Appendix W — Documentation for Piping Installation
Gazette pages 5004–5005 · Official gazette pages (PDF, 125 KB) — use for exact tables and figures.
The gas supply company requires the following to be fulfilled by the consumer(s) for having gas supply from its distribution piping system:
(a) Application for gas connection in prescribed form along with the approved plan of the building where the gas is to be used. If the building is not approved by the Authority its plan is to be prepared by an approved contractor of the gas supply company.
(b) An approved contractor of the gas supply company shall prepare the plan of the gas piping system for the building. The plan is to include plan and elevation of the proposed piping system. The plan so prepared shall be submitted to the gas supply company.
(c) Installation of the piping system as approved by the gas supply company shall be carried out by an approved contractor of the gas supply company.
(d) Completion report of the installation of the piping system (using the approved drawing) along with the pressure and leak tests by the approved contractor shall be submitted to the gas supply company. The pressure test is to be witnessed by the approved official of the gas supply company.
(e) Completion report mentioned in (d) above is to include the papers related to the permission from the Authority for digging/cutting the road for taking the connection from the main supply line lying under the road, needed.
(f) The legal owner of the building shall sign an agreement with the gas supply company using the prescribed agreement document of the gas supply company prior to having the gas supplied to his/her premises.
Source: Bangladesh National Building Code 2020, S.R.O. No. 55-Law/2020, Bangladesh Gazette (Extraordinary), 11 February 2021. Tables, figures and equations: refer to the linked gazette pages.