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National Building Code of India 2005 (NBC 2005)

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|The National Building Code of India (NBC), a comprehensive building Code, is a national instrument providing |
|guidelines for regulating the building construction activities across the country. It serves as a Model Code |
|for adoption by all agencies involved in building construction works be they Public Works Departments, other |
|government construction departments, local bodies or private construction agencies. The Code mainly contains |
|administrative regulations, development control rules and general building requirements; fire safety |
|requirements; stipulations regarding materials, structural design and construction (including safety); and |
|building and plumbing services. |
|The Code was first published in 1970 at the instance of Planning Commission and then revised in 1983. |
|Thereafter three major amendments were issued, two in 1987 and the third in 1997. |
|Considering a series of further developments in the field of building construction including the lessons |
|learnt in the aftermath of number of natural calamities like devastating earthquakes and super cyclones |
|witnessed by the country, a Project for comprehensive revision of NBC was taken up under the aegis of |
|National Building Code Sectional Committee, CED 46 of BIS and its 18 expert Panels; involving as many as 400 |
|experts. As a culmination of the Project, the revised NBC has now been brought out as National Building Code |
|of India 2005 (NBC 2005). |
|The comprehensive NBC 2005 contains 11 Parts some of which are further divided into Sections totalling 26 |