In India, with a view to ensure construction quality various bodies formulate guidelines & specifications. Some of the main institutions/ bodies are as under:-
- Bureau of Indian Standards - BIS
- The Indian Roads Congress - IRC
BIS is a statutory institution established under the Bureau of Indian Standard Act, to promote harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods. The standards are revised periodically, keeping in view the rapid development in field and to bring in further modifications/ improvements in light of experience gained while using the earlier version of the standard. Earlier this was known as "Indian Standards Institution".
The BIS codes give detailed guidelines for:-
- Material specifications and testing.
- Construction methods and practices.
- Soil Investigation
- Design of RCC including reinforcement detailing from seismic considerations
- Design Steel structures including welding.
