WorksheetsDBC Q1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
Floor area within the inside perimeter of the exterior walls of a building. The measurement excludes shafts and courtyards, but includes corridors, stairways, ramps, closets, base of atria (or similar voids) and the thickness of interior walls, columns or other features.
Gross Area
Built-up Area
Floor Area
Gross Floor Area
At DBC GFA is calculated based on Table A.3.
answer as per included and excluded in GFA calc.
Habitable and occupiable spaces including
sanitary facilities
Mezzanine floors
Lobbies
Corridors
Stairs
Elevator shaft at elevator recall floor
Parking lobbies
Mechanical ducts
Elevator shafts at other floors
Elevator machine rooms
Shafts
Waste rooms
Refuse chutes
Gym with gross area ≤50% of roof area
Balconies
Terraces
The coordinate system used by the Authority is Dubai Local Transverse Mercator(DLTM). The reference
point for levelling is Port Rashid.
True
False
Two or more parking bays with one of the spaces placed behind the other is
POD Parking
Match the following
traffic impact study
TIS
traffic impact assessment
TIA
Roads and Transport Authority
RTA
liquefied petroleum gas
LPG
Development Control Regulations
DCR
according to this figure, click on the key number that defines the plot limit
The maximum allowable height for a building with G+11 floors limit is
(a)
Which parts of building and installation are permitted to exceed the required heights?
Ornamental elements , such as minarets, domes, and towers
Chimneys and smoke stacks
elevator shafts and staircases
All of them
Gate/Reference Level: It is the level of the finished floor of the ground floor at the plot edge.
True
False
Nouran is a bit confused about which authority she shall conform to its standards and approvals, If helipads are provided on buildings.
DCCA
RTA
ASCE
IACAD
the building set back from neighbors for a G+8 building is (a) while the same building setback from the road will be (b)
Anuja is building multiple of G+8 buildings on the same plot, Help her by Calculating x that conforms with DBC standards
13.5m
14.50m
15m
10.50m
12m
According to DBC service building (Annex) shall be allowed within
setbacks up to the plot limit
True
False
In general, It is permitted to build pergolas in the unoccupied /setback areas of the plot
True
False
Site Plan means the arrangement of the overall physical environment in complete detail including structures, landscape, land contours, vehicular / pedestrian circulation, etc.
True
False
