBL is
governed by the states and hence gazetted separately with slightly different versions for
each of the states.
2. As the UBBL is a state matter, many Local Authorities and Technical Departments have
their own readings and interpretation of the UBBL. The differences in the translations
between the English and Bahasa Melayu versions also added to the confusion. Hence,
there is a need to relook into the intents of the UBBL and persuade all state governments
to agree to a Local Authorities Endorsed standardised explanatory notes. To that
effect, the fire department had produced two definitive books on their interpretation of
the fire protection systems requirements which had become very useful references for
designers.
3. The continual advances in constructional technologies and sciences have made some of the
bylaws within the UBBL outofdate. For instance, Malaysia has experienced rapid
development over the last two decades. Largescale structures, like new airports,
shopping centres and mixed developments, have been built with new concepts and design
approaches. The existing UBBL and other Fire Safety codes are not applicable to these
structures. Hence, there is a need for the UBBL to be updated to reflect the stateof
theart and make allowances for the bylaws therein to be amended to allow continual
adaptation to suit the everchanging times. The Fire Safety Performance Based Approach
has been officially adopted in 2002 by the Fire and Rescue Department, Malaysia [Bomba]
to solve some of these shortfalls. The approach, which has been widely practiced
overseas, is a scientific and engineeringbased method whereby the determination of type
and standard of fire safety protection systems required specific testing and research.
4. There are bylaws within the UBBL which had not been referred to by professionals and/or
found to be irrelevant. As an example, a good number of sections under the structural
requirements have been ignored and not referred to by structural engineers since most are
using the British Standards as their main design guide. Therefore, it is best to relook
these sections and decide whether to have these clauses repealed or amended to suit the
times.
Postedbybadrulhishamat4:34PM
Labels:UBBL1984
3comments:
Anonymous April23,2014at3:13PM
Hi!EncikBadrulHisham,
Inschedule10,Note3whichrefertothetypeoffirealarmasfollows
1.AutomaticFireDetectionSystem
2.ManualElectricalFireAlarmSystem
3.SignalindicatorAlarmSystem
4.ManualAlarmSystem
canyouadvicethedefinitionof2,3and4ofthesealarmsystem?
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badrulhisham
July12,2014at11:57AM
Thisquestionisregardingthetypesoffirealarmanditisbestbeaddressedtoan
electricalengineerwhoisfamiliarwithallthetypesoffirealarmavailable.
FrommyunderstandingtheManualSystemrefertoasystemwhichrequireshuman
intervention to send signal via manually toggling switches, breaking glass etc as
opposed to automatic detection systems which will send signal upon any of the
sensorsdetectfireviasmokedetectors,heatdetectors,sprinklerheadsdischargeetc.
The various systems may be addressable or nonaddressable types, meaning we
canseewherethesignalscomefromtheaddressabletypeorwejustknowthealarm
triggers without knowing exactly where the signal is coming from in the non
addressablesystems.
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Kayson October13,2014at1:48PM
sircanyouexplainwhatistheclause226and227talkingabout?
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