Applying for a Building Permit

This week, we aim to submit all the requirements to apply for a building permit in the Quezon City Engineering office. Since it'll be a major renovation, we are required to submit plans and other documents before we can start the construction work.

Luckily, the Quezon City government has their own decent website which contains the forms and we just downloaded them. It made life easier because we didn't have to go to the cityhall in person which is quite a hassle.

We started preparing for this building permit around three weeks ago. I've downloaded all the forms from http://www.quezoncity.gov.ph/ and asked Engineer to draft and prepare the plans. There are basically 4 sets of plans that needed to be prepared -- Architectural, Structural, Electrial and Plumbing. Each plan will be prepared by a specific professional person in my team.

Architectural Plans

1. Vicinity map/Location Plan
2. Site Development Plan
3. Perspective
4. Floor Plans
5. Elevations (at least 4)
6. Sections (at least two)
7. Reflected Ceiling plan
8. Architectural details: e.g. stair, fire escape, cabinets, partions, etc.
9. Schedule of doors & windows
10. Schedule of finishes
11. Details of major architectural elements

Civil/Structural Plans

1. Foundation Plan and details
2. Floor/Roof framing plan and details
3. details and schedules of structural work
   

Electrical Plans

1. Location & site plans
2. legend & symbols
3. Gen. notes
4. Electrical Layout
5. Schedule of loads
6. single line diagram
   

Plumbing/Sanitary Plans

1. Location & site plan
2. Plumbing plans, layouts and details
3. legend & general notes
4. Isometric of the system
5. technical specs

We're now just finishing up the Architectural plans and if that's done, we can probably print it and then submit it hopefully by Wednesday.