9.27.1 Planning and Design

Atleast one lift shall be provided in every building more than 15 m. in height. In case of buildings more than 24 m. height, atleast two lifts shall be provided. However, in case of a proposal to add one additional floor to an existing building having a lift, it will not be necessary to raise the existing lift to the additional floor. For building or floors of the building to be constructed for Retirement Home or Senior Citizen Housing, lift shall be provided irrespective of height of building. The planning and design of lifts including their number, type and capacity depending on the occupancy of the building, the population of each floor based on the occupant load and the building height shall be in accordance with Section-5 - Installation of Lift & Escalators of Part VIII - Building Services of National Building Code of India. All the floors shall be accessible for 24 hours by the lifts. The lifts provided in the buildings shall not be considered as a means of escape in case of emergency. Grounding switch at ground floor level to enable the fire service to ground the lift cars in an emergency shall also be

provided. The lift machine rooms shall be separate and no other machinery shall be installed therein.