Regulations Regarding the Latvian Building Code LBN 202-18, Drawing Up of Construction Intention Documentation

Issued pursuant to
Section 5, Paragraph one,
Clause 3 of the Construction Law

1. The Regulation approves the Latvian Building Code LBN 202-18, Drawing Up of Construction Intention Documentation (hereinafter - the Building Code).

2. The Ministry of Economics shall, in cooperation with the relevant technical committee for standardisation, recommend to the national standardisation body a list of standards that need to be developed, adapted, and applied in connection with this Regulation.

3. The national standardisation body shall publish a list of Latvian national standards to be applied for the purpose of enforcement of the Building Code.

4. Cabinet Regulation No. 281 of 9 June 2015, Regulations Regarding the Latvian Building Code LBN 202-15, Content and Drawing up of Construction Design (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2015, No. 113), is repealed.

5. Until the day of coming into force of this Regulation, the construction intention documentation which has been developed or submitted for agreement thereupon to the building authority or the authority performing the functions of the building authority need not be revised in accordance with the requirements laid down in the Building Code.

Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis

Deputy Prime Minister,
Minister for Economics Arvils Ašeradens

Approved by
Cabinet Regulation No. 545
of 28 August 2018

Latvian Building Code LBN 202-18, Drawing Up of Construction Intention Documentation

1. The Building Code prescribes the requirements for drawing up the text and graphic documents, including drawings, of the construction intention documentation.

2. The Building Code shall not apply to the draft of a construction intention, other pre-design graphic and text documents and demonstration materials. The requirements of the Building Code shall not apply to the drawing up of construction intention documentation in the field of construction of motor roads and streets when applying standard LVS 190-1:2000, Road design specifications - Part 1: Road design and geometry, or standard LVS 190-6:2009, Road design specifications. Part 6: Content and layout of roads and bridges construction design.

3. The text and graphic files of construction intention documentation shall be uploaded to the Construction Information System in Portable Document Format (PDF), but the general plan, the combined plan of external engineering networks to be demolished, the combined plan for the external engineering networks to be designed, the situation plan, the layout plan, and the placement plan shall be uploaded either in PDF or GeoPDF format. If necessary, the graphic file may be duplicated in another format. Other files may be uploaded to the Construction Information System in any format.

4. The annexes to the explanatory memorandum and certification card which correspond to the text and graphic documents to be included in the composition of the building design shall be drawn up in the same way as the text and graphic documents to be included in the building design.

5. If the explanatory memorandum and the certification card are completed in the form of a paper document, the cover sheet, composition sheet, and table of contents need not be attached thereto and also annexes need not be assembled into a volume.

6. The building design in the minimum composition and the building design shall be drawn up in the same way.

7. Changes in the explanatory memorandum, certification card, building design in the minimum composition, and building design shall be drawn up in the same way as the initial construction intention documentation.

8. Text sheets or files of the building design shall contain the necessary information on and explanatory descriptions of:

8.1. the object;

8.2. the solutions of the building design;

8.3. the developer of the building design;

8.4. the initiator of the construction;

8.5. the place and time of the construction.

9. The building design may be submitted in paper format, electronically, or uploaded to the Construction Information System. If the building design is submitted in paper form or electronically, the following must be attached thereto:

9.1. the cover sheet;

9.2. the composition sheet (volumes to be included in the building design with marks and sequence numbers);

9.3. the table of contents (the table of contents of the text sheets and drawings included in the volume with page references).

10. The following information shall be specified on the cover sheet:

10.1. for legal persons - the name of the developer of the building design, the registration number of the construction merchant, and for natural persons - the given name, surname, certificate number);

10.2. for legal persons - the name of the initiator of the construction, and for natural persons - the given name, surname;

10.3. the name of the object and address, if assigned;

10.4. the name of the part;

10.5. the volume number and the mark of the part included therein;

10.6. the given name, surname, certificate number of the building design manager.

11. In each volume, the sheet of the table of contents with page references shall be inserted after the cover sheet and the composition sheet of the volume. If the building design is uploaded to the Construction Information System, the building design shall not have any volumes and no cover sheet, table of contents, and composition sheet shall not be attached thereto.

12. The composition of one part of the building design may include text, graphic documents and drawings from several marks. If the building design is uploaded to the Construction Information System, each mark shall constitute a separate part.

13. Graphic documents, other than drawings, in paper form shall be drawn up by ensuring visual and clear perception thereof.

14. The drawings of the building design part shall be preceded by the sheet of general indicators (which may be combined with the explanatory description). The sheet of general indicators shall include the following:

14.1. the list of drawings and marks of the part;

14.2. the list of documents used in designing;

14.3. instructions (which may be combined with the explanatory description) and non-standard designations.

15. A title block shall be created in the lower right corner of the drawing sheet. The following information shall be indicated in the title block:

15.1. for legal persons - the name of the developer of the building design, the registration number of the construction merchant, and for natural persons - the given name, surname, certificate number of the developer of the building design);

15.2. the name of the object and address, if assigned;

15.3. the title or content of the drawing;

15.4. the make and sequence number;

15.5. the scale;

15.6. the given name, surname of the developer of the drawing sheet;

15.7. the given name, surname of the part manager (need not be indicated when uploading to the Construction Information System).

16. For repeatedly used drawings, the following information shall be indicated in the title block:

16.1. the given name, surname of the person using the drawing repeatedly;

16.2. the mark and number.

17. Titles of individual parts, works, or drawings of the building design shall be abbreviated, labelling them with a mark. Mark designations are included in Annex to the Building Code. If necessary, additional marks may be created as well.

Deputy Prime Minister,
Minister for Economics Arvils Ašeradens

Annex
to Latvian Building Code LBN 202-18,
Drawing Up of Construction Intention Documentation
(approved by Cabinet Regulation No. 545 of 28 August 2018)

Marks of Construction Intention Documentation

Deputy Prime Minister,
Minister for Economics Arvils Ašeradens

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