Ahmed El Sayed

1. International Burch university Course : Building Construction Technology I
Architecture department Date : xx / xx / xxxx
Sarajevo
LECTURE NO.2
DEFINITIONS
Building Construction Technology I
Professor : Prof.dr.Nerman Rustempasic
Assistant : M.Sc. Ahmed El Sayed

2. INTRODUCTION
 In order to talk about the construction process, we should
understand who participates in this process and what are
theirs function.
 By understanding the function and the definitions of each
important word , we will be able to make a chart in which
people and process will be sort from top ( investiture ) to the
bottom ( the building ).
 If any process should be done effectively, the working and
staff charts ( scheme ) must be as perfect as it possible, and
must be with good timing and with well organization.
 By the end of the lecture, you should be able to make a
chart by yourself.

3. DEFINITIONS
 Construction : object created by constructing
works, connected to ground, performed from building
products with common installations and equipment, or
integrated complex with facility or equipment as well as
technical - technological units or solo installations connected
to the ground. Or units connected to the ground but was not
made by construction works, if they change the purpose of
the land.
 Construction works : Performing constructional and other
works (preparation, land, and
structural, installation, finishing and mounting of construction
products, plant or equipment) with which new buildings are
built, existing buildings are reconstructed, removed or
maintained.

4. DEFINITIONS
 Constructing / Building means the process of designing,
constructing, usage and removal of the construction
(building),
everything that is related to the constructing of the new
buildings can be applied in an appropiate way to
reconstructing, maintance and removal of the old buildings.
 Construction site : is a place,land or buildings (including
other areas that are temporarily occupied ) needed to
execute the construction works or the application of
appropriate building technology and security, on which to
build, reconstruct, remove or perform maintenance work
building

5. DEFINITIONS
 Integration / Implantation : performing constructional and
other works which connect construction
products, installations, equipment or facilities so that they
become an integral part of the building and can not be
separated/ removed from Buildings without affacting the
essential requirements for the construction.
 Preparation works : construction of the temporary buildings
and other construction works for the organization and
decoration of Construction site and to enable proper
application of construction technology.

6. DEFINITIONS
 Reconstruction of buildings: Performing constructional
and other works which affect the fulfillment of essential
requirements for the existing building and / or changing
compliance with location of existing buildings in accordance
with the conditions which has been built
(upgrade, upgrade, remove the outer part of the
building, work to change the purpose of buildings and
processes, etc.)
 Maintenance of buildings: Performing constructional and
other works to preserve the essential requirements of a
building during its lifetime, with which does not change the
compliance with the conditions at the location of the building
in accordance with which it is built

7. DEFINITIONS
 Removal of a building or its parts : Performance
degradation of building works or its parts from the place
where it is located, including the disposal of waste in the
current building and the parcel and building materials and
waste generated by decomposition of the building as well as
bringing the building plot or land on which buildings are
located in good condition.

8. PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
 participants in the construction are :
 Investitor
 Designer
 Supervising Engineer
 contractor and
 Reviser

9. PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
 The designer : Physical person who by the Law of
Architectural and Engineering Activities in urban
development and Construction has the right to use the
professional title licensed architect or licensed engineer.
 Project Manager : responsible for (among other things) that
the buildings comply with relevant regulations.
 Supervising engineer : supervision is carried out on behalf
of investors; obliged to inform : investors, building inspection
and other of any deficiencies or irregularities before and
during construction as well as measures taken, should
determine the manner in which deficiencies or irregularities
in the construction is removed or corrected if the contractor
does not fulfill the conditions prescribed by special law.

10. PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
 The contractor shall appoint the "Site engineer" or Head
of works as a responsible person who leads the
construction, or some of the works.
 If participate in the construction two or more contractors, the
investor determines the main contractor who is
responsible for the harmonization of works and who
appoints the "Site engineer“.
 The main site engineer is responsible for the
completeness and harmonization of works for mutual
coherence of implementation the contractors and also
coordinates the implementation of regulations
governing safety and health of workers during
construction works

11. PROJECT – TYPES AND CASES
 Projects : the purpose and level of development could be:
 Conceptual design at the scale of 1: 200
 The main project of at the scale of 1: 100
 Executional project at a scale of 1: 50 (exceptionally different scale)
 If the Executional project was not made by the main
designer of the project, The Designer should compliance his
opinions with the Main Designer on the Execuational project.

12. PROJECT – TYPES AND CASES
 Projects must ensure uniqueness with regard to the building
for which they are made ​(the name of the designer, the
company registered person for the jobs of
designing, building name, company name, or
investors, creation date, etc.).
 Projects must be designed so that it is disabled to change
their contents, and in that way that prevented the
replacement of theirs components.

13. PROJECT – TYPES AND CASES
 Preliminary and Main project - before submitting the
application for the issuance of building permit, confirmation
of the main project or decision for the construction or
construction permit - must be compliant with the regional
plan, location permit and the provisions of the Law on
Regional Planning and Building Act and regulations adopted
under this Act as well as special regulations for which the
designer is responsible.
 The construction of buildings can be accessed on the basis
of the confirmation of the main project.
 Construction of buildings for which a location permit and
confirmation of the main project can be accessed on the
basis of the decision (approval) for construction

14. PROJECT – TYPES AND CASES
 Changes and / or amendment of the act upon which is being
built : if is planned during the construction to changed the
building / to make changes which alter compliance of
Building with established location conditions and / or which
affect the fulfillment of any of the essential requirement for
building.
 If the investor is changed during construction : it is required
to make an amendment of the act upon which to build.
 In the case of direct threat on people and property from
natural disasters or war and other destruction, due to the
risk of these events, during and immediately after its
termination, without an act allowing the
construction, buildings can be built which is to prevent the
action of these events, or removal of harmful consequence.

15. PROJECT – TYPES AND CASES
 In the case of damage to buildings from natural disasters or
war and other destruction, buildings can be regardless of
the degree of damage returned to its original condition
without any act by which one can build, but in accordance
with the act upon which is built or an existing condition of
the building project.

16. APPLICATION FOR STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION
WORKS
 Written applications for the start of construction, or
proceeding the construction works should be sent to the
Ministry or the competent administrative authority which
issued the document on which can be build, construction
inspection and labor inspection, no later than eight days
before the start of construction or continuing construction
works after the break longer than three months.
 On the day of starting work the investor must have a legally
valid document on which it can build or confirmation of the
main project and the marking out survey.

17. LAW ON SPATIAL PLANNING IN THE CONSTRUCTION SITE:
 Construction site shall be secured and enclosed by a fence
for the safety of passers and to prevent uncontrolled access
of people to the construction site.
 On the construction site which extends over large expanses
(railways, roads, power lines, etc.) parts of the construction
site that can not be fenced must be protected by certain
road signs ,marked or otherwise.
 Fencing the construction site is not permitted in a manner
that could endanger passers.
 Temporary buildings and equipment of the construction site
must be stable and meet the prescribed conditions for
protection against fire and explosion, health and safety and
all other measures to protect human health and the
environment

18. LAW ON SPATIAL PLANNING IN THE CONSTRUCTION SITE:
 On the construction site is necessary to provide and
implement safety measures and other regulatory measures
for the protection of human health.
 Construction site shall be governed in accordance with the
law.
 Having met the requirements listed assumptions are
realized to ensure the safety and health at construction
sites

19. MARKING THE CONSTRUCTION SITE
 Construction site shall be marked with a board that must
contain:
 Name of investors, the designer, contractors and persons carrying
out construction supervision
 Name and type of buildings that is being built
 The name of the authority issuing the document upon which to build
 Classification code, register number, date of issue and validity of the
act upon which to build
 An indication that it is a cultural property that is the national
monument

20. CONTRACTOR’S OBLIGATIONS
 Contractor at the construction site must have:
 The decision on registration in court register, or crafts license.
 Approval for performing the construction and performance of and the
contract on the association contractors under special legislation.
 Act on appointment of chief site engineer, site engineer and works manager.
 Act on appointment of supervisor or principal supervisor.
 A decision on building conditions, confirmation of the main project, or
construction permit from the conceptual or main project.
 Performing projects with the opinion of chief designer of the project and
certified by the reviser that Requested it in a report on the control of the main
projects requested , for the
 previously constructed part of the building , construction and other works
that are in progress with all amendments.
 Reviser's report on completed inspection of the execution project if required.
Construction Diary.

21. CONTRACTOR’S OBLIGATIONS
 Evidence of compliance for construction products installed.
 Evidence of compliance by a special law for the installed equipment.
 Identifications of Compliance for certain parts of certain construction
essential.
 Special requirements according to law and quality evidence that is requested
by the law, special regulation or or project to collect during the execution of
construction work and other commitments and implementation of control
procedures for the previously constructed part of the building and
construction and other works in progress.
 Survey project of the buildings.
 Other documents, licenses and permits for which special regulations
stipulates that the contractor after the start of construction of the building
must have at the site.

22. OTHER INFORMATION
 Constructed buildings whose construction (bruto) area does
not exceed 400 m2 and a building solely for the
performance of agricultural activities with (bruto) area not
exceeding 600 m2 can be used after the investor submit to
the competent administrative body for the building the final
report of the Supervising Engineer on the performance of
buildings.
 Building for which the municipality or the Canton issued a
building permit can be used after that for the building use
permit is issued

23. OTHER INFORMATION
 The building for which is issued permit for construction can
be used after the competent administrative authority grants
for the building the Use permit.
 Other buildings, except simple buildings That are specified
by Regulations of simple construction, can be used after the
competent administrative authority , which issued the
confirmation of the main project, issues for the building the
use permit.

24. OTHER INFORMATION
 Maintenance of buildings - is the responsibility of the owner of the
building.
 The owner of the building shall ensure maintenance of the
building so that during its life it preserves the essential
requirements for construction, promote the fulfillment of essential
requirements for construction and maintenance so it does not
disrupt the properties of the building,
 Works on an existing building that does not affect compliance with
the conditions at the location of the building in accordance with
which it is built neither affect the fulfillment of essential
requirements can be run without an enabling act authorizing the
construction and building permits

25. OTHER INFORMATION
 Removal of a building or its parts, if not a removal under the
act by which it is necessary to remove pre-built building, or
on the basis of inspection solutions - can be done only with
a license to remove.
 Exceptionally, the owner of the building shall remove without
a permit for removing building whose construction (bruto)
area does not exceed 400 m2. Building that is performed
only for agricultural activities and (bruto) area does not
exceed 600 m2 and a simple structure

26. OTHER INFORMATION
 Administrative supervision over the implementation of the
Law on Spatial Planning and the regulations issued under
that act, and the legality of the actions of authorities and
persons with public authorities relating to the Spatial
Planning and building conducted by the Ministry.
 Inspection supervision over the implementation of the Law
on Spatial Planning and the regulations adopted under that
act conducted by inspectors of the Ministry, the
Administration for Inspection

27. OTHER INFORMATION
 Urban and building inspector conducts inspections of:
 general and individual acts,
 conditions of work of the person authorized to
 preparation of spatial planning documents and
 take measures prescribed by law
 Urban and building inspector has the right and obligation to
ensure that:
 elimination of irregularities
 prohibition of installation of construction products
 remove the damage on existing building
 suspend further construction of the building
 removal of already built buildings or of the building under
construction
 removing the ban on building and
 other measures determined by the Act

28. OTHER INFORMATION
 If during the inspection the inspector determines that it is not
empowered to act directly, immediately he reports to
relevant competent administrative authority or inspector on
observed illegalities or irregularities and seeks to institute
proceedings and takes the prescribed measures in
accordance with special regulations

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