Dear Madam/Sir,
As you are aware, the National Building Code of India (NBC) is a prestigious document of BIS which is widely used and implemented in the country. It is a single document in which, like a network, the various information related to building planning, design, construction and other concerned aspects is woven into pattern of continuity and cogency with the interdependent requirements of its different chapters, carefully analyzed and fitted in, to make the whole document a cogent continuous volume. The Code mainly contains provisions on Administration, Development Control Rules and General Building Requirements, Fire and Life Safety, Building Materials, Structural Design, Construction including safety during construction, Building Services, Plumbing Services, Landscaping, Signages and Outdoor Display Structures, and also Sustainability aspects.
The current version of NBC is NBC 2005 which is being revised to incorporate extensive modifications to make it the most contemporary, modern and state-of-the-art document. The proposed list of contents of the revised NBC is attached herewith.
As a part of the above ambitious project of Revision of NBC taken up by BIS, the following drafts for revision of Sections 1 & 2 of Part 9 Plumbing Services of NBC which cover WATER SUPPLY and DRAINAGE & SANITATION are hereby issued in Wide Circulation for eliciting public comments, as attachment to this mail:
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CED 46 (8058)WC |
Draft National Building Code of India: Part 9 Plumbing Services, Section 1 Water Supply [Third Revision of SP 7(Part 9/Sec 1)]
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CED 46 (8059)WC |
Draft National Building Code of India: Part 9 Plumbing Services, Section 2 Drainage and Sanitation [Third Revision of SP 7 (Part 9/Sec 2)] |
These drafts have also been uploaded in BIS website and are available at the URL http://www.bis.org.in/sf/wcdraft.asp . These will be available in the Website up to the last date of comments. Please keep track of the above URL for various other documents relating to revision of NBC, likely to be uploaded in near future.
Kindly examine the drafts and mail your comments, if any (in the attached formats preferably through e-mail), to the undersigned.
You are also requested to further disseminate this email to the stakeholders concerned to enable them to examine the drafts and send comments thereon, if any.
Last Date for comments: 11 December 2015 .
Thanking you,
Sanjay Pant
Scientist & Director (Civil Engineering)
Bureau of Indian Standards
Manak Bhavan
9 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi 110 002 (INDIA)
Phone: 011-23230131 Extn 4402
Fax: 011-23235529