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Oman building codes

Oman building codes

Oman building codes

(OP)
Dear colleagues,

I am working on a project that requires me to have a general  overview on the structural building codes governing in the Sulatanate of Oman . This includes codes regarding the design of reingorced concrete structures, steel structures and of course seismic design code and regulations regarding loads imposed on structures.
I am a structural engineer that is working with an architectural firm and am required to give an opinion on the conceptual design from engineering point of view. Since the project is in an early phase we have not yet been provided with contacts with the local design team, therefore I have no local peer to request this information from.

I will highly appreciate pointers to codes (I doubt there will be downloadable versions but it will be wonderful if there are) like the name of the code and the year it was established.
Or if some foreign codes are allowed to be used in design parallel to the local codes - that will be great inforamtion too.

Many thanks and I wish you a productive week!

Mike

RE: Oman building codes

(OP)
Hallo again :)

After doing an extended research I found some papers indicating that the British Standards (design of concrete, steel, etc) are applicable and also the UBC. Interestingly I found no references to local codes, which don't believe is possible.
I also found papers regarding the seismic zonation which show that (with exception of a small Northern part) there is almost no considerable seismic activity in the country (ag<=0.05~0,1).

Isn't there somebody who is working on engineering projects for/in the Sultanate of Oman who can confirm what I found or provide the correct information.

Many thanks!

Mike

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