Practice Note for Authorized Persons,

Buildings Department Registered Structural Engineers and ADV-33

Registered Geotechnical Engineers

Essential Information in Plan Submissions

Introduction

The Buildings Department (BD) reviews the plan approval process regularly
with a view to improving the efficiency of plan processing and enhancing the quality of
plan submissions. To achieve this objective, the BD has implemented various
measures, such as curtailed check system, pre-submission enquiry and conference
services, streamlined procedures, fast track processing, etc. The general principles and
details of such measures are given in the PNAP ADM-19. This Practice Note sets out
general guidance to facilitate the Authorized Persons (AP), Registered Structural
Engineers (RSE) and Registered Geotechnical Engineers (RGE) in the preparation of
plan submissions for various types of building works.

Essential Information in Plan Submissions

2. The administrative and technical requirements for plan submissions are

generally stipulated in the Buildings Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations, relevant
codes of practice and PNAPs. To ensure that the fundamental issues can be fully
considered and the essential information is contained in the plan submissions, the
following documents are provided for AP/RSE/RGE’s reference:

(a) General Building Plans (GBP)

(i) Checklist for First GBP Submissions (Appendix A1);

(ii) Checklist for Applications for Typical Modifications/

Exemptions (Appendix A2);

(iii) Sample Tables for Modifications/ Exemptions

Granted/Being Applied For (Appendix A3); and

(iv) Samples Drawings showing acceptable standards for

GBP (Appendix A4 at BD’s web site at www.bd.gov.hk).

(b) Structural plans

(i) Checklist for Foundation Plan Submissions (Appendix

B1);

(ii) Checklist for Excavation and Lateral Support Plan

Submissions (Appendix B2);

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(iii) Checklist for Superstructure Plan Submissions

(Appendix B3); and

(iv) Checklist for Curtain Wall Details Submissions

(Appendix B4).

(c) Drainage plans

(i) Checklist for Drainage Plan Submissions (Appendix C1);

(ii) Checklist for Applications for Typical Modifications/

Exemptions (Appendix C2); and

(iii) Samples Drawings showing acceptable standards for

Drainage Plan (Appendix C3 at BD’s web site
at www.bd.gov.hk).

3. The documents listed in paragraph 2 above are for general guidance and the
items contained therein are not meant to be exhaustive. The checklists are not required
to be submitted to the BD. AP/RSE/RGE should include other items that they consider
essential for individual projects. The checklists or tables should be referred to and
completed for assuring that essential information are included in the submission to
facilitate processing by the BD.

4. Reference may also be made to relevant appendices to PNAP ADM-19 for

further information on the items to be checked for GBP, superstructure plans, drainage
plans and other types of plans by the BD under the curtailed check system.

(HUI Siu-wai)
Building Authority

Ref. : BD GP/BOP/6 (XIII)

First issue February 2016

This revision Sept 2016 (AD/NB1 and AD/NB2) (Appendices A1 and A2 amended,
Para. 2(c) and Appendices C1, C2,
and C3 added)
 Appendix A1
(PNAP ADV-33)

Checklist for First General Building Plan Submissions

(This checklist is not required to be submitted to the BD.)

□ : information to be shown on plan

○ : information to be accompanied with the plan submission

Part A – Plans and Forms

Typical Items Requirements Reference

1. Statutory Forms ○ Form BA 4 (for appointment of B(A)R 18A
AP/RSE/RGE) and 29(1)
PNAP
○ Form BA 5 (application for approval) ADM-2
○ Form BA6 (stability certificate for A&A PNAP
works) APP-55
○ Form BA8A (application for concurrent
approval and consent)
○ Form BA16 (application for exemption/
modification)
○ Form BA17 (temporary building permit)
○ Form BD24 (payment of fee)
2. Plans ○ Plans (2 signed and coloured sets for BA, PNAP
2 sets for D of FS 1, 1 set for DLO in urban ADM-2
area (2 sets if lease conditions contain
Design, Disposition and Height clause &
2 sets in N.T.)
○ Additional plans for referral App. A

3. Fee for plan ○ Crossed cheque for payment of fee PNAP

processing APP-55

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3 sets if subject to Fire Safety (Commercial Premises) Ordinance or the Fire Safety (Building)
Ordinance

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Part B – Supporting Documents

Reference
1. ○ Proof of ownership or control of the land forming the site Circular Letter
to
AP/RSE/RGE
on 20.10.2010
2. ○ Table showing list of exemptions/ modifications attached to Form Appendix A3
BA16 of PNAP
ADV-33
3. ○ Documents in support of Form BA16

4. ○ Application for priority status PNAP

ADM-19

5. ○ Application for fast track processing of A&A proposal PNAP

ADM-19
6. ○ Two sets of geotechnical assessment report PNAP APP-25

PART C – Information on Plans

Reference
1. Location
a. Within special control area – Scheduled Area, Tung Chung Cable HK Airport
Car Route Protection Area (Appendix I of PNAP ADM-2), HK (Control of
Airport (Control of Obstruction) Ordinance, Country Park Obstruction)
Ordinance
Appendix 1 of
PNAP
ADM-2
b. Permitted use under the Outline Zoning Plan or compliance with Outline
planning approval Zoning Plan
c. Site abutting a specified street of not less than 4.5m wide PNAP
APP-124
d. Works outside site boundary BOs31(1)

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 2. Information 2
a. General notes such as compliance with applicable codes of practice / B(P)Rs 30, 31
design manual / guidelines (without specifying the clause nos.), and 36
compliance with B(P)Rs 30, 31 and 36, provision of CCTV and PNAP
direct intercom link for temporary refuge space, and compliance APP-156
statement under PNAP APP-156
b. Standard details, if applicable, for gas flue aperture, utility platform, Appendix A4
balcony, A/C platform, curtain wall, non-structural prefabricated of PNAP
external wall, sunken slab, protective barrier, accessible toilet, tactile ADV-33
warning strips for escalators / passenger conveyor, warning guiderail
for area with headroom less than 2m, projecting windows, acoustic
windows, acoustic fins, vertical greening, cladding, vertical barrier
at atrium, and top hung window on separate drawings
c. Colour key and list of abbreviations and legends B(A)R 14(3)
PNAP
ADM-9
d. Plans and details required under Building (Administration) B(A)R 8(1)
Regulation 8(1)(a) floor and roof plans, (b) elevations, street
information & well, (c) sections 3, (f) block plan, (g) key plan, (h)
diagrams for PR, SC, open space, etc., (j) projections over street, (k)
usable floor space and sanitary fitments provisions and (m)
provisions for persons with a disability
e. Modifications / exemptions granted and being applied for Appendix A3
of PNAP
ADV-33
f. Designed imposed loads on corresponding floor plans PNAP
ADM-8
g. Building line of upper floors on floor plans B(A)R 8(1)
h. Telecommunications and broadcasting rooms B(P)R 28A
PNAP
APP-84
i. Area calculations for required and provided facilities for refuse PNAP
storage and material recovery APP-98
j. Access for maintenance of flat roofs B(C)R 49
k. 150mm level difference between internal and external ground/ flat B(C)Rs 35 &
roof 49

2
It is advisable that the gross floor area / site coverage / usable floor area / usable floor space /
compartmentation diagrams etc are to be shown with the underlay of corresponding floor plan.
3
Foundations shown on GBP are for indicative purpose only.

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 3. Essential Information and Associated Justifications
a. Density
1. Site Parameter
1.1 Site area and dimensions B(P)R23(2)
Dimensions and area of service lanes / streets / surrender (a)
areas / dedicated areas / special areas under lease
/non-building areas required under the Outline Zoning Plan
Site area calculations
Lease and lease plan
○ Assignment with plan
○ Right-of-way (ROW) agreement with plan
○ Land Survey Plan or a lease plan with lot area, boundaries
and setting-out coordinates to substantiate the site area and
site boundaries 4
1.2 Site classification B(P)R18A
% of site boundary abutting specified streets not less than
4.5m wide (for Class B or C site only)
Width of the narrowest part of the specified streets for site
classification
○ Land status of specified street abutting the site
○ For B(P)R19(3) case, land status of access including ROW
agreement and plan from a specified street to the site
1.3 Building under and over street / lane BOs31(1)
G/F plan indicating portions to be built under / over

2. Site coverage (SC) and plot ratio (PR)

2.1 Gross floor area (GFA) diagrams B(P)R 23
Accountable areas, disregarded areas, areas subject to 10%
GFA cap and areas subject to pre-requisites but not 10% cap PNAP
demarcated APP-151
Annotations and essential dimensions for calculating
relevant areas
2.2 SC diagrams B(P)R 23
Disregarded / exempted area and accountable areas
demarcated PNAP
Annotations and essential dimensions for calculating APP-151
accountable areas

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Land Survey Plan should be prepared by an authorized land surveyor in accordance with the Code of
Practice under the Land Survey Ordinance (Cap. 473) and submitted in duplicate.

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 2.3 PR and SC calculations PNAP
Calculation of mean street level (lowest specified street) ADM-2
Mean height of roof over the highest usable floor space PNAP APP-2
The max 15m level for full site coverage shown on elevation PNAP
APP-42
A summary of GFA concessions and relevant areas
PNAP
Details for compliance with PNAP APP-152 APP-152
For carparking spaces, electric vehicle (EV) charging PNAP
facilities with location and dimension of associated facilities APP-19
Details of above-ground carpark that may be regarded as PNAP
underground carpark ADV-14
Layout of plants in unusually extensive AC plant/ AHU room
Details for AC plant room with access from a residential unit
Safe access and facilities for the cleaning, maintenance and
repair of external features such as A/C, windows, etc.
○ Justification of electrical switch rooms, meter rooms,
generator rooms, pump rooms, cable riser duct room, sewage
treatment plant rooms and smoke extraction system or “any
similar service” other than A/C plant rooms and AHU room
○ Design information and certification of EV charging facilities
by a registered professional engineer
○ Justification on the design and layout based on site specific
demand to the satisfaction of Transport Department
○ Justification of site constraints / special circumstances
affecting the provision of underground carparks
b. Fire Safety
1. Means of Access for Firefighting and Rescue
1.1 Number and disposition of fireman’s lifts and firefighting B(P)Rs 41A,
& rescue stairway (FRS) 41B & 41C
Measurements of actual passage (or direct line for open plan Part D of
layout) from fireman’s lift / FRS at critical locations (i.e. more Code of
than 44m (for open plan layout) and 59m (for actual passage) from Practice for
the FRS Fire Safety in
Buildings
Fireman’s lift and FRS indicated
2011 (FS
Code)
1.2 Initial access to fireman’s lifts and FRS B(P)Rs 41B &
Measurement of distance from G/F fire service access point to 41C
the fireman’s lift / FRS at critical situation more than 17m Part D of FS
from fireman’s lift or FRS Code
Width and separation from remainder of G/F of the passage
from the fire service access point to the fireman’s lift / FRS
Directional notice indicating the fire service access point
1.3 Emergency vehicular access (EVA) provided B(P)R 41D
EVA plan Part D of FS
Calculation of Major Façade Length Code
PNAP
APP-136

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2. Means of Escape (MoE)
2.1 Basic Information B(P)R 41
Usable floor area (UFA) diagrams with basic information Part B of FS
disregarded and accountable areas demarcated Code
UFA calculations
Table for occupant capacity of all rooms, fire compartments
and storeys (including G/F)
Table for required and provided no. and width of exit doors
and exit routes from a room, fire compartment and storey
(including G/F) (Table for MoE Provisions)
Discharge value calculations
2.2 Single staircase building B(P)R 41
The level of highest floor above ground level on the section Part B of FS
Not exceeding permitted UFA Code
Area on roof for refuge and calculation of such area against
the minimum required area
2.3 Discharge from G/F to place of ultimate place of safety B(P)R 41
Separation of required staircases from remainder of the Part B of FS
building Code
Width of exit route from ground storey forming parts of the
exit route from a required staircase
2.4 Relationship between staircases B(P)R 41
Permanent features to define exit route leading to an open Part B of FS
area at an upper floor Code
Fire resisting construction for the defined exit route
Access from a required staircase to another one without
passing through other person’s private premises
Automatic deactivation of security measures preventing
required access from a required staircase to another one
6m separation between staircases at critical locations for
situation with staircases less than 7m apart
Approach to required staircases from different direction
except permitted deadends
48m horizontal distance between staircases at critical location
for situations >47m
2.5 Travel distance B(P)R 41
Measurement of travel distance at critical locations more than Part B of FS
47m horizontal distance Code
Vision panel in the door or wall of an inner room
30o requirements for two or more exit doors for a room /
storey at representative critical locations forming an angle less
than 33o
2.6 Basement / kindergarten / child care centre B(P)R 41
Independent staircases Part B of FS
Code
PNAP
APP-43

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 2.7 Refuge floors B(P)R 41
No. of storeys between refuge floors, refuge roof and lowest Part B of FS
ground storey disregarding floors solely for mechanical plants Code
Net area for refuge with dimensions
Diagrams and calculations of net area of refuge against the
minimum required area
Signage system
2.8 Places of public entertainment (PPE) premises B(P)R 41
Thoroughfares abutting the site Part B of FS
Code
At least one half of the perimeter of the building having PPE
premises for exit routes from each tier direct to two or more
thoroughfares
Table for MoE provisions taking into account PPE premises
located at a storey 12m or above G/F level or shared protected
exits with adjoining non-domestic accommodation
Two of the exit routes from each tier leading to different
thoroughfares or ways
Gradient of tier not steeper than 35o
Headroom of tier (including ceiling) not less than 3m
Typical details of required staircases for dimensions of treads
and risers
Gangways and seatways layout
2.9 Temporary refuge space (TRS) B(P)R 41
No. and dimensions of TRS Part B of FS
Code

3. Fire Resisting Constructions (FRC)

3.1 Basic Information B(C)R 90
Fire compartment diagram with essential dimensions Part C of FS
Code
Fire compartment area / volume calculations
Table for fire resistance rating (FRR) of elements of
construction within each fire compartment
FRR of fire barriers separating the areas of special hazard
from the rest of the building
Table of construction and materials for walls, floors, columns,
beams and stairs
A list of legend for fire resisting doors, windows, shutters, lift
doors, etc. of different FRR
FRR of fire resisting doors, windows, shutters, lift doors, etc.
on floor plan
Thickness of fire resisting wall including type of material on
floor plan
3.2 Protection of adjoining building B(C)R 90
Distance of unprotected openings between buildings Part C of FS
Code
Angle between façades of two adjoining buildings if the angle
is more than 135o

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 3.3 External wall of required staircase/lobby B(C)R 90
6m separation distance required for unprotected external wall Part C of FS
and opening of a required staircase and its protected lobby Code
Calculation of % of the area of external wall of a required
staircase and its protected lobby occupied by fire resisting
fixed light provided under Clause C9.7 for critical situations
i.e. for situations with more than 24%
Extension of fire resisting wall separating a required staircase
or protected lobby from the rest of the building under Clause
C9.8 of FS Code
3.4 Smoke outlets B(C)R 90
Distance between individual smoke outlets at critical Part C of FS
locations more than 29m Code
Calculation of the total area of the smoke outlets and required
area
Smoke outlets for every compartment with dimensions shown
on basement and ground floor plans and building elevations
3.5 Bridge and tunnel B(C)R 90
By-pass lobbies Part C of FS
Code
Height of the protective barriers and construction materials of
unenclosed bridge

c. Health & Environment

1. Light & Ventilation
1.1 Prescribed window B(P)Rs 30 &
31
Calculations of the area of all rooms requiring provision of
prescribed windows 5 PNAP
APP-130
Area calculations for proposed prescribed windows for
critical situations i.e. surplus is less than 5%
Most critical rectangular horizontal plane for each tower
Tilted rectangular horizontal plane provided under PNAP
APP-130
Unobstructed vision area provided under PNAP APP-130
Openable windows either shown on floor plans or elevations
[A report to demonstrate compliance with the area requirements
for all prescribed windows to be submitted before OP]
1.2 Open space: required/provided area and its disposition B(P)R 25
acceptable Second
Schedule of
Open space diagram B(P)R
Calculations of the area of open space

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Reference should be made to UFA Calculations in Item 2.2.1 of Part 4 and the room areas for this
purpose should be separately tabulated.

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 d. Major Issues Under Allied Legislation
1. Access and Facilities for Persons with a Disability (PwD)
1.1 Access route Third
Schedule of
Access route to an accessible entrance B(P)R
Ramps and landing with handrails Design
Dropped kerb Manual –
Barrier Free
Steps and staircase with handrails Access 2008
Manoeuvring space in corridor, lobby, path and similar areas (DM:BFA)
including deadend situation
Door on accessible route including frameless glass door and
automatic main entrance door
Sign providing direction, information and instructions for
PwD users of the building 6
1.2 Facilities for PwD Third
Wheelcar space in auditorium Schedule of
B(P)R
Guestroom in hotel, hostel and guesthouse
DM:BFA
Car parking space
Watercloset cubicle and urinal
Bathroom and shower compartment
Lift
1.3 Assistive provisions Third
Braille & tactile floor plan (graphic indication only to show Schedule of
extent of such provisions) B(P)R
Tactile guide path DM:BFA
Visual display board
Public information / service counter
Assistive listening system
2. Outline Zoning Plan Town
Information required under Town Planning Board Guidelines TPB Planning
GN-No. 20 for compliance of approval conditions Board
Guidelines
TPB GN-No.
20

3. Vehicular Run-in/out - Vehicular access point - XYZ and PNAP

associated right of ways ADM-2
4. Building in, upon, over or under street / lane B(A)R 8(1)
G/F plan indicating areas to be built under / over
Section and elevation showing extent of projection and height
of projection above the ground level

(9/2016)

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These facilities should be shown on last amendment plans for approval before submission of a
certificate under regulation 25 of the Building (Administration) Regulations on completion of building
works.

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 Appendix A2
(PNAP ADV-33)

Checklist for Applications for Typical Modifications / Exemptions

(This list is not required to be submitted to the BD.)
□ : information to be shown on plan
○ : information to be accompanied with the Form BA16

Modifications / Exemptions Applied For Reference

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1. Buildings Ordinance (BO) section 31(1) – projections over each street BOs31(1)
Critical dimensions for clearance over pavement / street, projection, and
width of the pavement and carriageway shown on plans
Built-in system for disposal of condensate for AC box / platform
Details of surface water drainage provision and means of preventing
accumulation of water for cantilevered reinforced concrete structure
Safe access and facilities for the cleaning, maintenance and repair of
external features such as A/C, windows, etc.
○ Quantitative assessment for sunshade

2. Building (Administration) Regulation (B(A)R) 13 – deviation from the B(A)R 13

requirements on ratio of plans
Prescribed information and essential dimensions clearly shown on such
plans

3. Building (Administration) Regulation B(A)R 29(1A) – exemption from B(A)R 29(1A)

payment of plan processing fees for proposed building works directly
associated with the charitable purpose
○ Supporting documents if necessary

4. B(A)R 33(1) – exemption from obtaining prior approval and consent for B(A)R 33(1)
amendments to building/drainage works for which the first consent has been PNAP ADM-19
given, on the condition that such amendments comply with criteria set out in
PNAP ADM-19
○ The application is for amendments complying with the criteria set out in
PNAP ADM-19

5. Building (Construction) Regulation (B(C)R) 35 – level of an internal floor B(C)R 35

less than 150mm above the level of the external ground under PNAP APP- PNAP APP-125
125
Drainage channel with at least 2 no. of drainage outlets
A fall, not less than 1:80, on the external ground sloping away from the
adjoining internal floor area

1
No application required for projection (canopy, eave, cornice, moulding, etc.) complying with Part II of Building (Planning)
Regulations, and signboards complying with PNAP APP-126. Projections normally will not be allowed over a street unless
justified in public interest such as sunshades with special circumstances so justify.

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 6. B(C)R 49(1) – level of a usable floor area less than 150mm above the level B(C)R 49(1)
of the adjoining flat roof under PNAP APP-125 PNAP APP-125
Drainage channels with at least 2 no. of drainage outlets
A fall, not less than 1:80, on the flat roof sloping away from the adjoining
usable floor area

7. Building (Planning) Regulation (B(P)R) 20 – excessive site coverage (SC) B(P)R) 20

for upgrading fire service installations (FSI) in existing buildings
Dimensions of enclosures for accommodating the upgraded FSI
○ Confirmation of the proposed enclosures only for upgraded FSI with
supporting documents

8. B(P)Rs 20 & 21 – exclusion of projections from plot ratio (PR) and SC B(P)Rs 20 & 21
calculations PNAP APP-19
Typical details with critical dimensions for projections PNAP APP-151
Built-in system for condensate disposal for A/C box / platform
Safe access and facilities for the cleaning, maintenance and repair of
external features such as A/C, windows, etc.
○ Quantitative assessment for sunshades
○ Justification for A/C box / platform not complying with paragraph 3(b) of
PNAP APP-19
○ Undertaking letter required under PNAP APP-1514

9. B(P)Rs 20 & 21 – exclusion of existing party structures 2 / common B(P)Rs 20 & 21

staircases serving an adjoining building that would be demolished in due
course from SC and PR calculations 3
Dimensions, gross floor area (GFA) calculations and construction of the
party structures / common staircases
Details indicating the party structures to be physically separated from the
proposed new building without intervening space for potential infilling

10. B(P)Rs 20 & 23(3)(a) – exclusion of balconies / utility platform for B(P)Rs 20 &
residential buildings from GFA and SC calculations3 23(3)(a)
Details showing criteria of JPN 1 / JPN 2 complied with JPN 1/ JPN 2
○ Undertaking letter required under PNAP APP-15144 including designation PNAP APP-151
of the balconies / utility platforms and covered areas underneath the
balconies / utility platforms to be designated as “non-enclosed areas” in the
Deed of Mutual Covenant

2
Including a party wall only serving as the enclosure wall of the adjoining building but excluding redundant party wall /
structure.
3
Gross floor area calculations for areas to be exempted should be shown on the submitted plans.
4
Undertaking letter from the developer or owner to design the facilities as common parts in the Deed of Mutual Covenant
(DMC) with details of the use and location clearly indicated. Such DMC should contain binding and enforceable terms
and conditions included for the control, management and maintenance of the facilities where applicable, of such features.
Where no DMC is to be in force for a development, such designation shall be incorporated into the Sales and Purchase
Agreement, Assignment, Tenancy Agreement or conveyancing document such that the future owners or tenants are aware
of their rights and liabilities (if applicable).

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 11. B(P)Rs 20 & 23(3)(a) – exclusion of wider common corridors and lift B(P)Rs 20 &
lobbies for residential buildings from GFA and SC calculations3 23(3)(a)
Details showing criteria of JPN 1 complied with JPN 1
○ Undertaking letters required under PNAP APP-1514 PNAP APP-151

12. B(P)Rs 20 & 23(3)(a) – exclusion of acoustic fins, noise barriers, wind wall, B(P)Rs 20 &
wind catchers, and wind funnels from GFA and SC calculations3 23(3)(a)
○ Quantitative assessment to justify the scale and extent of such provision PNAP APP-151
○ Undertaking letters required under PNAP APP-1514

13. B(P)Rs 20 & 23(3)(a) – exclusion of non-structural prefabricated external B(P)Rs 20 &
walls from GFA and SC calculations3 & 5 23(3)(a)
Details showing criteria of JPN 2 complied with JPN 2
Blown-up section for various profiles of non-structural prefabricated PNAP APP-151
external walls
○ Undertaking letters required under PNAP APP-1514

14. B(P)R 22 – application for bonus PR/SC for dedication / surrender of land B(P)R 22
for public passage / street widening PNAP ADM-2
Areas to be dedicated / surrendered delineated
Bonus GFA and SC calculations
Location of passages stating the dedicated areas for public passage and
details of such plagues
○ Undertaking letter that the areas to be dedicated / surrendered will be
embodied in a Deed of Dedication / Agreement to Surrender / the lease of
the lot and that the Deed / Agreement / lease will be executed and registered
at the Land Registry prior to application for consent to commence of works
(sample undertaking for surrender in PNAP ADM-2)

15. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of voids / high headroom in non-domestic B(P)R 23(3)(a)
developments (including entrance voids) from GFA calculations3
Plans and sections marking clearly the location of the void and the proposed
use of the space
○ Justification for purpose-built industrial building and warehouse supported
with catalogue of plant / equipment and plant / equipment layout

16. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of voids in duplex domestic flats / houses from B(P)R 23(3)(a)
GFA calculations3 PNAP APP-2
Section showing invert beam at the upper floor of the void PNAP APP-151
Elevation of the large glazing panels fronting the void
○ A table demonstrating compliance with exemption criteria in Appendix A to
PNAP APP-2
○ Undertaking letter required under PNAP APP-2 and PNAP APP-1514

5 The covered area under the portion of non-structural prefabricated external wall over a door opening should be included in
GFA and SC calculations.

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17. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of chimney shafts / filtration plant rooms for B(P)R 23(3)(a)
communal swimming pool from GFA calculations5 PNAP APP-151
A general note – “the spacing between plants for filtration system or from
wall not more than 1.5m”, if applicable
Location of the plant rooms served by the chimney
○ Details of plants and equipment for the filtration system with justification if
the spacing between plants / equipment or from wall more than 1.5m
○ Undertaking letters required under PNAP APP-1514

18. B(P)R23 (3)(a) – exclusion of residents’ recreational facilities (RRF) / B(P)R23 (3)(a)
covered landscaped and play areas in domestic developments from GFA PNAP APP-104
calculations5 PNAP APP-151
Notional exit routes and access to entrance lobbies not qualified for
exemption
Voids, associated non-essential/ non-mandatory plant rooms, staircases or
corridors included in the RRF exemption area calculations
Areas for registration in the Land Registry with their GFA calculations
suitably highlighted
Facilities of acceptable type and size under Appendix A of PNAP APP-104
to be provided in RRF
GFA of RRF within the limit in Table 1 of PNAP APP-104
A note in the corresponding floor plans – “these areas shall be for the
exclusive use of the owners, tenants and their visitors only and such areas
shall not be used for any other purpose or by any other person without the
prior consent of the Building Authority”
○ Financial statement to indicate the viability for maintenance of the RRF
○ Undertaking letters required under PNAP APP-104 (for RRF), PNAP APP-
1514

19. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of horizontal screens / covered walkway in B(P)R 23(3)(a)
domestic or composite developments and trellis from GFA calculations5 PNAP APP-42
Clear headroom of covered walkway and structural false ceiling PNAP APP-151
Floor plans and sections of horizontal screens and trellis
Details of the greenery provision to justify its exclusion from the overall cap
on GFA concessions
Details showing criteria of set out in PNAP APP-42 complied with
○ Justification for cases where the width of the horizontal screen / covered
walkway exceeding 2m
○ Undertaking letters required under PNAP APP-42 and PNAP APP-1514

20. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of counters, offices, stores, guard rooms and B(P)R 23(3)(a)
lavatories for watchman and management staff and owner’s corporation PNAP APP-42
offices from GFA calculations5 PNAP APP-151
Exemption areas not exceeding areas allowed under PNAP APP-42 or
required under lease
○ Justification for size of owners’ corporation office
○ Undertaking letters required under PNAP APP-42 and PNAP APP-1514

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 21. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of lift shaft areas in domestic / composite / office B(P)R 23(3)(a)
buildings from GFA calculations5 PNAP APP-151
○ Assessment from a lift engineer or consultant confirming that, according to
international codes, the lift service to be provided is above the acceptance
level of service in terms of handling capacity and waiting time and that
there is adequate manoeuvring space for the carrying out of maintenance
works
○ Undertaking letter required under PNAP APP-1514

22. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of voids of cocklofts over G/F shops in B(P)R 23(3)(a)
single-staircase buildings from GFA calculations3 PNAP APP-151
One such cockloft for any one shop
Cocklofts for storage only, without sanitary provision, accessible through
the G/F shop only, and forming an integral part and within the curtilage of
the ground storey
Cocklofts not at the same level as any adjacent staircase landing
A minimum clearance of 1.5m across the front
Openings in cockloft only defended by protective barriers
○ Undertaking letter required under PNAP APP-1514

23. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of refuge floors required under Clause B18.1 of B(P)R 23(3)(a)
Code of Practice for Fire Safety in Buildings 2011 (FS Code) from GFA
calculations3
Details showing compliance with the provisions of FS Code for refuge
floors

24. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of pipe ducts and air ducts from GFA B(P)R 23(3)(a)
calculations3&6 PNAP APP-93
Accessible to pipe ducts / pipe wells from common parts of the building as PNAP APP-151
required under PNAP APP-93
Details with critical dimensions and location of drainage pipe ducts / pipe
wells
○ Justification for location and dimension of pipe ducts and pipe wells
○ Undertaking letter required under PNAP APP-1514 for pipe ducts and air
ducts for non-mandatory / non-essential plant room and environmentally
friendly systems and features

25. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of boiler rooms, SMATV rooms and plant B(P)R 23(3)(a)
rooms for environmentally friendly system and feature from GFA PNAP APP-151
calculations3
○ Quantitative justifications on energy saving / benefit to the environment for
plant rooms to accommodate energy efficient or environmental friendly
systems / features
○ Undertaking letters required under PNAP APP-1514

6
This modification is not applicable for pipe ducts serving small workshop units of industrial buildings.

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 26. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of communal sky gardens for residential B(P)R 23(3)(a)
buildings from GFA calculations3 JPN 1
Details showing criteria of JPN 1 complied with PNAP APP-151
A note in the corresponding floor plans – “these areas shall be for the
exclusive use of the owners, tenants and their visitors only and such areas
shall not be used for any other purpose or by any other person without the
prior consent of the Building Authority”
○ Undertaking letters required under PNAP APP-1514

27. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of communal podium gardens for non- B(P)R 23(3)(a)
residential buildings from GFA calculations3 JPN 2
Details showing criteria of JPN 2 complied with PNAP APP-151
A note in the corresponding floor plans – “these areas shall be for the
exclusive use of the owners, tenants and their visitors only and such areas
shall not be used for any other purpose or by any other person without the
prior consent of the Building Authority”
○ Undertaking letter required under PNAP APP-1514

28. B(P)R 23(3)(a) – exclusion of communal sky gardens for non-residential B(P)R 23(3)(a)
buildings from GFA calculations3 JPN 2
Details showing criteria of JPN 2 complied with PNAP APP-151
A note in the corresponding floor plans – “these areas shall be for the
exclusive use of the owners, tenants and their visitors only and such areas
shall not be used for any other purpose or by any other person without the
prior consent of the Building Authority”
○ Undertaking letters required under PNAP APP-1514

29. B(P)R 25 – exemption of open space requirements for hotel developments B(P)R 25
○ Confirmation of compliance with the requirements of PNAP APP-40 PNAP APP-40

30. B(P)R 30 or 36 – omission or reduction in standard of natural lighting and B(P)R 30 / 36

ventilation for ancillary offices (which not exceeding 30% of the GFA of PNAP ADM-2
the premises within which it is located), toilets and kitchens in licensed
premises, toilets in basements, internal toilets in non-domestic buildings,
internal bathrooms in hotel premises and changing rooms containing
sanitary fitments, etc. 7
Plans and sections showing the locations of the proposed fresh air intake
except for a central AC system for B(P)R 36
○ Calculation of the usable floor area (UFA), % of deficiency in the areas
provided for glazed and/or openable windows against the areas prescribed
under B(P)Rs 30 or 36
○ Assessment report confirming that mechanical means of ventilation to be
provided in the building is capable of supplying fresh air at the rates
stipulated in Annex 1 of PNAP ADM-2
○ Confirmation of compliance with Annex 2 of PNAP ADM-2

7
This modification is not applicable for toilets in small workshop units of industrial buildings.

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 31. B(P)R 30(2)(a)(ii) – reduction of openable windows for non-domestic B(P)R 30(2)(a)(ii)
commercial buildings fitted with curtain wall PNAP ADM-2
Plans and sections showing the locations of the proposed fresh air intake to
indicate the compliance of the requirements set out in Annex 2 of PNAP
ADM-2
Calculation of the UFA and areas of openable windows not less than 1% of
UFA
Elevations and plans highlighting locations of the openable windows
indicating openable sashes equally distributed about the façade, openable
windows readily opened, and all units being capable of receiving natural
ventilation in the event of failure of the mechanical system
○ Assessment report confirming that mechanical means of ventilation to be
provided in the building is capable of supplying fresh air at the rates
stipulated in Annex 1 of PNAP ADM-2
○ Confirmation of compliance with Annex 2 of PNAP ADM-2

32. B(P)R 35A – omission of gas apertures in shower rooms for recreational B(P)R 35A
facilities
A note “electric water heaters installed prior to completion of the building”

33. B(P)R 35A – omission of gas apertures in bathrooms in domestic premises B(P)R 35A
(sharing of water heater installed in another room) PNAP APP-27
○ Typical details showing compliance with criteria in PNAP APP-27

34. B(P)R 36 – omission or reduction in standard of natural lighting and B(P)R 36

ventilation to bathrooms / lavatories in domestic premises
Locations of the ventilation duct, aperture in wall or door (with area
calculation) and lourves for apertures (with area calculations)
Standard details of the permanent ventilation (ventilation ducts in dotted
line and access panels as a square with a cross)

35. B(P)R 40 – omission of natural lighting to staircases within podium above B(P)R 40
the ground floor or within the central core of office towers according to PNAP APP-65
PNAP APP-65
Provision of permanent artificial lighting system with 30 lux min. lighting
level backed up by an emergency lighting system providing a horizontal
illuminance at floor level of not less than 2 lux complying with the Code of
Practice for Minimum Fire Service Installations and Equipment /
requirements of the Director of Fire Services and BS5266 Part 1:1988,
which to be permanently maintained in effective working order

36. B(P)R 41D – non-provision of emergency vehicular access (EVA) / non- B(P)R 41D
compliance with the requirements for EVA8
○ Fire safety measures to ensure that the safety of the building would not be
prejudiced by the exemption / modification

8
Subject to comments from the Fire Services Department.

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 37. Building (Private Streets and Access Roads) Regulations 9 – permit the Building (Private
modification of any regulation Streets and Access
Relevant applicable conditions imposed by the traffic authorities Roads)
Regulations

38. Building (Refuse Storage and Material Recovery Chambers and Refuse B(RS&MRC&RC)
Chutes) Regulation (B(RS&MRC&RC)R) 7 – no external wall for refuse R7
storage and material recovery chamber 10
Location of the chamber unlikely cause noise or sanitary nuisance

39. B(RS&MRC&RC)R 10(2)(a) – permit doors to refuse storage and material B(RS&MRC&RC)
recovery chambers to be situated other than in an external wall10 R 10(2)(a)
Sufficient ventilation

40. B(RS&MRC&RC)R 19(2)(b) – permit vent pipes to be carried up to a lesser B(RS&MRC&RC)

height in cases where the Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) R 19(2)(b)
Ordinance would otherwise be contravened
Location of the pipes unlikely create a nuisance to nearby occupancy

41. B(RS&MRC&RC)R 23(1) – permit hoppers installed in industrial premises B(RS&MRC&RC)

and markets to have a mouth opening exceeding the regulation maximum R 23(1)
Provision of suitable locking or other arrangement to safeguard against
unauthorized access

42. B(SSFPDWL)Rs – permission of certain sanitary fitments to be installed B(SSFPDWL)Rs

after issuing of the occupation permit (OP) PNAP APP-114
○ Undertaking letter from the developer and AP required under PNAP APP-
114

(9/2016)

9
Subject to comments from the traffic authorities, viz. Highways Department, Civil Engineering and Development Department
and /or Transport Department.
10
Subject to comments from Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.

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 Appendix A3
(PNAP ADV-33)
Sample Tables for
Modifications/Exemptions Granted/ Being Applied for

Sample Table 1
To be attached to a Form BA16 for giving details on modification/exemption items being applied for
Description Justification Location

1 ……. ……..
……..
…
2 …….. ……..
…...
Sample Table 2
To be incorporated on amendment GBP as a record on the history of modifications/exemptions granted and revisions of
locations, if any, throughout the GBP approval process. Sample content in the table is for indication only.

NT 119/2014 (MOD)
NT 599/2013(MOD)
Permit No.
MODIFICATIONS / EXEMPTIONS GRANTED and

Modifications
AMENDMENT TO LOCATION (if any) IN THE CURRENT SUBMISSION

24/12/2013

28/3/2014
Granted
Date of
Month 10 02 01

Submission
Date of
Location with Year 13 14 16
Description Condition
Modification/Exemption Granted
Rev. A C F

1. Additional drainage channels, each with at least 2 no. (i) All entrances on level 1
Building (Construction) Regulation 35 of drainage outlets are to be provided and shown on # √ √
Permission of the level of an internal floor to be plan and
1
less than 150mm above the level of the external 2. A fall , not less than 1:80, on the flat roof or external (ii) All exits on level 1
ground (PNAP APP-125) ground sloping away from the adjoining internal/usable # √ △
floor area is to be maintained.
Building (Planning) Regulations 20 & 21 All architectural features at level 3,4,5,6,7,8 & 9
Exclusion of projections from site coverage &
2 - X # △
plot ratio calculations (PNAP APP-19, 67 &
156)
(i) Lavatories and pantry on level 1 to 9 # √ △
1. Mechanical means of Ventilation to be provided in (ii) Cafeteria, sick room and cleaner's room on level 1 to 3
Building (Planning) Regulation 36 # √ △
the building is capable of supplying fresh air at the
Omission or reduction in standard of natural
3 rates stipulated in Annex 1 of PNAP ADM-2.
lighting and ventilation to rooms containing a (iii) Commercial Kitchen on level 3
2.Compliance with the requirements set out in Annex 2 # x x
soil or waste fitment (PNAP ADM-2)
for the fresh air intake
(iv) Commercial Kitchen on level 4
# √ x

Legend : # First Granted √ Still Applicable X Not Applicable

△ Amendment to the location of the exemption/modification previously granted. Depending on the extent of the amendment, new Form BA16 and BD 106 may be required.
Sample Table 3
To be incorporated in the final amendment of GBP, in parallel with Table 2, for showing a summary of the items covered by
valid Form BD106. Sample content in the table is for indication only.
[This can also serve as the checklist of valid Form BD 106 under para. 14(b) and Appendix F of PNAP ADM-2]

NT 800/2015 (MOD)
NT 600/2014 (MOD)

NT 700/2014 (MOD)
NT 500/2013(MOD)
Permit No.
Valid Form BD106

Modifications

28/8/2015.
28/12/2013

28/3/2014

28/7/2014
Granted
Date of
Month 10 02 06 07

Submission
Date of
Location with Year 13 14 14 15
Description Condition
Modification/Exemption Granted
Rev. A C D F

1 ……. …….. …….. X X X √

2 ……. …….. …….. X √ X X

3 ……. …….. ……… √ √ √ √

Legend : √ Valid X Not Applicable

(2/2016)

A. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES & SHOP ( B1,G/F to 3/F )
STREET 1 (13.00 m WIDE) 1.0 FIRE HYDRANT / HOSE REEL SYSTEM
A B
1.1 FH/HR system installed in accordance with HKFSD code of practice (April 2012 Version),
PUBLIC LANE (3.0m WIDE)
PUBLIC LANE (3.0m WIDE)
will be provided for the entire building such that every part of building can be reached by
a length of not more than 30m of fire services hose or hose reel tubing.
1.2 36,000 litres FS tank located at 2/F as indicated on plan will be provided to serve
the system for the entire podium and residential block.
1.3 F.S. inlets will be provided at G/F at locations as indicated on plans to meet F.S.D.
STREET (13.00 m WIDE)
3048(10') 3048(10')
requirements.
3048(10')
2.0 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER INSTALLATION
2.1 An automatic sprinkler installation in accordance to FSD Circular Letter No. 3/2006 and
LPC Rules incorporating BS EN 12845:2003 will be provided for the entire basement, club house
D and shop, except the electrical and mechanical rooms such as all water pump rooms, F.S./sprinkler
X C
Z Y
pump room, fan/PAU/AHU rooms, switch rooms, transformer rooms, F.S. control room,
STREET 2 (13.00 m WIDE) filtration plant room, water meter room, emergency generator room and E/M duct.
2.2 The hazard classification of the automatic sprinkler systems is Ordinary Hazard Group III
for podium and basement.
2.3 A 124,000 litres sprinkler tank located at 2/F as indicated on plan will be provided
to serve the sprinkler system.
2.4 Sprinkler control valves and inlets will be provided at G/F at positions as indicated on
plans.
2.5 A sprinkler annunciator panel to be provided at fire control panels located at G/F residential lobby.
2.6 The alarm of automatic sprinkler system will be connected to fire services
communication centre (F.S.C.C.) using the same direct line provided for the automatic
fire alarm system (A.F.A.).
2.7 For staircases connecting the domestic and non-domestic portion of the development,
fast response type sprinkler shall be extended to 2 levels above the non-domestic floor
level.In addition, fast response type sprinkler shall also be used in basement area .
2.8 The fixed sprinkler pump shall be utilized as intermediate booster pump.
3.0 FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM SYSTEM
3.1 A fire detection and alarm system will be provided for the entire podium and basement area
not covered by Automatic Sprinkler System in accordance with the FSD Circular Letter
No. 1/2009, No. 2/2012 and BS 5839-1 : 2002 + A2 : 2008 for automatic fire alarm installation.
3.2 A manual fire alarm incorporated in the FH/HR system will be provided for
recreational facilities and shop.
3.3 Smoke/heat detectors will be provided at electrical and mechanical rooms such as meter
rooms, pump rooms, switch rooms, fan rooms, TBE rooms, AHU/PAU rooms, filtration
plant rooms and water feature plant rooms except M&E pipe duct. Smoke / heat detectors
will also be provided in entire basement area.
3.4 All alarm signals will be transmitted to fire control panels located at G/F residential lobby.
3.5 The fire detection and alarm system together with sprinkler flow switch alarms and break
glass unit alarms will be connected to fire services communication centre by a common
direct telephone line for entire development.
3.6 Visual fire alarm system shall be provided for the recreational facilities and shop area
in accordance with FSD circular letter No. 2/2012, design manual-Barrier Free Access 2008.
1. CODE OF PRACTICE FOR FIRE SAFETY IN BUILDINGS 2011 TO BE COMPLIED WITH.
2. DESIGN MANUAL BARRIER FREE ACCESS 2OO8 TO BE COMPLIED WITH
4.0 STATIC OR DYNAMIC SMOKE EXTRACTION SYSTEM
4.1 Static or Dynamic Smoke Extraction System will not be provided at commercial area.
due to no fire compartment exceeding 7000 c.m.
5.0 STAIRCASE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM
5.1 Staircase Pressurization System will not be provided for basement due to only one
level of basement provided.
6.0 AUDIO AND VISUAL ADVISORY
6.1 Audio and Visual Advisory system will not be provided due to no area occupied by any one single
occupancy on any floor exceeds 2000 s.m.
7.0 OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEM
7.1 An independently powered generator of sufficient electrial capacity to meet
the essential services for the entire building will be provided at 2/F.
7.2 Electrical circuits will be provided by miniature circuit breakers or HRC cartridge fuses.
7.3 Emergency lighting will be provided in accordance with BS 5266 part I:2011 and BS EN 1838:1999
throughout the entire podium, basement and all exit routes leading to ground level.
7.4 All exits/exit routes from any floor indicated on plans will be provided with internally illuminated exit /
directional signs of not less than 125mm high with 15mm strokes in English and Chinese
characters in accordance to FSD Circular Letter No. 5/2008.
7.5 The ventilation / air conditioning control system will be provided to stop mechanically
induced air movement within a designated fire compartment.
7.6 No storage of dangerous goods / sodium hypochlorite generator be used in the filtration
process of the swimming pool without the permission from the director of the fire services.
A separate application giving full details will be submitted to the DG Division.
B.D. REFERENCE
F.S.D. REFERENCE
7.7 Portable extinguishers and fire blanket will be provided at positions as W.W.O. REFERENCE
indicated on plans.
7.8 (i) All linings for acoustic and thermal insulation purposes in ducting and concealed CAD FILE NAME
locations shall be of class 1 or 2 rate of surface spread of flame as per British
Standard 476 Part 7 or its international equivalent, or be brought up to that
standard by use of an approved fire retardant product.
(ii) All linings for acoustic, thermal insulation and decorative purposes within protected NOTES
means of escape shall be of class 1 or 2 rate of surface spread of flame as per
British Standard 476 Part 7 or its international equivalent to be brought up to that
standard by use of an approved fire retardent product.
7.9 Fire shutters of 4 hr FRP shall be provided at the locations as indicated on plans and
operatored by smoke detector and manual control device on both sides of the shutters .
7.10 Lift marked "A" on Plans will be arranged as Fireman's Lift.
7.11 Silicone fluid filled type (dry type) transformers to be provided at transformer room as
indicated on plan. Mechanical ventilation to be provided for the transformer room.
B. RESIDENTIAL BLOCK
PART I: FS REQUIREMENT UNDER FSI CODE
1.0 FIRE HYDRANT / HOSE REEL SYSTEM
NO. REVISIONS DATE BY
1.1 An FH/HR system installed in accordance with HKFSD code of practice. (April 2012
Version) will be provided for the residential block such that every part of building can
be reached by a length of not more than 30m of fire services hose or hose reel tubing.
1.2 The fixed f.s. pump shall be utilized as intermediate booster pump.
2.0 FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM SYSTEM
2.1 A manual fire alarm incorporated in the FH/HR system will be provided for the
residential block.
2.2 Automatic fire detection system will not be provided for the residential block
including lift machine room at roof and all electrical meter rooms & water meter rooms at
each residential floor.
2.3 All alarm signals will be transmitted to the main fire control panel located at G/F residential lobby.
3.0 OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SYSTEM
3.1 Please refer to Clause 8.1 of Section A for the provisions of emergency generator and
fuel storage tank for generator.
3.2 Electrical circuits will be provided by miniature circuit breakers or HRC cartridge fuses.
3.3 All exits/exit routes from public area to staircases as indicated on plans will be
provided with internally illuminated exit / directional signs of not less than 125mm high
with 15mm strokes in English and Chinese characters in accordance to
FSD Circular letter No. 5/2008.
3.4 Portable extinguishers, fire blanket and sand buckets will be provided at positions as
indicated on plans.
3.5 (i) All linings for acoustic and thermal insulation purposes in ducting and concealed
locations shall be of class 1 or 2 rate of surface spread of flame as per British
Standard 476 part 7 or its international equivalent, or be brought up to that
standard by use of an approved fire retardant product.
(ii) All linings for acoustic, thermal insulation and decorative purposes within
protected means of escape shall be of class 1 or 2 rate of surface spread of flame
as per British Standard 476 Part 7 or its international equivalent, to be brought up
to that standard by use of an approved fire retardant product.
3.6 Standard FSD requirement for transformer room, switch room and emergency generator
will be complied with.
3.7 Lift marked "A" on Plans will be arranged as Fireman's Lift.
3.8 Emergency lighting installed in accordance with BS5266 part I:2011 and BS EN 1838:1999
shall be provided to all staircase, passages and public areas including lift lobbies on
all floors and refuge areas in the residential block.
3.9 Any intended storage or use of dangerous goods as defined in Chapter 295 of the
Laws of Hong Kong should be notified to the Director of Fire Services.
PART II: FS REQUIREMENT UNDER CLAUSE 13.4 OF FS CODE 2011
4.0 FSI FOR OPEN KITCHEN
4.1 Sprinkler head will be provided to cover the entire open kitchen area. The sprinkler head shall be
classified as FSI and should comply with the COP for Minimum FSI and Equipment. The alarm
signal of the system shall be linked to the main fire control panel located at G/F residential lobby
and linked to fire services communication centre by direct line.
4.2 The automatic sprinkler system will be provided in accordance to FSD Circular Letter No. 3/2006
and LPC Rules incorporating BS EN 12845:2003. The hazard classification is Ordinary Hazard Group I.
4.3 Addressable smoke detectors with sounder base will be provided to cover the living area of
domestic units with open kitchen except bedrooms and bathrooms, and will connect to FS control
panel without direct link connection. The smoke detectors will be classified as FSI and will comply
with the COP for Minimum FSI and Equipment.
4.4 Addressable smoke detectors will cover the entire lobby outside domestic units with open kitchen
with direct link connection. Alarm signal of the smoke detectors at the lobbies outside the flats will
be linked to the Fire Services Communication Center by direct line.
4.5 The smoke detector system will be provided in accordance to BS 5839-1:2002+A2:2008.
4.6 An FSMP should be submitted and endorsed to the FSD prior to the request for FSI acceptance
inspection.
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JOB NO. DRAWING NO.
 B.D. REFERENCE

F.S.D. REFERENCE

W.W.O. REFERENCE

CAD FILE NAME

1
56950
3510 450 12000 8500 5252 2300 5252 11495 9000 2700 500
NOTES
A 60960 B
3200

A
1400 900

1.250 X 1.600
SMOKE VENT
ABOVE

1.050 X 1.050
SMOKE VENT
ABOVE

SHOP 1 LIFT
10500

NOTIONAL
SHOPFRONT
DIS.
NO. REVISIONS DATE BY
5.10

H.R.
L
LOIFT
BB
Y
25470

LIF
T
UNEXCAVATED
3400

NOTIONAL SHOP 2
SHOPFRONT NOTIONAL
SHOPFRONT
3100

HORIZONTIAL
FIRE SHUTTER

1.050 X 1.050
SMOKE VENT
ABOVE
NOTIONAL
SHOPFRONT 4.5kg 4.5kg
6170

CO2 F.E. CO2 F.E.

59740

59740
4920

LAYOUT FOR REFERENCE ONLY

7200

ANCILLARY CARPARK
11450

BUILDING LINE ABOVE

SMOKE SMOKE
VENT AT H/L VENT AT H/L
7500

D C
17815 X 9961
Z
10090 23095 B.L.
Y

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JOB NO. DRAWING NO.

 B.D. REFERENCE

F.S.D. REFERENCE

10.0
STREET 1 (13.0m WIDE) 10.0 10.0
W.W.O. REFERENCE

(BUILDING SETBACK)
CENTER LINE OF STREET
CAD FILE NAME

7500
1
56950

3510 450 12000 8500 5252 2300 5252 11495 9000 2700 500 NOTES
PEDESTRIAN FIRE ACCESS POINT
PAVEMENT(2.25m WIDE) 300mm WIDTH
A ZONE D 300mm WIDTH
SURFACE CHANNEL
300mm WIDTH
SURFACE CHANNEL
IN CASE OF FIRE
60960
SURFACE CHANNEL
SMOKE
VENT
300mm WIDTH
SURFACE CHANNEL
300mm WIDTH
SURFACE CHANNEL B
PLANTER AREA PLANTER
PLANTER PLANTER PLANTER AREA PLANTER
AREA AREA AREA AREA
3200

UP UP T
DN O

DIST.=15.173 m
1F
FRO AUTOMATIC
A 1F M
GLASS DOOR
1400 900

AUTOMATIC
SMOKE DOOR
VENT

SHOP 3
SHOP 1 AUT
10.05 GLA OMATIC
SS
DOO
R
10.00
LIFT
SHOP 2 LOBBY

LIFT LIFT SHOP 4

10.05
10500

10.00
LIFT PIT
ABOVE AT +6.95 NO. REVISIONS DATE BY
PUBLIC LANE (3.0m WIDE)

LIFT PIT
BUILDING LINE
ABOVE AT +6.95
ABOVE

F.H.

DISPLAY

ARCADE
25470

LIF +10.05
T
+10.00
PLANTER
3400

AREA

VOID

PUBLIC LANE (3.0m WIDE)

3100

REFUSE
300mm WIDTH SHOP 6 SHOP 5 COLLECTION
CHAMBER
SURFACE CHANNEL

1200H. GLASS WALL

6170

SHOP 7
4.5kg
CO2 F.E.

SMOKE
PLANTER VENT

AREA
59740

METAL LOUVRE

59740
STAIRCASE STAIRCASE METAL LOUVRE METAL LOUVRE
TOP VENT AT H/L TOP VENT AT H/L
4920

AT H/L AT H/L

VERTICAL GREENING FACING PUBLIC LANE,

+10.00 ON WALL WITH 1 HR FRR 60/60/60 +10.00 +10.00
(CALCULATION DIAGRAM REF. TO 2-19)
B.L.

LAYOUT FOR REFERENCE ONLY +9.40

7200

+9.05
11450

+7.00

+9.20

+9.15
7500

SMOKE SMOKE SMOKE

VENT VENT VENT

+9.45

+9.40

D 17815 X 9961 10090 23095 B.L. C

PAVEMENT(2.25m WIDE)
Z Y
(BUILDING SETBACK)
7500

7500

10.0 +9.40 +9.40

STREET 2 (13.0m WIDE) CENTER LINE OF STREET

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STREET 1 (13.0m WIDE) W.W.O. REFERENCE

CAD FILE NAME

NOTES
T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14
A 57400
60960 B
2300 5200 4700 4900 4800 3600 3800 3600 4800 4900 4700 5200 2300
1600

BAL.

1250
1500 H. FLAT ROOF
PARAPET WALL 1600
32.35

300
FLAT
ROOF FLAT
TA 32.35 ROOF FLAT ROOF
1250
800 FLAT
J F ROOF

2130
1668 1600
FLAT ROOF
FLAT ROOF FLAT ROOF STUDIO
4000

NO. REVISIONS DATE BY

LIV. 32.35 FLAT ROOF LIV.

1000

1000

100
BED 300 250 300 32.35 BED

300
1800 50 2025 2150
3350

RM.2 SH. SH. BATH RM.2

1500
600 300 2130 150 2395 300 2195 150 2130 300 2130 150 4890 150 2130 300

250
P.D.
DIN BED BED LIV. DIN BED (E) E.D. (E)
P.D.
BED DIN LIV. BED BED DIN
TB SH. BATH
L K
(E)

A
BATH

2300
RM.1 RM.2 RM.1 RM.1 RM.2 RM.1
E

1100
1085

1100
HR HR 1085
100

P.L.

1100
DN UP P.L.

100

100
3200

350 350 32.35

1650 2200 100 1100 100 1100 100 2200 1650
BATH 100 100 BATH

1050
ST-1 LIFT 3
3650

FLAT ROOF
M BATH BATH *BATH LIFT 1 BATH* SH. BATH BATH
1150 100 400 100

2400
SH. SH. SH. SH. SH.
BAL.
SH. P.D.(E)
P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E)
P.D.(E) SH. B BAL.
TC
1200

100
1500

DIST.= 14.99m DIST.= 14.99m

1500
TD ST-2
100
500

LIFT 2

2100
P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E)
LIFT 4 P.D.(E)
15400

*BATH
900

BATH* BATH *
1050
100

SH.
*BATH * BATH BATH*
150

SH. SH. SH. SH.

250 100
2500
32.35
1550

600

SH. UP DN
E.D.(E) E.D. (E)
4200

100
100

*
BATH 1095 150 2130 300 2130 150 4890 150 2130 300 P.L. BATH
*
P

1300
0
120
D
120

N 0 P.L.

350

350
2250 1675 BED BED BED BED BED BED
2400

ELV.(E) ELV.(E) DIN

895

DIN RM.1 RM.2 LIV. DIN RM.1 RM.1 LIV. RM.2 RM.1 DIN
145

250
P.D.
1700 1500 (E) P.D. (E) SH.
SH.
TE 600 250 2050
BED
2000
BED
150 2500
300 * 300
BED BED
1600

*
300

LIV. REFUSE LIV. RM.2

1750

RM.3 RM.2 FLAT FLAT RM.3

1000

1000

1955
100
FLAT ROOF P.L. 4.5kg
RM. 475
FLAT ROOF ROOF
CO2 F.E. ROOF
1000

1550
TF FLAT
ROOF
1500 1668 1500 1600 600 STUDIO 1700 1600 32.35
STUDIO
1800

300

FLAT FLAT ROOF

150
2150
32.35 FLAT ROOF 32.35
ROOF
H

1115
FLAT ROOF
G 32.35

2300
TG 32.35

300
FLAT COMMON FLAT

1250
ROOF FLAT ROOF 11658
32.35 ROOF
1600

1500 H.
PARAPET WALL

59740
59740

NOTES: -IMPOSED LOAD - DOMESTIC = 2 kPa

- STAIRCASE = 3 kPa T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14

BAL.
BAL.
F
WINDOW AREA CALCULATION SHEDULE FOR 4/F TO 25F BAL.
J STUDIO BAL.
LIV. U.P. U.P. LIV.
BED BED
RM.2 SH. BATH RM.2
SH. PROJECT
FLOOR NO. UNIT NO. USE U.F.A. DIN BED BED LIV. DIN BED
P.D.
(E) P.D. (E)
P.D.
BED DIN LIV. BED BED DIN
(s.m.) TB SH. BATH
RM.1 RM.2 RM.1
(E)
HR RM.1 RM.2 RM.1 A
BATH

L E SH.
K P.L. DN UP P.L.

LIV. & DIN. 13.500 1.350 0.844 1.380 0.875 BATH SH.
BATH BATH *BATH LIFT 1 ST-1 LIFT 3 SH. BATH* SH. BATH BATH
BATH
M P.D.(E)
SH. SH. SH. SH. P.D.(E) SH. B
A&L BED RM.1 BAL. P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) BAL.
TC
BED RM.2
TD P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) LIFT 2
ST-2
P.D.(E) P.D.(E)
LIFT 4 P.D.(E)
B&M STUDIO *BATH BATH* BATH * SH.
SH. *BATH * BATH SH. SH. SH. BATH*
LIV. & DIN. SH.
P.D.(E) UP DN P.D. (E) DRAWING TITLE
BED RM.1 P.L. BATH
*
4/F TO 25/F C&N SH.

BED RM.2 N BED BED P BED

P.L.
BED
D BED BED
(EACH FL.) DIN RM.1 RM.2 LIV. DIN RM.1
ELV.(E) ELV.(E)
RM.1 DIN LIV. RM.2 RM.1 DIN
P.D.
BED RM.3 SH.
(E) P.D. (E) SH.

TE BED BED * *
BED BED
LIV. REFUSE LIV. RM.2 RM.3
LIV. & DIN. RM.3 RM.2
U.P. P.L. 4.5kg
RM. U.P. U.P.
BAL. CO2 F.E. BAL.
D&P BED RM.1 TF STUDIO
STUDIO
BED RM.2 BAL. H G BAL.

LIV. & DIN.

E&K BED RM.1 BAL. SCALE DATE
BAL.
BED RM.2
F&J STUDIO LEGEND-
G&H STUDIO
DRAWN BY CHECKED BY
SUNKEN SLAB

JOB NO. DRAWING NO.

 B.D. REFERENCE

F.S.D. REFERENCE

T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 W.W.O. REFERENCE

A 60960 B
CAD FILE NAME
2300 5200 4700 4900 4800 3600 3800 3600 4800 4900 4700 5200
1600

NOTES

1250
1600

300
TA BAL.
BAL.

1250
800

2130
1668 1600 F
J STUDIO
4000

BAL. BAL.
LIV. U.P. U.P. LIV.

1000

1000

100
BED 300 250 300 BED

300
1800 50 2025 2150

3350
RM.2 SH. BATH RM.2
SH.

250 1500
600 300 2130 150 2395 300 2195 150 2130 300 2130 150 4890 150 2130 300
P.D.
DIN BED BED LIV. DIN BED (E) P.D. (E)
P.D.
BED DIN LIV. BED BED DIN
TB SH. BATH (E) BATH

2300
RM.1 RM.2 RM.1 RM.1 RM.2 RM.1 A

1100
1085

1100
HR HR
E 1085
100

SH.
L K P.L.

1100
DN UP P.L.

100

100
3200

350 350 NO. REVISIONS DATE BY

1650 2200 100 1100 100 1100 100 2200 1650
BATH 100 100 BATH

1050
SH.
ST-1 LIFT 3
3650

BATH BATH *BATH LIFT 1 BATH* SH. BATH BATH

1150 100 400 100

2400
SH.
M P.D.(E)
SH. SH. SH. SH. P.D.(E) SH. B
BAL. P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) BAL.
TC
1200

100
1500

DIST.= 14.99m
1500
TD ST-2

100
500
LIFT 2

2100
P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E)
LIFT 4 P.D.(E)
15400

*BATH
900

BATH* BATH *

1050
100
SH.
*BATH * BATH SH. BATH*
150

SH. SH. SH.

250 100
2500
1550

600

P.D.(E) UP DN P.D. (E) SH.

4200

100
100
1095 150 2130 300 2130 150 4890 150 2130 300 P.L. BATH
*
SH.

1300
0
120 120
N P 0 P.L. D

350

350
2250 1675 BED BED BED BED BED BED
2400
ELV.(E) ELV.(E) DIN
895

DIN RM.1 RM.2 LIV. DIN RM.1 RM.1 LIV. RM.2 RM.1 DIN
145

250
P.D.
1700 1500 (E) P.D. (E) SH.
SH.
TE 600 250 2050
BED
2000
BED
150 2500
300 * 300 BED BED
1600

*
300

LIV. REFUSE LIV. RM.2 RM.3

1750

RM.3 RM.2
1000

1000

1955
100
U.P. P.L. 4.5kg
RM. 475
U.P. U.P.
BAL. CO2 F.E. BAL.
1000

1550
TF 1500 1668 1500 1600 600 STUDIO 1700 1600
STUDIO
1800

300

150
2150
1115
BAL. H G BAL. 2225
TG

300
T13 T14

1250
BAL.
BAL.
1600

59740
NOTES:

-IMPOSED LOAD - DOMESTIC = 2 kPa

- STAIRCASE = 3 kPa
T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14

WINDOW AREA CALCULATION SHEDULE FOR 4/F TO 25F BAL.

BAL.

F
J STUDIO BAL.
LIV. U.P. BAL. U.P. LIV.
BED BED
FLOOR NO. UNIT NO. USE U.F.A. RM.2 SH. BATH RM.2
(s.m.) P.D.
SH.

DIN BED BED LIV. DIN BED (E) P.D. (E)

P.D.
BED DIN LIV. BED BED DIN
TB SH. BATH
RM.1 RM.2 RM.1
(E)
HR RM.1 RM.2 RM.1 A
BATH

L E SH.
LIV. & DIN. 13.500 1.350 0.844 1.380 0.875 K P.L. DN UP P.L.

A&L BED RM.1 BATH SH. BATH

BATH BATH *BATH LIFT 1 ST-1 LIFT 3 BATH* SH. BATH BATH
LEGEND-
SH.
BED RM.2 M P.D.(E)
SH. SH. SH. SH. P.D.(E) SH. B
BAL. P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) BAL.
TC
B&M STUDIO PROJECT
LIV. & DIN. TD P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) LIFT 2
ST-2
LIFT 4 P.D.(E) P.D.(E) P.D.(E) SUNKEN SLAB
*BATH
BED RM.1 SH. *BATH * BATH SH. SH. BATH*
SH.
BATH * BATH* SH.

4/F TO 25/F C&N UP DN SH.

BED RM.2 P.D.(E) P.D. (E)
(EACH FL.) P.L. BATH
*
SH.
BED RM.3 N BED BED P BED
P.L.
BED
D BED BED
ELV.(E) ELV.(E) DIN LIV. DIN
DIN RM.1 RM.2 LIV. DIN RM.1 RM.1 RM.2 RM.1
LIV. & DIN. SH.
P.D.
(E) P.D. (E) SH.

D&P BED RM.1

TE BED BED * *
BED BED
RM.3 RM.2 LIV. REFUSE LIV. RM.2 RM.3
U.P. P.L. 4.5kg
RM. U.P. U.P.
CO2 F.E.
BED RM.2 BAL. BAL.
TF STUDIO
STUDIO DRAWING TITLE
LIV. & DIN.
BAL. H G BAL.
E&K BED RM.1
BED RM.2
BAL.
F&J STUDIO BAL.

G&H STUDIO

SCALE DATE

DRAWN BY CHECKED BY

JOB NO. DRAWING NO.

B.D. REFERENCE

F.S.D. REFERENCE

W.W.O. REFERENCE

CAD FILE NAME

NOTES

NO. REVISIONS DATE BY

PROJECT

DRAWING TITLE

SCALE DATE

DRAWN BY CHECKED BY

JOB NO. DRAWING NO.

 B.D. REFERENCE

F.S.D. REFERENCE

W.W.O. REFERENCE

CAD FILE NAME

NOTES

NO. REVISIONS DATE BY

STREET 1

PROJECT

DRAWING TITLE

SCALE DATE

DRAWN BY CHECKED BY

JOB NO. DRAWING NO.

B.D. REFERENCE

F.S.D. REFERENCE

W.W.O. REFERENCE

CAD FILE NAME

NOTES

NO. REVISIONS DATE BY

PROJECT

DRAWING TITLE

SCALE DATE

DRAWN BY CHECKED BY

JOB NO. DRAWING NO.

B.D. REFERENCE

F.S.D. REFERENCE

W.W.O. REFERENCE

CAD FILE NAME

NOTES

NO. REVISIONS DATE BY

PROJECT

DRAWING TITLE

SCALE DATE

DRAWN BY CHECKED BY

JOB NO. DRAWING NO.

 Appendix B1
(PNAP ADV-33)

Checklist for Foundation Plan Submissions

(This checklist is not required to be submitted to the BD.)

Part A–Administration
Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Statutory Forms ○ Form BA 4 (for appointment of ADM-8
AP/RSE/RGE) B(A)R 18A
and 29(1)
○ Form BA 5 (for application for
approval)
○ Form BA6 (Stability Certificate as
necessary)
○ Form BA16 (Application for
exemption/ modification as necessary)
2. Fee for plan ○ Payment required when fees are APP-55
processing charged according to total number of
plans submitted

3. Plans and Documents ○ 2 signed sets of plans and 1 signed set ADM-8
of all documents APP-141
4. Additional sets of ○ Scheduled Area Nos. 1, 2 & 4 ADM-8
plans and/or (1 set of plans and 1 sets of documents) APP-24
documents for
referrals to relevant ○ Railway Protection Areas APP-30
organizations APP-32
(2 sets of plans)
required when the APP-61
proposed foundation ○ Scheduled Area No. 5
APP-62
works involve or (2 sets of plans and 1 set of documents)
affect the areas APP-134
○ Designated Area of Northshore Lantau
(1 set of plans and 1 set of documents)
○ Slopes/Retaining Structures/ deep
excavation/ disused tunnel
(1 set of plans and 1 set of documents)
○ Culvert, nullah, stream course (3 sets of
plans)
○ Chek Lap Kok Airport (1 set of plans)
○ Structures to be erected in, over, under
or upon street (2 sets of plans)
○ Highway structures
(1 set of plans and 1 set of documents)
○ Sea walls, adjacent to sea front
(1 set of plans and 1 set of documents)
○ Reclamation, piers
(2 sets of plans and 2 sets of design
documents)
○ Public drainage or water mains (1 set of
plans)

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Part B - Documents
Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Design Document : A description of the foundation system ADM-8
Part I - Synopsis includes: ADM-19
and Essential Types of the foundation works
information APP-18
Design codes/standards with edition
Grade of materials to recognized
standards
Geotechnical parameters
Groundwater conditions
Design assumption for footings/rafts/pile
caps of pile foundations for the transfer of
the assumed loads to the founding strata
A summary abstracted from the appraisal
and assessment report on the effects on
adjoining buildings, structures, lands,
streets, utility services, slopes and
retaining walls, etc. affected by the
proposed works, including vibration,
tilting, settlement, etc. together with the
proposed precautionary measures and
monitoring system

Assumed loadings considered, including:

• Dead and Imposed loads
• Wind loads
• Earth loads, including ground water
pressure

Information on computerized calculations: ADM-6

• Structural/geotechnical computer
ADM-8
program statement signed by RSE
and/or RGE
• Assumptions made and justifications on
parameters used in the computer model,
e.g. material properties, boundary
conditions, etc.
• Input data with computer-generated
graphics or hand sketch showing the
framing & layout of the system, nodes
& elements, connection fixity, etc.

2. Design Document : Analysis and design on the structural ADM-8

Part II - Detailed elements of the foundation system to ADM-19
analysis and design design codes adopted and B(C)R, for APP-18
example:
• Design check on combined axial and
flexural stresses for piled foundations
• Calculation of Final set table based on
dynamic pile driving formula
• Design on the allowable load capacities
of the foundation
• Combinations of loads on each
pile/footing
B(C)R 15

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Typical Items Requirements Reference
Design check on the margins of safety of
the foundations in accordance with Code
of Practice for Foundations:
• FOS against overturning
• FOS against sliding
• FOS against uplift

3. Geotechnical Justification on geotechnical parameters & ADM-8

Assessment Report assumptions adopted with G.I. information ADM-19
together with and tests from Ground/Site Investigation
Ground/Site APP-18
Reports
Investigation Report APP-22
For foundations in Scheduled Area Nos. 1,
2 & 4 and Designated Area of Northshore APP-49
of Lantau and foundations affecting slopes APP-141
and retaining walls, RGE to sign
geotechnical assessment reports and
supporting documents

4. Appraisal report Construction method ADM-8

together with Estimates on vibration on adjoining ADM-19
assessment on the
effects on adjoining buildings, structures, lands, streets, utility APP-18
buildings, services, slopes and retaining walls, etc. APP-22
structures, lands, e.g. due to pile driving operation
APP-24
streets, utility Estimates on the envisaged amount of APP-30
services, slopes and settlement induced on adjoining buildings,
retaining walls, etc. structures, lands, streets, utility services, APP-62
affecting and/or be slopes and retaining walls, etc., e.g. due to APP-137
affected by the loss of ground caused by the pile
proposed works installation operation and/or dewatering
required for the construction of the
foundation system
Assessment of the effects on subsurface
structures/tunnels, e.g. additional stress on
MTR structures/sewage tunnels
Precautionary measures together with
construction sequence required to
safeguard the adjoining buildings,
structures, lands, streets, utility services,
slopes and retaining walls, etc. affected,
e.g. shoring, underpinning, grouting, etc.
Instrumentation and monitoring required
to safeguard the adjoining buildings,
structures, lands, streets, utility services,
slopes and retaining walls, etc. affected

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PART C – Plans
Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Plans properly Plans to be properly indexed and each ADM-8
indexed and space drawing to bear a title and number ADM-10
reserved at the lower
right corner for Vertical space (90mm wide x 200 mm
official stamps of high) or horizontal space (245mm wide x
approval 80mm high) for accommodating official
stamps of approval, curtailed check and
true copy certification by the BA on every
plan at the lower right corner
2. A block plan Block plan to be in scale not less than APP-18
showing the 1:500 B(A)R
location of the site Section 13
and relevant details Location of the site with adjoining
buildings, structures, lands, streets, utility
services, slopes, retaining walls, access
road over which right of way, if any,
granted, etc.
Remarks provided below the block plan, if
site within boundaries of Scheduled
Area(s), Designated Area(s), etc.
3. Plans and sections Plans and sections/elevation to be in a B(A)R
in appropriate scale not less than 1:100; except that a Section 13
scales for scale of not less than 1:200 may be
readability accepted for cases of very extensive works
Details to be in scale not less than 1:75
4. Details showing the Locations of all boreholes contained in APP-18
characteristic G.I. APP-30
features of the site
and environments Existing adjoining buildings, underground
structures, tunnels, basement, etc. with
types, layouts and depths/levels of
foundations
Ground profile with levels of all adjoining
slopes
Existing retaining walls with layouts, sizes
and depths/levels of foundations
Layouts and depths/levels of all adjoining
existing nullahs, underground services
and utility services
5. General Notes on Building (Construction) Regulations ADM-8
Design Codes and ADM-19
Standards Updated editions of relevant Design Codes
of Practices and Standards APP-18
6. General Notes on Grade of materials complying with
Material updated editions of relevant Codes of
specifications with Practices and standards
limiting stresses
Founding stratum of presumed allowable
bearing pressure with the category of
rock/soil strata complying with Code of
Practice for Foundations

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Typical Items Requirements Reference
7. General Notes on For conventional construction materials, APP-18
quality control statements on sampling method,
standards and frequency of tests, testing methods and
testing on acceptance criteria of tested materials
workmanship complying with Building (Construction)
Regulations, updated editions of relevant
Codes of Practices and standards

For unconventional construction

materials, details of sampling method,
frequency of tests, testing methods and
acceptance criteria of tested materials
complying with relevant standards to be
provided

Testing proposal and method statement

for non-recognised pile types

For piles and raft/footings founded on

category 1(c) or of better rock,
pre-drilling with UCS/PLI 50 tests and
post-installation drilling to verify the
quality of rock founding strata complying
with Code of Practice for Foundations

For piles with pile resistance derived from

shaft friction, pre-drilling with SPT tests
complying with Code of Practice for
Foundations

Particulars for Large Diameter Bored

Piles:
• Post-installation proof drilling at
concrete/rock interface confirming the
quality of concrete and rock at interface
• Remedial works proposal for rectifying
minor imperfection observed during the
interface core-drilling
• Ultrasonic echo sounder test to measure
the profile of excavation of the pile
shafts and the dimensions of the
bell-outs

Particulars for Small Diameter Bored

Piles:
• Pre-drilling with SPT tests complying
with Code of Practice for Foundations
for piles with pile resistance derived
from shaft friction

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Typical Items Requirements Reference
Particulars for Driven Precast Prestressed
Spun Concrete Piles:
• Core test proposal for verification of the
concrete strength of piles
• Final set table based on dynamic pile
driving formula
• Visual inspection to every pile section
delivered to site
• Stress wave dynamic tests - PDA test
with CAPWAP analysis during driving

Particulars for Driven Steel Bearing Piles:

• Stress wave dynamic tests - PDA test
with CAPWAP analysis during driving
for piles driven to and founded on
bedrock
• Final set tables based on dynamic pile
driving formula

Particulars for Socketed Steel H-Piles:

• Boring method with precautionary
measures, including monitoring
procedures and measures to prevent
excessive overbreak and ground loss etc.

Particulars for Footings/Rafts:

• For cases without adequate justification
by ground investigation information and
soil tests, static plate load tests or
Standard Penetration tests to verify the
bearing capacity of soil founding strata
complying with Code of Practice for
Foundations

8. Notes on details of Construction method and plant used APP-18

construction APP-137
method/sequence For sites situated in close proximity to
existing buildings/structures/ services and
vibration-sensitive buildings/structures/
services, sequence of construction for
control of vibrations and/or settlement
induced due to construction of the
proposed foundations (such as, driven steel
H-piles), including number of plants used,
phasing of works, number of piles being
installed concurrently in each phase, etc.
Method of overcoming underground
obstruction with typical details

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Typical Items Requirements Reference
9. Notes on Precautionary measures with details, e.g. ADM-19
Precautionary shoring, underpinning, grouting, etc., to
Measures safeguard adjoining buildings, structures,
lands, streets, utility services, slopes and
retaining walls, etc. affected

10. Locations and Ground settlement, building settlement, ADM-19

details of building tilting, building vibration and APP-18
instrumentation utilities settlement to be monitored
and monitoring APP-22
requirements Frequency of monitoring
APP-24
Monitoring criteria in three triggering
APP-61
levels, namely the alert, alarm and action
levels respectively and the corresponding APP-62
contingency measures APP-137
Locations of monitoring points on
adjoining buildings, structures, lands,
streets, utility services, slopes, retaining
walls, sea walls, etc.

11. Plans showing the Layout with identification, setting-out APP-18

layout arrangement dimensions, tentative founding levels,
of the foundation sizes of the foundation and cut-off levels
systems of each pile & cap/tie-beam layout for the
piled foundation
Setting-out dimensions of piles/spread
footings/rafts from site lot boundaries
Locations of all boreholes in the G.I.
Contour lines of the founding strata based
on boreholes in G.I.
Layout with identification and setting-out
dimensions of columns/walls supported
by the foundation

12. Information on Ground investigation boreholes with APP-18

sections and profile of the existing ground and
elevations soil/rock strata with SPT values for
cohesionless soil and undrained shear
strength (s u ) values for cohesive soil
Design groundwater levels
Estimated profile of founding soil/rock
strata based on G.I.
Existing adjoining buildings, structures
nullahs, underground structures, tunnels
and basement, etc. with types, layouts and
depths/levels of foundations
Ground profile with levels of all adjoining
slopes
Existing retaining walls with layouts, sizes
and depths/levels of foundations

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 Typical Items Requirements Reference

Identification, setting-out dimensions,

tentative founding levels and cut-off
levels of piles & caps/tie-beams for the
piled foundation
Identification, setting-out dimensions,
tentative founding levels, sizes of spread
footings/rafts
Soil backfill/retained soil of future screen/
basement walls
13. Structural details Detailed information on brand name, sizes, APP-18
shape, areas and grades of steel piles
Typical cross section showing the
assembly of the proposed foundation
Reinforced concrete details for reinforced
concrete foundations
Typical details on pile shoes, pile head,
pile splices and cap/pile connections, etc.

14. Column/wall Assumed loads on each column/wall of the ADM-19

loading tables superstructure on the foundation, e.g. dead APP-18
loads, imposed loads, wind loads, earth
loads including ground water pressure, etc.
Orientation of forces and moments

15. Piling/Footing Identification with sizes, tentative ADM-19

Schedules founding levels, design minimum rock APP-18
socketed lengths for piled foundation and
allowable bearing capacities/ultimate uplift
resistance of the foundations
Magnitude of characteristic dead, imposed,
wind and earth loads, including ground
water pressure, negative skin friction (if
applicable), and others, and their critical
combinations acting on each pile/footing

(2/2016)

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 Appendix B2
(PNAP ADV-33)

Checklist for Excavation & Lateral Support Plan Submissions

(This checklist is not required to be submitted to the BD.)

Part A – Administration
Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Statutory Forms ○ Form BA 4 (for appointment of ADM-8
AP/RSE/RGE) B(A)R
18A and
○ Form BA 5 (for application for 29(1)
approval)
○ Form BA6 (Stability Certificate as
necessary)
○ Form BA16 (Application for exemption/
modification as necessary)
2. Fee for plan ○ Payment required when fees are charged APP-55
processing according to total number of submitted
plans
3. Plans and ○ 3 signed sets of plans and 2 signed sets ADM-8
Documents of all documents APP-141
4. Additional sets of ○ Scheduled Area Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (1 set of ADM-8
plans and/or plans) APP-24
documents for
referrals to relevant ○ Railway Protection Areas (2 sets of APP-30
organizations plans)
APP-32
required when the ○ Scheduled Area No. 5
proposed excavation APP-61
& lateral support (2 sets of plans and 1 set of documents) APP-62
works involve or ○ Designated Area of Northshore Lantau APP-134
affect the areas (1 set of plans)
○ Slopes/Retaining Structures/ deep
excavation/disused tunnel (1 set of
plans)
○ Culvert, nullah, stream course (3 sets of
plans)
○ Chek Lap Kok Airport (1 set of plans)
○ Structures to be erected in, over, under
or upon street (2 sets of plans)
○ Highway structures
(1 set of plans and 1 set of documents)
○ Sea walls, adjacent to sea front
(1 set of plans and 1 set of documents)
○ Reclamation, piers
(2 sets of plans and 2 sets of documents)
○ Public drainage or water mains (1 set of
plans)

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Part B - Documents
Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Design Document : A description of the E&LS system includes: ADM-8
Part I - Synopsis and Types of the E&LS works ADM-19
Essential
information Design codes/standards with edition APP-57
Grade of materials to recognized
standards
Geotechnical parameters
Groundwater conditions
A summary abstracted from the appraisal
and assessment report on the effects on
adjoining buildings, structures, lands,
streets, utility services, slopes and
retaining walls affected by the proposed
works, including vibration, tilting,
settlement and groundwater drawdown
together with the proposed precautionary
measures and monitoring system

Loadings considered, including:

• Design soil pressures
• Design surcharge loads
• Design groundwater levels
• Additional surcharge loads due to
adjoining buildings, structures, slopes
and retaining walls, etc.

Information on computerized calculations ADM-6

• Structural/geotechnical computer ADM-8
program statement signed by RSE
and/or RGE
• Assumptions made and justifications on
parameters used in the computer model,
e.g. material properties, boundary
conditions, etc.
• Input data with computer-generated
graphics or hand sketch showing the
framing & layout of the system, nodes
& elements, connection fixity, etc.
2. Design Document : Analysis and design on the structural ADM-8
Part II - Detailed elements, e.g. struts, waling, pile wall, ADM-19
analysis and design etc., of the E&LS system to design codes
APP-57
adopted
B(C)R 15
Design check on the structural adequacy
of structural elements at each stage of
construction sequence

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Design check on the margins of safety:
• FOS against overturning
• FOS against sliding
• FOS against hydraulic failure including
base heave
Sensitivity analysis in Ultimate Limit
State Checks and risk assessment on
progressive failure (for Limit State Partial
Factor method only)
3. Geotechnical Justification on geotechnical parameters & ADM-8
Assessment Report assumptions adopted with G.I. ADM-19
together with information and tests from Ground/Site
Ground/Site Investigation Reports APP-22
Investigation Report APP-49
RGE to sign geotechnical assessment
reports and supporting documents (for APP-57
ELS submission with excavation depth APP-141
greater than 4.5 m only)
4. Appraisal report Construction method and works sequence ADM-8
together with adopted, including construction of ADM-19
assessment on the basement structure, backfilling, subsoil
effects on adjoining drainage, etc. APP-22
buildings, structures, APP-24
lands, streets, utility Estimates on vibration on adjoining
services, slopes and buildings, structures, lands, streets, utility APP-30
retaining walls services, slopes and retaining walls, etc. APP-62
affecting and/or be due to pile wall installation process APP-137
affected by the Estimates on the envisaged amount of
proposed works settlement, tilting & ground water
drawdown induced on adjoining
buildings, structures, lands, streets, utility
services, slopes and retaining walls, etc.
Estimates on the additional stress on
MTR structures/sewage tunnels
Precautionary measures together with
construction sequence required to
safeguard the adjoining buildings,
structures, lands, streets, utility services,
slopes and retaining walls, etc. , e.g. for
potential damming up of groundwater in
sloping ground
Instrumentation and monitoring required
to safeguard the adjoining buildings,
structures, lands, streets, utility services,
slopes and retaining walls, etc.

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Part C - Plans
Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Plans properly Plans to be properly indexed and each ADM-8
indexed and space drawing to bear a title and number ADM-10
reserved at the Vertical space (90mm wide x 200 mm
lower right corner high) or horizontal space (245mm wide x
for official stamps 80mm high) for accommodating official
of approval stamps of approval, curtailed check and
true copy certification by the BA on every
plan at the lower right corner

2. A block plan Block plan to be in scale not less than APP-22

showing the 1:500 B(A)R
location of the site Location of the site with adjoining Section
and relevant details buildings, structures, lands, streets, utility 13
services, slopes, retaining walls, access
road over which right of way, if any,
granted, etc.
Remarks provided below the block plan, if
site within boundaries of Scheduled
Area(s), Designated Area(s), etc.
3. Plans and sections Plans and sections/elevation to be in a B(A)R
shown in scale not less than 1:100; except that a Section
appropriate scales scale of not less than 1:200 may be 13
for readability. accepted for cases of very extensive works
Details to be in scale not less than 1:75

4. Details showing the Locations of all boreholes contained in APP-22

characteristic G.I. APP-30
features of the site Design ground water levels
and environments
Existing adjoining buildings with types,
layouts and depths/levels of foundations
Ground profile with levels of all
adjoining slopes
Existing retaining walls with layouts,
sizes and depths/levels of foundations
Layouts and depths/levels of all adjoining
existing nullahs, underground structures,
tunnels, basement, underground services
and utility services
5. General Notes on Building (Construction) Regulations ADM-8
Design Codes and Updated editions of relevant Design Code ADM-19
Standards of Practices and Standards APP-22
Design method (Global Safety Factor APP-57
method/Limit State Partial Factor
method) APP-115
Requirement on the submission of a
performance review (for Limit State
Partial Factor method only)

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6. General Notes on Grade of materials complying with ADM-8
Material updated editions of relevant Code of ADM-19
specifications with Practices and standards adopted
limiting stresses APP-15
APP-22
7. General Notes on Details of sampling method, frequency
quality control of tests, testing methods and acceptance
standards and criteria of tested materials complying
testing on with relevant standards, e.g.
workmanship  Grouted soil strata when ground
strengthening is proposed under
particular ground conditions
 soil tests, such as dry densities,
moisture contents and relative APP-15
compaction, etc., for soil backfill
works complying with Geospec 3

8. Notes on details of Construction method and plant used ADM-19

construction Sequence of construction, including APP-22
method/sequence installation of pile wall, grout curtain APP-137
works, installation of tiebacks with
precautionary measures and testing
requirements (e.g. pull-out tests for
tiebacks), installation and removal of
struts, waling & pile wall, backfilling and
formation of haul roads/working
platforms by slope cutting and/or filling
in a sloping ground (with the maximum
gradient more than 15o across the site
from boundary to boundary) as part of the
preparation works before bulk
excavation, if any
Measures for the control of vibrations
induced due to construction of the
proposed E&LS (such as, pile wall
installation), including pre-boring,
phasing of works, etc.
Measures for the control of settlement
induced by the proposed works due to
ground loss during pile wall installation,
groundwater drawdown, soil excavation
Method of overcoming underground
obstruction with typical details
Method statement, including preloading
of struts, ground treatment (e.g. grouting
and recharging) and acceptance criteria
for pumping tests for dewatering
Location, extent and installation depth of
grouting works, grouting materials used,
grouting pressure, holding time and
number of strokes during injection,
criteria for grouting to stop, and any
relevant testing requirements

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9. Notes on Precautionary measures with details, such ADM-19
Precautionary as shoring, underpinning, grouting, etc., to
Measures safeguard adjoining buildings, structures,
lands, streets, utility services, slopes and
retaining walls, etc. affected, if any
Precautionary measures, such as
temporary drainage, sheet cover, etc., to
protect earthworks against heavy rainfall
10. Locations and Ground settlement, building settlement, ADM-19
details of building tilting, building vibration, utilities APP-22
instrumentation and settlement, groundwater level and
monitoring allowable groundwater drawdown to be APP-24
requirements monitored APP-61
Frequency of monitoring APP-62
Monitoring criteria in three triggering APP-137
levels, namely the alert, alarm and action
levels respectively and the corresponding
contingency measures
Locations of monitoring points on
adjoining buildings, structures, lands,
streets, utility services, slopes, retaining
walls, sea walls, etc.
st
11. Plans showing the 1 Stage E&LS plan submission (showing ADM-19
layout arrangement details of vertical elements, e.g. sheet piles APP-22
of the E&LS or diaphragm wall etc.) :
systems Layout with identification, setting-out APP-30
dimensions and design penetration depth APP-57
of each pile wall type relative to the B(C)R21
existing ground and to the proposed
excavation levels
Schedules with identification, size, grade
and design penetration depth, etc. for
each pile wall type
Schedules with design level, stiffness,
loads and/or preloading forces, if any, of
each layer of struts to be adopted in the 2nd
Stage E&LS plan submission
Schedules with design level, stiffness,
loads, etc. of each layer of tiebacks to be
adopted in the 2nd Stage E&LS plan
submission
Extent and depth of ground treatment,
such as grout curtain with levels, etc.
Locations of all boreholes in the G.I.
Report
Locations of pumping wells, observation
wells and recharge wells for pump tests,
if any
Extent of works and/or pile wall elements
installation outside site lot boundaries
Contour lines of the founding bedrock
strata based on boreholes in ground
investigation (for pile wall socketted into
category 1(c) or better rock only)

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2nd Stage E&LS plan submission (showing
details of lateral support elements, e.g.
struts/waling for each excavation stage):
Layout and level of excavation/filling
works for each stage of construction
sequence to be shown separately
Determined bulk excavation limit
contours (for Scheduled Area No. 1 only)
Layout, identification and levels of each
layer of tiebacks/struts and waling with
pile wall elements and king posts for each
stage of construction sequence to be
shown separately
Schedules with identification, grade,
levels, stiffness, strut loads and/or
preloading forces, if any, of each layer of
struts to be in agreement with the 1st Stage
E&LS plan submission
Locations of strut with preloading, if any
Schedules with identification, levels,
stiffness, loads, etc. of each layer of
tiebacks to be in agreement with the 1st
Stage E&LS plan submission
12. Information on 1st Stage E&LS plan submission (showing ADM-19
sections and details of vertical elements, e.g. sheet piles APP-22
elevations or diaphragm wall etc.):
Ground investigation boreholes nearest to APP-30
the sections with profile of the existing APP-57
ground and soil/rock strata with SPT B(C)R21
values for cohesionless soil and
undrained shear strength (s u ) values for
cohesive soil
Design groundwater levels
Adjoining existing buildings, structures,
nullahs, underground structures, tunnels
and basement, etc. with types, layouts and
depths/levels of foundations
Ground profile with levels of all adjoining
slopes
Existing retaining walls with layouts, sizes
and depths/levels of foundations
Design depth of ground treatment, such
as grout curtain
Design penetration depth of pile wall
elements
Pile wall, levels of the associated layers
of struts/tiebacks and the excavation level
at each stage of construction sequence to
be shown
Sequence of construction includes
removal of struts, waling, pile wall and
backfilling, if any

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2nd Stage E&LS plan submission (showing

details of lateral support elements, e.g.
struts/waling for each excavation stage):
Excavation/filling works for each stage of
construction sequence to be shown
separately
Determined bulk excavation limit profile
(for Scheduled Area No. 1 only)
Each layer of struts/tiebacks and waling
at each level with pile wall, king posts
and grout curtain, if any, at each stage of
construction sequence to be shown
separately and to be in agreement with the
1st Stage E&LS plan submission
Sequence of construction includes
removal of struts, waling, pile wall and
backfilling, if any, to be in agreement with
the 1st Stage E&LS plan submission
Struts with preloading, if any
King posts supporting struts and their
embedment
13. Structural details 1st Stage E&LS plan submission (showing ADM-8
details of vertical elements, e.g. sheet piles ADM-19
or diaphragm wall etc.):
Typical details of pile wall elements APP-57
and/or grout curtain with design
penetration depth
Typical details showing the interlocking
pile wall elements and welded joints at
splices
2nd Stage E&LS plan submission (showing
details of lateral support elements, e.g.
struts/waling for each excavation stage):
Typical details showing the welded joints
at strut splices and connections with pile
wall elements/waling and secondary
struts/ties
Typical support details at pile wall
elements and king posts for waling and
struts
Typical pressure jet set-up details for strut
preloading
Typical details of lagging wall

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 Appendix B3
(PNAP ADV-33)

Checklist for Superstructure Plan Submissions

(This checklist is not required to be submitted to the BD.)

PART A - Administration
Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Statutory Forms ○ Form BA 4 (for appointment of ADM-8
AP/RSE/RGE) B(A)R
18A and
○ Form BA 5 (for application for approval) 29(1)
○ Form BA6 (Stability Certificate as
necessary)
○ Form BA16 (Application for exemption/
modification as necessary) APP-143
○ Statutory Forms for separate RSE
appointed for precast concrete works, if
any
2. Fees for plan ○ Payment required when fees are charged APP-55
processing according to total number of submitted
plans
3. Plans and Documents ○ 2 signed sets of plans and 1 signed set of ADM-8
all documents APP-141

PART B - Documents
Typical Items
1. Design Document :
Part I - Synopsis and
Essential Information
Requirements Reference
Synopsis of structural design: ADM-6
• Compatibility statement with ADM-8
approval or submission date of ADM-19
corresponding general building
plans
• Checklist for checking fundamental
issues of superstructural plans
• A general description of foundation
and structural system and basic
anatomy of stability by which
applied loads are transferred to
ground
• Design codes/standards with year
of version
• Material specifications to
recognized standards with
limitation of stresses
• Fire resistance requirement and
durability requirement
• Design assumptions to be realistic
in modeling and analyzing of
structures
• Lateral deflection/acceleration of
building due to wind within design
limit and other types of deformation

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Essential information on computerized

calculation:
• Pre-accepted structural or
geotechnical computer program
statement endorsed by RSE/RGE
• Assumptions made and
justifications on parameters used in
computer model
• Input data with computer-generated
graphics or hand sketch showing
framing and layout of system, etc.
• Summary of salient output results
in text and graphical format
• Interpretation of salient output
results in compliance with design
standards and requirements

Essential information on design to resist

wind load:
• A general description of
wind-resisting system and
mathematical modeling
• Diagrams illustrating location and
identification of all structural
frames and members in
wind-resisting system
• A summary of sectional properties
of wind-resisting elements
• Description of wind tunnel test
including methodology of testing,
dynamic properties, name of wind
tunnel testing laboratory, testing
results and wind loading adopted in
superstructure design
• A summary of wind loads applied
to building and distribution of wind
forces at each floor level
• A summary of equilibrium check
on applied lateral forces and
calculated reactions of vertical
structural members at foundation
and other critical levels where there
is a major change in structural
configuration

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Essential information on design to resist

dead and imposed loads:
• Design data on dead and imposed
loads (including allowance for
partitions, screeds, service loads,
dynamic loads, temperature loads
and the like) with floor usage
• A summary of principal reactions
(moments, shear forces and axial
forces) in vertical structural
members at foundation and all floor
levels
• Design data on loads imposed from
adjoining buildings/structures, e.g.
earth loads, surcharge loads, etc.
• Compatibility check with load from
superstructure with those loading
approved in foundation plans

Design of unconventional structural

elements:
• Detailed design of special
structures, e.g. shell, long span
girder, space truss, etc.
• Detailed design of major transfer
members where failure of which
would induce cumulative
instability, e.g. Transfer plate
• Detailed design of prestressed
concrete members
• Detailed design of cantilevered
canopies, balconies and major
structural appendages

2. Design Document : Detailed analysis and design of all ADM-8

Part II - Detailed structural elements including beam, slab, ADM-19
analysis and design wall, column, staircase, water tank, etc.

PART C - Plans
Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Plans properly Plans to be properly indexed and each ADM-8
indexed and space drawing to bear a title and number ADM-10
reserved at the lower
right corner for Vertical space (90mm wide x 200mm
official stamps of high) or horizontal space (245mm wide x
approval 80mm high) for accommodating official
stamps of approval, curtailed check and
true copy certification by the BA on every
plan at lower right corner

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2. Location plan/key Proposed structure to be clearly shown and APP-18
plan easily identified from location plan/key
plan
Location of site together with adjoining
buildings, structures, lands, streets, access
road over which right of way, if any,
granted, etc.

3. Plans and sections in Plans and sections/elevations to be in a B(A)R

appropriate scales scale not less than 1:100; except that a Section 13
for readability scale of not less than 1:200 may be
accepted for cases of very extensive works

4. Compatibility with A compatibility statement to be given on ADM-19

building plans one of drawings with approval or
submission date of corresponding general
building plans

5. General Notes on Building (Construction) Regulations ADM-8

Design Codes and Updated editions of relevant Design ADM-19
Standards
Codes of Practice and Standards
6. General Notes on Grade of materials complying to updated ADM-8
Material editions of relevant Code of Practices and ADM-19
Specifications with Standards
limiting stresses
7. Design load Dead and imposed load (including ADM-8
allowance for partitions, screeds, service ADM-19
loads, dynamic loads, temperature loads
and the like) with floor usages
A summary of principle wind forces in all
wind directions at each floor level if wind
loads is determined based on wind tunnel
test results
Uplift loads due to ground water for
basement structures
Earth loads, surcharge loads, protective
barrier loads, etc.

8. General Notes on Concrete cover to Code of Practice for ADM-8

fire resistance Fire Safety in buildings and Code of ADM-19
requirement and Practice for Structural Use of Concrete
protection against
corrosion to Fire resistance material on structural steel
recognized standards Corrosion protection for structural
steelworks to Code of Practice for
Structural Use of Steel
Method of preventing bi-metallic reaction
Galvanization to BS EN ISO 1461:2009,
etc.
Painting system to BS 4652:1995, etc.

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9. General Notes on Control of material, production, ADM-8
quality control construction and workmanship to Code of APP-53
standards and testing Practice for Structural Use of Concrete,
on workmanship Code of Practice for Structural Use of APP-143
Steel, etc.
Allowance for precast concrete
construction inaccuracies to Code of
Practice for Precast Concrete Construction

10. Notes on Prestressed concrete construction ADM-8

construction Precast concrete construction APP-53
sequence of
unconventional Top-down basement construction
structures
11. Typical reinforced Typical reinforcement lapping/anchorage ADM-8
concrete details details ADM-19
Typical extra reinforcement at slab
opening <300 mm with larger opening
indicated on framing plans and details
Typical location and arrangement of
coupler/mechanical splice
Typical details of construction joint
between beam/slab and column/ wall
Typical details for changing of different
concrete grade
Typical details showing arrangement of
reinforcement in cantilevered slabs/beams
projected from different types of support
Typical details of minor structural
elements with design loads, allowable soil
bearing capacities adopted, e.g. protective
barrier, fence wall, etc.

12. Plans showing the Floor plans and sections/elevations ADM-8

layout arrangement showing layout, dimensions, levels and ADM-19
of the structural identification of all structural frames and
system members of proposed structures
Locations of movement joint
Layout, setting out, details, sizes and
loadings allowed for corbels, e.g. bridge,
escalator, etc.
Basement structures with details of
adjoining underground structures shown
for information

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13. Corresponding floor Fire resistance rating of each floor (shown ADM-8
plans showing fire for different areas if applicable) to Code of ADM-19
resistance Practice for Fire Safety in Buildings
requirements and
designed loads Diagrammatic illustration of different
types of superimposed dead loads
including allowance for partitions(refer to
GBP for partition layout), screeds and the
like to building regulations and Code of
Practice for Dead and Imposed Loads
Diagrammatic illustration of different
types of imposed loads together with
intended use of floor to building
regulations and Code of Practice for Dead
and Imposed Loads
Dynamic loads with provision of
operating weight of machinery
Reserved loads, e.g. for curtain wall

14. Structural details of Plans, schedules and sectional details ADM-8

conventional showing quantity and arrangement of steel ADM-19
reinforced concrete reinforcement of each structural member
elements
Enlarged details showing interconnection
of structural elements
Reinforcement details of corbel
15. Structural details of Plans and sectional details showing ADM-8
conventional structural elements and their connections ADM-19
structural steel with other structural elements at supports
elements
A schedule showing sizes and grades of all
steel members
Cover details for steel support plates for
fire resistance requirements
16. Structural details of Plans, schedule and sectional details ADM-8
transfer showing quantity and arrangement of steel ADM-19
plates/transfer beams reinforcement of each structural member
Details showing connection details with
other structural members, including those
supported by the transfer structure and
those supporting the transfer structure
17. Steel reinforcement Concrete cover to the steel reinforcement ADM-8
details of external Connection details of the steel
cantilevered slabs or ADM-19
reinforcement at the supporting beams,
beams columns or structural walls APP-68
Layout and details of steel reinforcement
bars spacers
A schedule of members showing the
number and size of all external
cantilevered R C slabs with a span
exceeding 750 mm exposed to weathering

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18. Precast concrete Details of lifting inserts/anchors and ADM-8
details method statement for lifting and handling ADM-19
the precast units during construction
APP-53
Bracing/tie at temporary stages submitted
for information
Typical column/wall/slab/beam joint
details
Locations of cast-in embeds
Location of movement joints

19. Prestressed concrete Minimum concrete cube strength at ADM-8

details transfer ADM-19
Material specification of strands/tendons APP-53
Plans and sections showing tendon profile
Details of anchorage at end blocks
Material specification of ducts and cement
grout
Maximum prestress forces and prestress
losses
Stressing sequence

20. Movement joint Layout and setting out details of bearings ADM-8
details to be shown on framing plans ADM-19
Bearing schedule with details on
manufacturers, material specification,
loading, etc.

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 Appendix B4
(PNAP ADV-33)

Checklist for Curtain Wall Details Submissions

(This checklist is not required to be submitted to the BD.)

Part A–Administration
Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Statutory Forms ○ Form BA 4 (for appointment of ADM-8
AP/RSE/RGE) APP-37
○ Form BA 5 (for application for approval) B(A)R 18A
and 29(1)
○ Form BA6 (Stability Certificate as
necessary)
○ Form BA16 (Application for exemption/
modification as necessary)
○ Separate RSE appointed (Scope of works
responsible and assessment report if
necessary)
2. Fee for plan processing ○ Payment required when fees are charged APP-55
according to total number of plans
submitted
3. Plans and Documents ○ 2 signed sets of plans and 1 signed set of all ADM-8
documents APP-141

Part B - Documents
Typical Items
1. Design Document : Part
I – Synopsis and
Essential Information
Requirements Reference
A description of the curtain wall system includes: ADM-8
Description of the curtain wall system ADM-20
• e.g. load path and load transfer
Updated design codes and standards adopted
Design approach
• e.g. limit state or permissible stress
Updated material and workmanship
specifications
Building materials and components
• e.g. fire stop materials, fire resisting glazing,
structural fixings, structural sealants, etc.
with BD CDB ref. no., if applicable
Allowable load capacities of structural fixings
• e.g. embeds and anchors, etc.
Allowable limits of deflection for all mullions,
glass panel, etc.
Summary of reaction forces of cast-in
anchorages for checking against superstructure
plans

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Specifications on design loads: ADM-19
Wind loads APP-37
• comply with HK Wind Code APP-139
• in accordance with Wind Tunnel Test
Wind channel down effect for external
building elements
• like canopy, etc.
Horizontal imposed loads
• protective barrier loads adopted in
accordance with Table 3 of B(C)R 17(3)
Effect of temperature and atmospheric
pressure changes for IGU glass
• e.g. allowing an additional wind load or
other approach
Pre-accepted structural computer program: ADM-6
• Statement endorsed by RSE
Information on the computerized ADM-8
calculations:
• Assumptions made and justifications on
parameters used e.g. material properties,
boundary conditions, etc.
• Input data with computer-generated graphics
or hand sketch showing the framing &
layout of the system, nodes & elements,
joint fixity, etc.

2. Design Document: Detailed analysis and design: APP-37

Part II - Detailed • Design check on anchor fixing of the parent
analysis and design supporting structure
• Analysis on the structural adequacy and
stability of the proposed curtain wall system
• Primary and secondary element design for
mullions, aluminium alloy, fixing
components and glazing
• Deflection check on major load carrying
members

PART C – Plans
Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Plans properly indexed Plans to be properly indexed and each drawing ADM-8
and space reserved at to bear a title and number ADM-10
the lower right corner
for official stamps of Vertical space (90mm wide x 200 mm high) or
approval horizontal space (245mm wide x 80mm high)
for accommodating official stamps of approval,
curtailed check and true copy certification by
the BA on every plan at the lower right corner

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2. A block plan showing
the location of the site
and relevant details
3. Plans and sections in
appropriate scales for
readability
4. General Notes on
Design Codes and
Standards
5. General Notes on
Material Specifications
with limiting stresses
6. General Notes on
quality control standards
and testing on
workmanship
7. Plans showing the
layout arrangement of
the structural system
Reference
Location of the site together with adjoining APP-18
buildings, structures, lands, streets, access
road over which right of way, if any, granted,
etc. to be shown.
Scale to follow B(A)R 13: B(A)R 13
• Avoid excessive large scale shop drawing
details
• Plans and sections/elevation to be in a scale
not less than 1:100; except that a scale of not
less than 1:200 may be accepted for cases of
very extensive works
Design Codes and Standards: APP-37
• Design code of practice Appendix A
• Construction standards
• Design loading
• FRR
Material specifications: APP-37
• Structural steel, aluminium alloy, cast-in Appendix A
anchors, fixing screws, structural sealant,
glazing, fire stop,
Workmanship specifications: APP-37
• Welding, galvanization, measures to Appendix B
overcome bi-metallic effects and corrosion
prevention
Specifications on allowable tolerance of the
positioning of curtain wall supports:
• Remedial arrangements in cases where such
tolerance is exceeded
Safety test:
• Location of safety test on a representative
portion
Structural framing: APP-37
• Elevations including pane arrangements
• Type and thickness of glass
• Members schedule and sectional properties
of aluminium sections
• The location of different types of cast-in
anchorages demarcated on plans
Protection of openings:
• Protective barriers at openings
Allowable load capacities of structural fixings:
• Embeds and drill in anchor
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8. Structural details of Key structural details: APP-2
curtain wall • Main and secondary elements APP-37
• Installation procedures if applicable
excluding any unnecessary shop fabrication
details
• Typical and non-typical sections showing
structural members and supports
• Typical and non-typical connections details
for different steel sections
• Mode of support form and connection to the
load-bearing structure of the building
• Anchorages in structural concrete members
or welded connections to structural steel
members
• Bite width of structural sealant to comply
with relevant standard
Projection of the curtain wall system from the
outer face of the structural elements
• e.g. from beams, columns and floor slabs to
comply with relevant Regulations
Sections showing compliance with Regulation
90 of the B(C)R and the Code of Practice for
Fire Safety in Buildings 2011, such as:-
• 300mm solid upstand in accordance with
APP-2
• Fire-rated spandrel in accordance with
Clause 11.1 of FS Code 2011
• Effective smoke and fire barrier in
accordance with Clause 10.2 of FS Code
2011
Location of openable window should be
shown and marked “for approval in locked
position only”

(2/2016)

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 Appendix C1
(PNAP ADV-33)

Checklist for Drainage Plan Submissions

(This checklist is not required to be submitted to the BD)

□ : information to be shown on plan

○ : information to be accompanied with the plan submission

Part A – Plans and Forms

Typical Items Requirements Reference
1. Statutory Forms ○ Form BA 5 (application for approval) B(A)R 18A
and 29(1)
PNAP ADM-2
○ Form BA8 & BA8A (application for
concurrent approval and consent) PNAP APP-55

○ Form BA16 (application for exemption/

modification)
○ Form BD24 (if payment is required)
2. Plans ○ Plans (2 signed and coloured sets for BA) PNAP ADM-2
with completed Annex C1 Confirmation
○ Additional sets of plans for referral by AP for
drainage plan
submission in
Annex C1
3. Fee for Drainage ○ Crossed cheque for payment PNAP APP-55
(A&A) plan
processing

Part B – Supporting Documents

Reference
1. ○ Documents/ catalogue in support of applied exemption/
modification in Form BA16
2 ○ Structural details for manholes, etc, in separate structural
submission (except for A&A works)
3. ○ Soakaway pit: percolation test report and supporting calculation for B(SSFPDWL)
EPD’s comment R90,

4. ○ Septic tank and sewage treatment plant: calculation and pilot test EPD ProPECC
report for EPD’s comment PN5/93

5. ○ Catchment area calculation, Drainage Impact Assessment (DIA) &

Sewage Impact Assessment (SIA) for DSD’s comment
6. ○ Written consent from third party for disposal to private drains
outside lot boundary

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Reference
1. Method of Disposal and Connection to Public Sewer
a. Public/ private storm drains and sewers (including nullah, culvert
and streamcourse) and sizes and disposition of connecting drains
obtained from DSD

b. Foul/surface water terminal manhole located as close to site B(SSFPDWL)R

boundary as possible, provided with disconnecting trap and 57 & 52(2)
adequately ventilated

c. Trade effluent discharge, sewage treatment plants, septic tanks, EPD ProPECC
soakaway pits, grease traps and petrol interceptors PN5/93 &
B(SSFPDWL)R
90
2. Layout of Underground Drain
a. Diameter, minimum fall and flow direction of drains B(SSFPDWL)R
48, Table 29
b. No acute angle between the directions of flow of inlets and outlets in B(SSFPDWL)R
manholes 49(2)
c. Drop pipes provided in manholes for in drains with invert level
more than 600mm higher than the invert level of out drains
d. Hatch boxes provided for foul water drains/manholes which lie in B(SSFPDWL)R
water gathering ground 47A(1)(b)
e. Ducting or leakage collection system provided for waterborne PNAP APP-76
buried services close to crest areas, slopes and retaining walls
f. No manhole / BIGT in refuse rooms
g. Covers for manholes, BIGT, grease traps and petrol interceptors etc. B(SSFPDWL)R
made of cast iron, air-tight and where in or under a building 56(7)
double-sealed
h. No surface water discharges into foul water drains or vice versa B(SSFPDWL)R
40(1) &41(1)
i. Manholes or cleaning eyes provided at intervals not more than 60m B(SSFPDWL)R
55(2)
3. Layout of External drainage system
a. Directions of fall for surface water at balconies, canopies, utility
platforms, roofs, podium roofs and surface channels

b. Min. 65mm diameter of rainwater pipes provided except where B(SSFPDWL)R

B(SSFPDWL)R33 applies 32(3)

c For cantilevered structures exposed to weather, surface water PNAP APP-68

drained away from the structure with a fall of not less than 1:75 and
for inaccessible structures the distance between drain outlets not
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more than 5m
d. Ground surface paving laid to a fall of not less than 1:80 to a gully B(C)R 33(2)
trap or surface channels connected to surface water drains

e. Level difference between internal floor and adjoining external B(C)R 35 &
ground/flat roof not less than 150mm (modification if necessary is 49(1)
to be applied under GBP) PNAP APP-125
f. Ventilating pipes (i) extended to 1000mm above the roof, adjoining B(SSFPDWL)R
parapets or 2.5m above adjoining street, (ii) no escape of foul air 31(1), 31(2) &
into any building and (iii) open ends provided with suitable grating 31(5); B(P)R
having apertures of an aggregate area not less than the sectional 4(c)
area of the pipe
g. Provision of drain outlets in verandahs next to kitchens and utility EPD ProPECC
rooms PN5/93

h. Condensate water from air-conditioning units, planters and

landscaped areas, annual drains from swimming pools, sub-soil
water and groundwater collection drains for basement connected to
the surface water system

i. Surface water from open transport interchange or cargo handling

areas connected to surface water drains via petrol interceptors that
would allow bypass during peaks

j. Surface water channels of adequate sizes, finished off smooth with B(SSFPDWL)R
a min. fall of 1:100 and provided with suitable grilles 61

k. No drain or pipe projects over a street/ lane more than 300 mm or B(P)R7(2)
at a height of less than 2.5 m above the level of the ground

l. Interface with permanent drainage system on site formation plans

4. Layout of Internal drainage system

a. No water-borne pipe embedded in structural elements PNAP APP-105

b. Anti-siphonage pipes connected with the soil/waste pipe at a point B(SSFPDWL)R

not more than 300mm from the trap outlet 30(2)(b)(ii)

c. Drainage systems for high rise buildings separated into vertical PNAP APP-93
zones

d. Radius of the bends at the bottom of soil and waste pipes not less
than 200 mm or 4 times the radius of the pipe

e. Grease traps for waste water discharge from kitchen provided for EPD ProPECC
restaurants PN5/93

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f. Drains for covered areas with vehicular access such as carparks,
loading/unloading areas transport interchanges, etc. connected to
the foul water system via petrol interceptors
g. Drain outlets with grating provided in refuse storage chamber and B(RS&MRC&
connected via a pipe with minimum 100mm diameter to a back RC)R11
inlet trapped gully with airtight cover and ventilating pipe outside
the storage chamber

h Floor drain of utility platform (i) connected to the rain water

system and (ii) where a water point is installed for washing
machine, a waste discharge pipe provided in addition

5. Access for Maintenance/ Repair

a. Drains, manholes, sump pits and petrol interceptors located in PNAP APP-93
common parts of the building in both drainage plan and GBP

b. Pipe ducts in domestic building provided with (i) access doors of

minimum 600mmW x 2000 mmH and (ii) an unobstructed working
space of minimum 700 mm x700 mm in front of the pipes
preferably outside the duct

c. Pipe wells in domestic building with minimum size of 1200mm x

1500mm with access points not more than 21 storeys apart and vent
openings at both the top and bottom of the well

d. For sunken slabs to house drains in troughs, access points for

inspection and maintenance and trough to be backfilled by
conveniently removable materials such as sand, light weight
concrete or cement sand mortar

e. External drainage pipes if enclosed by architectural features, a

minimum 120mm unobstructed vertical space in front of all pipes

f. For domestic buildings, no pipework for a unit shall protrude into

the unit under separate occupancy

g. Sanitary fitments on the lowest floor above ground are

independently connected to manhole (except for 3-storey single
family house)

h. Water supply pipes or drains not passing through any TBE room, PNAP APP-84
transformer room, switch room and emergency generator room for TBE room

6. Others
a. Material schedule for drains and pipes, including ventilating pipes PNAP APP-133

b. Manhole schedule with cover levels, invert levels, depths, types of

manhole and types of cover

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c. Typical details for manholes, petrol interceptors, sump pits, trap
gullies, grease traps and channels, etc, standby and duty pumps for
sewage or surface water sump pump system; and corresponding
structural details included in structural submissions

d. Drains and pipes in fire protected areas enclosed with adequate Part C of FS
FRR Code

e. Slots of gratings or channel covers not more than 13mm and not B(P)R72,
parallel to the direction of pedestrian flow; and any dimension of Schedule 3,
square or round holes on channel covers not more than 20mm Division 9,
Clauses 32 & 33
f. Bearing capacities of imposed loads of covers or grating for for Dead &
drainage features in areas with (i) vehicular traffic such as carparks, Imposed Loads
EVA, loading/unloading areas and (ii) pedestrian traffic including Code 2011
wheeled chair or trolley users commensurate with those required Section 3
for the surrounding areas

g. Extent of A&A areas and reference made to relevant drainage A&A

plans previously approved

h Routing of pipes and drains with suitable legend

(9/2016)

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 Appendix C1
(PNAP ADV-33)

Annex C1

Confirmation by Authorized Person for Drainage Plan Submission

The drainage plans correspond to the latest general building plans and site formation plans
*approved / submitted on and respectively.

Yes N/A No
(1) Method of disposal and connection to public sewer

(a) *Private sewers / public sewers (including nullah, culvert

and streamcourse) available for connection?

(b) Sewage treatment plant, septic tank and soakaway

designed to the standards of Cap. 123 sub. leg. I and
those of Environmental Protection department (EPD)?

(c) Trade/industrial effluent discharge designed to meet the

standards of EPD?

(2) Layout of underground drain

(a) Direction of flow in order?

(b) No surface water discharging into foul water drains?

(c) No foul water discharging into surface water drains?

(d) Underground drains on newly reclaimed land acceptable

(PNAP APP-103)?

(e) Underground drains kept out of slope (PNAP APP-76)?

(3) Access for maintenance / repair

(a) Common underground drains located in common parts

of the building? (PNAP APP-93)

(b) Common above-ground soil / waste / rainwater stacks

located in common parts of the building? (PNAP APP-93)

(c) Sunken slab design acceptable? (PNAP APP-93)

(d) No water-borne pipe embedded in structural elements?

(PNAP APP-105)

Reference : BD Circular Letter dated 30.10.2013

* Delete if not applicable

 Appendix C2
(PNAP ADV-33)

Checklist for Application for Typical Modifications / Exemptions in Drainage Plan Submissions
(This checklist is not required to be submitted to the BD)

□ : information to be shown on plan

○ : information to be accompanied with the plan submission

Modifications / Exemptions Frequently Applied For Reference

1. B(SSFPDWL)R 19 – permission of the discharge from flushing cisterns of B(SSFPDWL)R 19
watercloset fitment to be less than 9 litres
○ Justification that the associated toilet bowls are compatible with the cisterns,
the syphonic action is sufficient for the wastes in the toilet bowls to be cleared
effectively by a single flush, and the flushing apparatus meets the
requirements of the Water Authority.

2. B(SSFPDWL)R 24(2)(a) – permission of the internal diameter of a trap to a B(SSFPDWL)R

soil fitment within domestic, office, shop or industrial premises to be less 24(2)(a)
than 80 mm
○ Justification that the fitment is of syphonic action and the internal trap
diameter is to be not less than 54 mm

3. B(SSFPDWL)Rs 29(1), 29(2) & 50(2) – permission of cleaning access to be B(SSFPDWL)Rs

other than cleaning eyes and jointing of cast iron pipes to be other than lead 29(1), 29(2) & 50(2)
caulking
Maintenance and cleaning method of the mechanical coupling joint
○ Justification that the proposed jointing method is by means of proprietary
socketless drainage system which allows convenient dismantling and
reinstalling, and the products meet the requirements of international standards

4. B(SSFPDW&L)R 31(1) – permit vent pipes to be carried up to a lesser height B(SSFPDW&L)R

in cases where the Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance 31(1)
would otherwise be contravened
Location of the pipes unlikely create a nuisance to nearby occupancy

5. B(SSFPDWL)R 44(4) – permission of the protection of cast iron pipes to be B(SSFPDWL)R

other than asphaltic coating 44(4)
○ Supporting documents for the coating

6. B(SSFPDWL)R 48 – permission of less fall for drains and sewers B(SSFPDWL)R 48

○ Substantiation that a minimum velocity of 750mm/s is achieved

7. B(SSFPDWL)R 50(3) – permission of flexible joint for underground B(SSFPDWL)R

drainage pipework in reclaimed land 50(3)
Location of the flexible joints
○ Calculations on the anticipated settlements and test report demonstrating that
the flexible joint system can accommodate the anticipated settlement
○ Specification and catalogue of the flexible joint system

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8. B(SSFPDWL)R 49(2) – permission of junction of branch drains to be made B(SSFPDWL)R
within a manhole to an oblique angle more than 60 degrees 49(2)
Location of manhole and the oblique angle not exceeding 90 degrees
 Restrictive site conditions

9. B(SSFPDWL)R 56(3) – permission of benching in a manhole to have a B(SSFPDWL)R

gradient of less than 1:2 56(3)
Benching gradient not less than 1:12 (1:6 for manhole less than 1m in depth)

(9/2016)

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