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05/04/2016
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STATE OF S. PAULO
Project reviews the Building Code; if approved by the House, as will apply to new commercial and residential condominiums
Demand began to be debated in the House at the height of the water crisis Photo: CLAYTON DE SOUZA / ESTADÃO
SAO PAULO - The bill revises the Building Code - the law that determines the rules of construction in the state capital - requires all new buildings to have individual measurement of water. If approved by the City Council, the measure will be valid for both commercial and residential condominiums.
The requirement began to be debated in the House at the height of the water crisis, when the city council approved the penalty fee for those who were caught washing the sidewalk or the car with drinking water. With it, the expectation is that water consumption can be reduced. In Rio, new buildings are required to have individual water meter since 2011.
Prepared by management Fernando Haddad (PT), the new Building Code has as its main goal the de-bureaucratisation of the project approval process at City Hall. Among the changes suggested by the government are the order of the plant paper submission (will only accept digital version) and the creation of a simplified model where the internal divisions of the apartments, for example, no longer need to be informed.
According to the councilman Nabil Bonduki (PT), engineers and architects who sign projects will be responsible for the information provided. With the change, the City will only monitor the data of the external areas and the criteria set out in the zoning law, such as height limit of buildings.
"This law can reduce the cost of the projects, the risk of having corruption in the process and construction time," says Bonduki. In times of crisis, the goal is also to lower the final price of the unit.
The expectation of government is to vote on the final project to the end of this semester. On Tuesday, the proposal was approved by the parliamentary committees and can now be put to a vote. To become law, it needs two approvals in plenary and sanction the mayor Haddad.
Source: O Estado de S. Paulo
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