Reaffirmed 2016

FOREWORD

Users of various civil engineering codes have been feeling the need for explanatory handbook and other compilations based on Indian Standards. The need has been further emphasized in view of the first publication of the National Building Code of India in 1970 (which has since been revised in 1983) and its implementation. The Expert Group set up in 1972 by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, carried out in depth studies in various areas of civil engineering and construction practices. During the preparation of the Fifth Five Year Plan, the Group was assigned the task of producing a Science and Technology Plan for Research, Development and Extension Work in the Sector ofHousing and Construction Technology. One oftheitems of this plan was the formulation of design handbooks, explanatory handbooks and design aids based on the National Building Code and various Indian Standards and other activities in the promotion of the National Building Code. The Expert Group gave high priority to this item and on the recommendations ofthe Department of Science and Technology, the Planning Commission approved the following two projects which were assigned to the Bureau of Indian Standards (erstwhile Indian Standards Institution):

a) Development programme on code implementation for building and civil engineering construction, and

b) Typi fication of industrial structures.