The National Building Code of India (NBC) was established in 1970 to provide standards for building construction. It is overseen by the Indian Standards Institution and aims to standardize construction practices across government departments, municipalities, and other agencies. The NBC establishes panels of experts to draft sections covering topics like architecture, structural engineering, construction practices, building services, and more. It has been periodically updated to incorporate changes in building bye-laws, materials standards, and additional requirements.

1. Prepared by :- Mr. Mital Damani
QUALITY STANDARDS

2. The design of NBC based on or useful to Govnt. Department ,Municipal
corporation construction agencies & many more ..
The planning commission entrusted the responsibility to design NBC in hands of
(ISI) Indian standards institution. For this advisory commission set up in civil
engineering division council in 1967. for drafting various section of the code , 18
panels of experts were formed.
 Architecture
 Town planner
 Material agencies
 Structural engineers
 Construction engineering
 Public health engineer
 Electrical engineer
 Air condition experts
 Acoustics experts .. Etc
NATIONAL BUILDING CODE
(NBC)

3. Action taken by committee is as under :
 Modification in the prevailing specification , handbooks, manuals
 Modification in the building bye laws of municipalities , zilla parishads ,
etc.
After publishing NBC code in 1970 . Many comments come from different
body of civil engineering based on that many new code designed which is
IS: 456, IS: 4326,1893 , IS:1905 , IS:800 , SP 7:2005 ,NBC -2012 is under
draft stage …
NBC..

4.  Administration , development control rules and general building
requirement
 Fire protection requirement
 Building material
 Structural load : loads, foundation , wood, masonry , concrete , steel ,
prefabrication and systems building .
 Construction practice and safety
 Building service : lighting & ventilation , electrical installation , air
conditioning & heating ,acoustics, lifts ….
 Plumbing services : water supply ,drainage & sanitation , gas ..
 Rules for erection of sigs and outdoors display structure
IMPORTANT POINT COVERED IN
NBC

5.  Addition of development control rules
 Addition of requirement for green belts & landscaping including norms
for plantation of shrubs & trees
 Addition of special requirement for low income housing
 Addition of fire safety regulation for high rise building
 Revision of structural design section based on concrete code, earthquake ,
etc.
 Addition of outside design conditions for important cities in the country
 Addition of requirement relating to noise & vibration , air filter , energy
conservation for air conditioning
 Addition of guidance on the design of water supply system for
multistoried building
CHANGES INCORPORATED IN
NEW NBC -2005

6.  NBC covers construction specification , designs criteria & suggestion .
 For the implementation building bye law
 Used by town planner
 Structural designer
 Loads diversity
 Test methods of different material
 Roads construction
 Material selection
 Founding something new in building material as well as in different
implementation of project
 For architecture standards
 Water distribution system
 Geo testing related method
 TQC total quality control
 Electrical fitting
WHY TO REFER NBC

7.  Management commitment to ISO 9000
 Set up an implementation committee
 ISO awareness campaign
 Prepare action plan
 Develop an organization structure
 Develop quality system document
 Prepare the resources system in the line with the standard
STEPS TO INSTALLATION OF ISO
9000 QUALITY SYSTEM