Technical Code
The technical building code (CTE) entered into force in March 2006, when the Royal Decree 314/2006 was adopted. The objective of the technical code was improving quality and promoting the sustainability of buildings. It is especially extensive and complex regulations, was implemented in its entirety through a transitional regime which ended a year later of his entrada into force. The technical building code (CTE) modernized framework that regulated the Royal Decree 1650 / 1977 that established the basic building standards and adopted various standards that never came to formar a coordinated set. The technical building code, in addition to unify the rules on this adapted national building regulations the provisions of the European Union. The CTE should also contribute to the development of the policies of the Spanish Government with regard to sustainability, in particular the Plan of action of the strategy of saving and Energy eficienCIA. The technical building code (CTE) joined the construction development of the requirements that are intended to improve the structural safety, fire protection, safe use, wholesomeness, protection against noise and energy saving. The technical building code influences the building in a comprehensive manner and some requirements are increased significantly, as protection against noise.
Scope of the CTE. The tecnico building code affects all ambitos of the construction of buildings, public and private, whose projects require disponer legally required the corresponding license or autorizacion. Is the CTE application to the building of new construction works, except to those construcciones of technical simplicity and of low constructive entidad, having no residential or public, character to be developed in a single plant and do not affect the safety of persons.