Role of Bureau of Indian Standards in Civil Engineering Department

Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) plays an important role Civil Engineering Department and has vital scope in Standardization in field of Civil Engineering including structural engineering, building materials and components, planning, design, construction and maintenance of civil engineering structures and built environment, construction practices, safety in building; but excluding those subjects which specifically relate to Water Resources Development and Management.

A large number of Indian Standard (IS) codes are available that are meant for virtually every aspect of civil engineering.
 

Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) provides codes for civil engineering relating to Cement and Concrete.These codes include the Standardization in following fields

1. All types of cement
2. Pozzolana
3. Testing sand, concrete, aggregates,
5. Instruments for cement and concrete testing
6. Cement plant machinery and Ferro cement concrete
7. Reinforced concrete and pre-stressed concrete
8. Test methods for concrete
9. Concrete production and execution of concrete structures
10. Performance requirements for structural concrete
11. Non-traditional reinforcing materials for concrete structures and cement and lime.
 

IS codes provided by Bureau of Indian Standard which are used for Functional Requirements In Buildings include the Standardization in following fields

1. Building Construction Practices
2. Drawing up of codes of practice for building construction and maintenance
3. Timber structures 
4. Masonry, unreinforced masonry reinforced masonry
5.Other test methods

IS codes which are used for standardization in the Public Health Engineering in the following fields

1. Water supply, 
2. Drainage and sanitation in buildings, 
3. Laying of pipelines, 
4. Small sewage treatment plants, 
5. Ancillary structures for water supply 
6. Sewerage and standardization of equipment used in public health engineering 
7. Design, manufacture, testing, operation and maintenance of these equipment.