Gujarat govt declares new ‘Structural Safety Regulations 2014’

Ahmedabad

Through the new regulations now all the existing and upcoming buildings have to take the structural safety certificate as per the new regulations.

The State Government has ordered all the Municipal Corporations, Urban Development Authorities (UDA) like AUDA, SUDA etc and all the Municipalities and other agencies which issue building construction and building use permissions to execute new regulations with immediate effect.

The state Government has asked all the Urban Authorities to form district structural safety committee under the Municipal Commissioner or District Collector(in case of Municipalities) in which a certified structural engineer, Fire Service officer, Road & Building department Superintendent and a prominent citizen will be members. A state level committee will also monitor district committees.

Gujarat Urban Development department has issued crucial ‘Structural Safety Regulations 2014’ to ensure safety of all the multi-storied buildings in state. There were no uniform regulations in state to ensure the structural safety of buildings even after 2001 earthquake. Till the new regulations buildings above and below 45 meters height different procedures were their but proven ineffective.

The state Urban Development department has also issued new guidelines to change ‘GDCR-General Development Control Regulation’ rules to add structural safety norms. The owner or the developer of the building has to hire structural safety supervisor during the construction phase and their after get the certificate from the concern committee. Violation of any norms will lead to direct legal actions.