Document Details
Name of Department/Committee : CED 46
Document Number : CED 46 ( 26840)
Document Title [English] : National Building Code of India Part 6 Structural Design Section 2 Soils and Foundations
Document Title [Hindi] : भारत की राष्ट्रीय भवन निर्माण संहिता भाग 6 संरचनात्मक डिजाइन अनुभाग 2 मृदा तथा नींव
Document Type : Revision
Language : English
Priority : 3
ICS Code : 01.120: 91.040.01
Date of Project Approval : 13-03-2024
Standards to be Revised :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 SP 7: 2016
Standards to be Superseded :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 SP 7: 2016


Classification Details
Group : Civil Engineering Design and Construction
Sub Group : Foundation, underground structures, soil and rock mechanics
Sub Sub Group : Soil Mechanics and Ground Improvement
Aspects : Others
Risk : None
Certification : None
Short Commom Man's Title :
ITCHS Code :
Ministry :
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Sustainable development Goals :
  • INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Degree of Equivalence : Indigenous
Identical/Equivalent Standards :
Organization Type:

Sl.No. Synosis Points
1 The significant modifications made in this revision of the subsection include amongst others, the following: a) Provisions on location and depth of investigation have been modified;b) Provisions on various boring techniques have been updated and continuous soil samplers have been included; c) Provisions on wash boring and mud-rotary boring have been deleted; d) Series of in-situ tests have been added, such as static cone penetration test using piezocone with pore pressure measurement (CPTu), field California bearing ratio (CBR) test, cross hole seismic test (CHST), ground penetrating radar survey (GPR), spectral analysis of surface wave (SASW) and multi-channel analysis of surface wave (MASW), dilatometer test (DMT) and in-situ permeability test, etc;
2 e) Provisions on optical and acoustic tele-viewer methods have been added; f) Provisions on pressuremeter test (PMT) have been detailed; g) Detailed explanation for deep foundation has been added; h) Provision for design and construction of combined piled raft foundations (CPRF) has been added. i) Provision relating to geotechnical instrumentation has been introduced.

Timeline Details


S.No. P-Draft
Completion Date
WC-Draft
Completion Date
Final-Draft
Completion Date
Project
Completion Date(Gazette)
Entered By Entered On
1 25-10-2024 25-03-2025 09-06-2025 24-10-2025 S ARUN KUMAR 25-10-2024
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1 Generation of Document Number 13-03-2024 -------
2 P-Draft 25-10-2024 Covering letter generated -------
3 P-Draft 25-10-2024 Duration : 21 Days CED 46, CED 46, CED 46 : P1, CED 46 : P2, CED 46 : P3, CED 46 : P4, CED 46 : P5, CED 46 : P6, CED 46 : P7, CED 46 : P8, CED 46 : P9, CED 46 : P10, CED 46 : P11, CED 46 : P12, CED 46 : P13, CED 46 : P14, CED 46 : P15, CED 46 : P16, CED 46 : P17, CED 46 : P18, CED 46 : P19, CED 46 : P20, CED 46 : P21, CED 46 : P22,  -------
4 Skipped to W-Draft 13-03-2025 Stage-Changed -------
5 WC Draft 13-03-2025 Duration : 32 Days
Submitted for HOD approval
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6 WC Draft 13-03-2025 WC approved by HOD
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