All major countries like India, USA, UK, Australia are having their own standards for material standards, testing standards, design procedures and for finished products. Before independence, India followed British standards, but after independence it was felt there is need to prepare the standards to meet the Indian environment. Hence Indian Standard Institution was established, which is now known as Bureau of Indian Standards. It has prepared more than 4000 standards and now and then new standard codes are brought out. In this chapter some of the important IS codes for building design and constructions are listed and briefly explained.
22.1 IS Codes for Building Design
22.2 IS Codes for Building Materials and Construction