The nationwide building codes drafted last year are likely to be issued before the end 2014, an official from Myanmar Engineering Society (MES) said. “The draft of the codes was done in mid of 2013. Now we are refining it and I think we can issue it in this year,” U Aung Myint, vice president of MES said. The Min
The nationwide building codes drafted last year are likely to be issued before the end 2014, an official from Myanmar Engineering Society (MES) said.
“The draft of the codes was done in mid of 2013. Now we are refining it and I think we can issue it in this year,” U Aung Myint, vice president of MES said.
The Ministry of Construction, MES and UN Habitat, including government officials, professionals and developers, are working together for the building codes of Myanmar which began in 2011, and estimate it to be finished in 2015.
The draft of the code is in accordance with ASEAN building standards, bringing it in line with neighbouring countries, U Than Myint, a member of MES said.
He said that the first phase of the draft building code centres on protection against earthquakes and strong winds – the two most common natural disasters encountered here.
It is important that the codes be ready and in place by 2015 when the ASEAN Free Trade Area comes into full effect and foreign developers will likely be able to compete here.
A member of Myanmar Engineer Forum said that it is possible that the code is more about guidelines rather than legislation.
Representatives of the ministries of Construction, Social Welfare Relief and Resettlement, and Science and Technology, as well as from YCDC, the Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development, the Association of Myanmar Architects, the Fire Brigade Department, Myanmar Geosciences Society and professionals from other sectors are involved in the project.