1)Indian Standards on cement
1The Cement (Quality Control) Order 2003 mandates that no person shall himself or by any person on his behalf, manufacture or store for sale, sell or distribute cement which does not conform to th
e Specified Standard and which do not bear the Standard mark.
As per the above order, the following 14 cement standards fall under mandatory certification.
a) IS 269:2015 Ordinary Portland cement — Specification (sixth revision)
b) IS 455:2015 Portland slag cement — Specification (fifth revision)
c) IS 1489 (Part 1):2015 Portland pozzolana cement — Specification Part 1 Flyash based (fourth revision)
d) IS 1489 (Part 2):2015 Portland pozzolana cement — Specification Part 2 calcined clay based (fourth revision)
e) IS 3466:1988 Specification for masonry cement (second revision)
f) IS 6452:1989 High alumina cement for structural use — Specification (first revision)
g) IS 6909:1990 Supersulphated cement — Specification (first revision)
h) IS 8041:1990 Rapid hardening Portland cement — Specification (second revision)
i) IS 8042:2015 White Portland cement — Specification (third revision)
j) IS 8043:1991 Hydrophobic Portland cement — Specification (second revision)
k) IS 8229:1986 Specification for oil-well cement (first revision)
l) IS 12330:1988 Specification for sulphate resisting Portland cement
m) IS 12600:1989 Portland cement, low heat — Specification
n) IS 16415:2015 Composite cement — Specification
2) Indian Standards on Steel Products
The Steel and Steel products Quality Control Order 2018 mandates that 9 of the following Civil Engineering Standards are under mandatory certification and that violating the same may be punishable by law
a) IS 432(Part 1):1982 Specification for mild steel and medium tensile steel bars and hard-drawn steel wire for concrete reinforcement: Part 1 Mild steel and medium tensile steel bars (third revision)
b) IS 432(Part 2):1982 Specification for mild steel and medium tensile steel bars and hard-drawn steel wire for concrete reinforcement: Part 2 Hard- drawn steel wire (third revision)
c) IS 1785(Part 1):1983 Specification for plain hard-drawn steel wire for prestressed concrete: Part 1 Cold-drawn stress relieved wire (second revision)
d) IS 1785(Part 2):1983 Specification for plain hard-drawn steel wire for prestressed concrete: Part 2 As drawn wire (first revision)
e) IS 1786:2008 High strength deformed steel bars and wires for concrete reinforcement ― Specification (fourth revision) (superseding IS 1139:1966)
f) IS 6003:2010 Specification for indented wire for prestressed concrete
g) IS 6006:2014 Uncoated stress relieved strand for prestressed concrete ― Specification (second revision)
h) IS 13620:1993 Fusion bonded epoxy coated reinforcing bars ― Specification
i) IS 14268:2017 Uncoated stress relieved low relaxation seven wire (ply) strand for prestressed concrete ― Specification (first revision)
3) National Building Code 2016 (NBC)
Various Parts/Sections of NBC are referred for compliance in the Building Byelaws/Fire Regulations/concerned Acts and other building regulatory documents of various states and their local bodies.
4) Various building materials and products for building construction and infrastructure works are referred for compliance in various state government tender and bidding/procurement documents, work orders, etc, such as pipes for water supply, drainage, sewerage, and irrigation; valves; paver blocks; manhole covers and frames; roofing sheets; wood products like various types of plywood, blockboard, particle board, and fibre board; doors and windows; fire fighting equipment; bricks and blocks; etc.
5)Various design and construction codes are referred for compliance for design and construction of various buildings and other structures especially in the construction of works by the central and state government and bodies thereunder, and in various local building byelaws.
