Application of Building Construction Rules on Residential Buildings: A Case Study on Chandgaon Residential Area in Chattogram

Abstract

Building construction is an important issue in urban planning that immensely impacts 
livability. Proper guidance in this regard is needed to build a planned city. To guide 
building construction in a planned way there are rules and regulations relating building 
construction (BC) in Bangladesh. But most of the buildings in the urban areas in Bangladesh 
are being constructed without following building construction rules or even without 
permission of the concerned authority. All these things are creating problems, which 
ultimately have resulted to a haphazard development of urban areas. This study is about the 
application of building construction rules on residential buildings in Chattogram 
City.Chattogram is the 2nd largest city of Bangladesh andChandgaon residential area is an 
old planned residential area of this city that primarily belongs to the higher income people. 
This paper aims to examine the current practices of BC rules on residential building in 
Chandgaon residential area in Chattogram city, to identify the reasons for violation of BC 
rules as well as exploring theconsequences due to these violations and to propose 
recommendations for effective application of BC rules.A field survey among the house 
owners of the buildings through questionnaire and face-to-face interview was conducted to 
collect necessary primary data. It is expected that this research would be an important 
document to shed light towards the state of implementation of BC rules, reasons behind 
subsequent violations and its consequences. It would further help to aware the relevant 
authorities as well as residential building owners to follow BC rules and thus to ensure a 
planned and healthy living in residential areas in a city.