IS456 CONCRETE AND A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER - PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE -CODE OF PRACTICE  

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PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE -
CODE OF PRACTICE
Indian Standard
PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE -
CODE OF PRACTICE
( Fourth Revision )
FOREWORD
ThisIndianStandard (Fourth Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, afterthedraftfinalized
. bytheCementandConcrete Sectional Committee hadbeenapproved by the Civil Engineering Division Council.
This standardwas first published in 1953 under the title 'Codeof practice for plainandreinforced concrete for
general buildingconstruction' and subsequently revised in 1957. The code was further revised in 1964 and
published under modified title 'Code of practice forplainandreinforced concrete',thusenlarging the scopeof
useof thiscodeto structures otherthangeneral building construction also. Thethirdrevision was published in
1978, and it includedlimit state approach to design. This is the fourth revision of the standard. This revision
wastakenup witha viewto keeping abreast withtherapiddevelopment in thefieldof concrete technology and
to bringin furthermodifications/improvements in thelightofexperience gained whileusingtheearlierversion
of the standard.