Issuing Authority
Addis Ababa City Administration Infrastructure Integration, Construction Permit and Control Authority
Date Issued
February 13, 2020
WHEREAS it is found necessary to institute a scheme for the orderly administration of building construction works in Addis Ababa City in meeting with the requsite standards;
DETERMINED that detailed and favourable procedures that determine minimum national standards for building construction should be put in place to ensure public health, safety and prosperity;
CONVINVED that construction-related work processes and operations should be provided transparently to service providers and recipients, and for this purpose an efficient, effective and accountable institutional system should be instituted;
RECOGNIZING that the government’s exertion in promoting businesses and investments can fruition when, among others, building risk levels are established, standards for the provision of construction permit, supervision and follow up services are detailed, and the rights and responsibilities of service recipients are sufficiently delineated;
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to powers granted to Infrastructure Integration, Construction Permit and Control Authority by the Addis Ababa City Administration to issue and implement a directive, as well as in accordance with sub-article (3.e) of Article (15) of the Definitions of Powers and Duties of the Executive Organs of the Addis Ababa City Administration Proclamation No.64/2018, the Ethiopian Building Proclamation No.624/2009 the Ethiopian Building Regulation No.243/2011 and the Addis Ababa City Administration Construction Bureau Directive No.2/2018, this Building Risk Level Directive is hereby issued by the Addis Ababa City Infrastructure Integration, Construction Permit and Control Authority