BIS holds national workshop on NBC 2016 & Recently Revised Seismic Codes
13 Dec 2017 5:47 PM GMT
Kolkata: Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) jointly with the Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE), and the Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI) organized a two-day national workshop on "NBC 2016 & Recently Revised Seismic Codes on Design, Construction & Safety of Built Structures" in Kolkata recently.
Governor of Tripura, Tathagata Roy while inaugurating the same, urged the state authorities and all local bodies for urgent implementation of the recently revised National Building Code of India 2016 (NBC 2016) and the seismic codes to ensure that all buildings and structures including the large number of high rise buildings being constructed in the country are safe against natural disasters like earthquakes. Shri Roy mentioned that the Indian Standards including the NBC 2016, although voluntary in nature, incorporate comprehensive administrative and technical provisions which can be readily adopted by the implementing authorities to suitably revise and revamp their building bye-laws.
In the workshop, a series of technical presentations were made by various experts from different IITs and practicing structural engineers, who are chairman and members of the BIS technical committee and by BIS officials.
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