Invitation for a 2-Day National Workshop on National Building Code of India 2016: 20-21 Feb, 2018 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

Dear Colleagues,

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), as part of its efforts towards ensuring safety and sustainability of buildings and built environment, has been continuously working towards formulation and revision of Indian Standards on diverse areas impacting quality and safety of construction.  In this direction, BIS has revised the National Building Code of India (2005 version) and notified the latest version National Building Code of India -2016. 

In order to disseminate information about the the Code, BIS jointly with the Indian Buildings Congress (IBC), New Delhi, and in association with Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, is organizing a 2-day Workshop on "National Building Code of India 2016" on 20 & 21 February 2018 at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, India. It may be noted that the speakers indicated in the workshop program below are Conveners/Expert members of the relevant chapters of the Code who have contributed in the revision of NBC. Session II is dedicated to the provisions on Accessibility covered in the National Building Code. 

A copy of the Invitation brochure published by Indian Buildings Congress can be accessed Here. 

2-day National Workshop on  National Building Code of India 2016 Tentative Program:

Tuesday, 20 February 2018
0900h – 1000h	Registration
1000h – 1100h	Inaugural Session
1100h – 1130h	High Tea
1130h – 1300h	Session I    Overview of NBC 2016 including Administration, Development  Control Rules & General Building Requirements Chairman: Shri V. Suresh (Convener, Panel for Administration, Development Control & General Building Requirements of NBC 2016) Speaker:      Shri Sanjay Pant (Head (Civil Engg), BIS)
1300h – 1400h	Lunch
1400h – 1445h	Session II    Provisions on Accessibility Chairman:    Shri T. N. Gupta (Convener, Panel for Building Materials, of NBC 2016) Speaker:      Shri Subhash Chandra Vashishth (Member, Panel for Administration,                      Development Control & General Building Requirements of NBC 2016)
1445h – 1630h	Session III   Fire and Life Safety Chairman:    Dr Anoop K Mittal (Sr Vice President, IBC & CMD, NBCC India Ltd.) Speaker:      Shri S.K. Dheri (Convener, Panel for Fire Protection of NBC 2016)                     Shri Gulshan Khurana (Member, Panel for Fire Protection of NBC 2016)                     Shri Sandeep Goel (Member, Panel for Fire Protection of NBC 2016)
1630h – 1645h	Tea
1645h – 1730h	Session IV   Asset and Facility Management Chairman:     Shri Deepak Narayan, Past President, IBC Speaker:       Shri Krishna Kant (Convener, Panel for Asset & Facility Management                       of NBC 2016)
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
1000h – 1130h	Session V    Structural Design Including Disaster Resistant Design of                      Structures Chairman:     Dr D. K. Paul (Chairman, Earthquake Engineering Committee of BIS) Speaker:       Shri V.V. Arora (Convener, Panel for Masonry of NBC 2016)
1130h – 1200h	Tea
1200h – 1300h	Session VI   Prefabrication, Systems Building and Mixed/Composite                      Construction   Chairman:    Shri Rajesh Goel, CMD, Hindustan Prefab Limited, New Delhi Speaker:      Shri M.P. Naidu (Convener, Panel for Prefabrication and Systems                      Building of NBC 2016)
1300h – 1400h	Lunch
1400h – 1500h	Session VII  Construction Management, Practices and Safety Chairman:     Shri H S Dogra (Chairman, CEDC, BIS)   Speaker:       Shri Jose Kurian (Convener, Panel for Concrete of NBC 2016)
1500h – 1545h	Session VIII Building Services - Electrical Installations Chairman:    Dr. Prem C. Jain (Convener, Panel for Sustainability of NBC 2016)  Speaker:      Smt Shruti Goel (Member, Panel for Electrical Installations, NBC2016)
1545h – 1600h	Tea
1600h – 1645h	Session IX  Building Services - ICT in Buildings Chairman:   Shri  Prabhakar Singh, Special DG, (DR.),CPWD Speaker:     Shri AK Mittal,(Convener, Panel for ICT in Buildings of NBC 2016)
1645h – 1745h	Panel Discussion cum Concluding Session Chairman:       Shri K.B. Rajoria, Past President, IBC      Panelists Topic Dr. Mahesh Kumar Water Shri Rajeev Goel Aggregates Dr. Vimal Kumar Bricks Shri J. Asudani Sand Shri H.K. Srivastava Skill Development Shri Rajesh Goel Transportation Shri Shishir Bansal  Centering & Shuttering
1745h	High Tea

Registration
Please note that the registration shall be done on first come first serve basis and registration is mandatory for entry to the workshop. For further details, enquiry and registration, please contact :

Shri Pradeep Mittal 
Hony. Secretary
Indian Buildings Congress,
Sector-VI, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110022
Phone: 011-26170197, 26169531, Fax: 26196391
Mobile: 9811075333; 9311075333
Email: info@ibc.org.in, indianbldgscongress@gmail.com

About NBC

The National Building Code of India (NBC), a comprehensive building Code, is a national instrument providing guidelines for regulating the building construction activities across the country. It serves as a Model Code for adoption by all agencies involved in building construction works be they Public Works Departments, other government construction departments, local bodies or private construction agencies. The Code mainly contains administrative regulations, development control rules and general building requirements; fire safety requirements; stipulations regarding materials, structural design and construction (including safety); building and plumbing services; approach to sustainability; and asset and facility management.