🏗 Important IS & IRC Codes for Civil
Engineering
🏢 RCC (Reinforced Cement Concrete)
IS Code Description
IS 456: 2000 Code of practice for plain and reinforced
concrete
IS 516: 1959 Method of Tests for strength of concrete (Split
into multiple parts in 2018)
IS 1199: 1959 Method of sampling and Analysis of concrete
(Split into multiple parts in 2018)
IS 10262: 2019 Guidelines for concrete mix proportioning
(Revision of 2009)
IS 1893 (Part 1): 2016 Criteria for earthquake resistant design of
structures - General Provisions and Buildings
🔩 Steel Structures
IS Code Description
IS 800: 2007 Code of practice for general construction in
steel
SP 6 (Part 1): 1964 Handbook for structural Engineers: Structural
steel sections
SP 6 (Part 2): 1962 Handbook for structural Engineers: Steel
beam and plate girders
SP 6 (Part 3): 1962 Handbook for structural Engineers: Steel
columns and struts
SP 6 (Part 4): 1969 Handbook for structural Engineers: Use of
High
Strength Friction Grip Bolts
SP 6 (Part 5): 1980 Handbook for structural Engineers: Cold
Formed Light Gauge Steel Structures
SP 6 (Part 6): 1972 Handbook for structural Engineers:
Application of Plastic Theory in Design of Steel
Structures
⚖ Design Loads & Safety
IS Code Description
IS 875 (Part 1): 1987 Design loads for buildings and structures -
Dead Loads
IS Code Description
IS 875 (Part 3): 2015 Design loads for buildings and structures -
Wind Loads
IS 13920: 2016 Ductile detailing of reinforced concrete
structures subjected to seismic forces
IS 4081: 2013 Safety code for blasting and related drilling
operations
🛣 Highway Engineering (IRC Codes)
IRC Code Description
IRC 37: 2018 Guidelines for the design of flexible
pavements
IRC 58: 2015 Guidelines for the design of plain jointed rigid
pavements for highways
IRC 73: 1980 Geometric Design standards for rural
(Non-urban) highways
IRC 81: 1997 Guidelines for strengthening of flexible road
pavement using Benkelman Beam Deflection
Technique
IRC SP-23: 1983 Vertical curves for Highways
IRC 25: 1967 Type Designs for Boundary Stones
IRC 67: 2012 Code of practice for Road Signs
IRC 75: 2015 Guidelines for the Design of High
Embankments
IRC 55: 1974 Recommended Practice for Sand-Bitumen
Base Courses
IRC 65: 1976 Recommended practice for traffic rotaries
IRC 103: 2012 Guidelines for pedestrian facilities
🧱 Building Materials: Cement
IS Code Description
IS 269: 2015 Specification for Ordinary Portland Cement
(Replaces old 33, 43, 53 Grade standards)
IS 4031 (Parts 1-15) Methods of physical tests for hydraulic
cement
IS 1489 (Part 1): 2015 Portland Pozzolana Cement - Specification
(Fly
Ash Based)
IS 8112: 2013 Specification for 43 grade Ordinary Portland
Cement
IS 12269: 2013 Specification for 53 grade Ordinary Portland
Cement
IS 455: 2015 Portland Slag Cement - Specification
IS 12330: 1988 Specification for Sulphate Resisting Portland
Cement
IS 8042: 2015 White Portland Cement - Specification
IS 8043: 1991 Hydrophobic Portland Cement - Specification
IS 6909: 1990 Supersulphated Cement - Specification
🧱 Building Materials: Bricks & Masonry
IS Code Description
IS 1077: 1992 Common Burnt Clay Building Bricks -
Specification
IS 2180: 1988 Heavy Duty Burnt Clay Building Bricks -
Specification
IS 2222: 1991 Burnt Clay Solid Wire Cut Bricks -
Specification
IS 12894: 2002 Pulverized Fuel Ash-Lime Bricks -
Specification
IS 3952: 2013 Hollow Clay Masonry Units - Specification
IS 2250: 1981 Code of Practice for Preparation and Use of
Masonry Mortars
IS 2116: 1980 Specification for Sand for Masonry Mortars
IS 1542: 1992 Specification for Sand for Plaster
🪨 Aggregates
IS Code Description
IS 383: 2016 Coarse and fine aggregates for concrete -
Specification
IS 2386 (Parts 1-8) Methods of test for aggregates for concrete
🚜 Soil Engineering
IS Code Description
IS 2720 (Parts 1-41) Methods of test for soils
IS 1498: 1970 Classification and identification of soils for
general engineering purposes
💧 Water Supply & Sanitation
IS Code Description
IS 10500: 2012 Specification for Drinking Water
IS 1172: 1993 Code of basic requirements for water supply,
drainage and sanitation
IS 2065: 1983 Code of practice for water supply in buildings
🌊 Irrigation & Hydraulics
IS Code Description
IS 5529 (Part 1): 2013 Code of practice for in-situ permeability tests:
Tests in overburden
IS 12169: 1987 Criteria for design of small embankment
dams
IS 10137: 1982 Guidelines for selection of spillways and
energy dissipators
💰 Estimating & Valuation
IS Code Description
IS 1200 (Part 1): 1992 Measurement of building works: Earthwork
IS 1200 (Part 2): 1974 Measurement of building works: Concrete
Works
IS 1200 (Part 15): 1987 Measurement of building works: Painting,
Polishing, Varnishing
🛠 Miscellaneous
IS Code Description
IS 3085: 1965 Method of test for permeability of cement
mortar and concrete
IS 6313 (Parts 1-3) Code of practice for anti-termite measures in
buildings
IS 14900: 2018 Transparent Float Glass - Specification
IS 5978: 1970 Code of practice for design of wood poles for
overhead power lines
IS 7320: 1974 Specification for Concrete Slump Test
Apparatus
IS 9779: 1981 Specification for Sound Level Meters