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Country	Designation	Scope (our words)	Status	Subjects
India	CPHEEO Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management (2016)	Central government manual for collection, processing and disposal of city waste.	current	Solid Waste Management
India	CPHEEO Manual on Sewerage and Sewage Treatment Systems (2013)	Central government manual for sewer networks and sewage treatment plants.	current	Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering, Environmental Engineering (overview)
India	CPHEEO Manual on Water Supply and Treatment	Central government manual for planning, design and operation of public water supply.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Environmental Engineering (overview)
India	EIA Notification, 2006 (MoEFCC)	Which projects need prior environmental clearance and the steps to obtain it.	current	Environmental Impact Assessment
India	IRC:112	Code of practice for concrete road bridges.	current	Prestressed Concrete, Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:119	Guidelines for traffic safety barriers.	current	Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering
India	IRC:22	Composite (steel-concrete) construction for road bridges.	current	Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:24	Steel road bridges (limit state method).	current	Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:35	Code of practice for road markings.	current	Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering
India	IRC:37	Guidelines for the design of flexible pavements.	current	Highway Engineering, Pavement Design
India	IRC:58	Guidelines for the design of plain jointed rigid pavements for highways.	current	Pavement Design
India	IRC:6	Standard specifications for road bridges: loads and load combinations.	current	Bridge Engineering, Flyovers and Interchanges
India	IRC:67	Code of practice for road signs.	current	Transportation Engineering, Highway Engineering
India	IRC:73	Geometric design standards for rural (non-urban) highways.	current	Transportation Engineering, Highway Engineering
India	IRC:78	Foundations and substructure of road bridges.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:79	Recommended practice for road delineators.	current	Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering
India	IRC:83 (Parts I to IV)	Road bridge bearings: metallic, elastomeric, pot and spherical types by part.	current	Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:86	Geometric design standards for urban roads.	current	Transportation Engineering, Highway Engineering, Flyovers and Interchanges
India	IRC:SP:59	Guidelines for use of geosynthetics in road pavements and associated works.	current	Highway Engineering, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IRC:SP:69	Guidelines and specifications for expansion joints in road bridges.	current	Bridge Engineering
India	IRC:SP:91	Guidelines for road tunnels.	current	Tunnel Engineering
India	IRS Concrete Bridge Code (RDSO)	Design and construction of concrete railway bridges.	current	Bridge Engineering, Railway Engineering
India	IRS T-12 (RDSO)	Indian Railway standard specification for flat-bottom rails.	current	Railway Engineering
India	IS 10262	Guidelines for proportioning concrete mixes.	current	Concrete Technology
India	IS 10500	Specification for drinking water quality.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Environmental Engineering (overview)
India	IS 1077	Common burnt clay building bricks.	current	Building Materials, Building Construction
India	IS 1172	Basic requirements for water supply, drainage and sanitation, including per-capita demand.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Building Plumbing
India	IS 1199	Methods of sampling and analysis of fresh concrete, including slump.	current	Concrete Technology
India	IS 1200 (series)	Method of measurement of building and civil engineering works, one part per trade.	current	Estimation and Quantity Surveying
India	IS 1343	Design and construction of prestressed concrete.	current	Prestressed Concrete
India	IS 13920	Ductile design and detailing of reinforced concrete structures for seismic forces.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Earthquake Engineering
India	IS 14268	Uncoated stress-relieved low-relaxation seven-wire strand for prestressed concrete.	current	Prestressed Concrete
India	IS 14846	Sluice valves for water works purposes.	current	Water Supply Engineering
India	IS 1489 (Parts 1 and 2)	Portland pozzolana cement (fly ash and calcined clay based).	current	Concrete Technology, Building Materials
India	IS 1498	Classification and identification of soils for general engineering purposes.	current	Soil Mechanics
India	IS 15462	Polymer and rubber modified bitumen.	current	Highway Engineering, Pavement Design
India	IS 15883 (series)	Guidelines for construction project management, one part per knowledge area.	current	Schedule Management, Quality, Safety and Risk, Project Management, Cost Management
India	IS 1742	Code of practice for building drainage.	current	Building Plumbing
India	IS 1786	High-strength deformed steel bars for concrete reinforcement.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Building Materials
India	IS 1893 (Part 1)	Criteria for earthquake-resistant design: seismic zones and how to work out earthquake forces.	current	Structural Analysis, Reinforced Concrete Design, Earthquake Engineering
India	IS 1904	Design and construction of foundations in soils: general requirements.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IS 2062	Hot-rolled structural steel: grades and requirements.	current	Steel Design, Building Materials
India	IS 2065	Code of practice for water supply in buildings.	current	Building Plumbing
India	IS 2185 (series)	Concrete masonry units: hollow and solid blocks, AAC and others by part.	current	Building Materials, Building Construction
India	IS 2386 (Parts 1 to 8)	Methods of test for aggregates for concrete: shape, strength, soundness and more.	current	Concrete Technology
India	IS 2470 (Parts 1 and 2)	Installation of septic tanks and secondary treatment of their effluent.	current	Building Plumbing, Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering
India	IS 2502	Code of practice for bending and fixing of bars for concrete reinforcement.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Estimation and Quantity Surveying
India	IS 269	Ordinary Portland cement: requirements.	current	Concrete Technology, Building Materials
India	IS 2720 (series)	Methods of test for soils: water content, limits, compaction, shear and others, each in its own part.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Soil Mechanics
India	IS 2911 (series)	Design and construction of pile foundations.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IS 2950 (Part 1)	Design and construction of raft foundations.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IS 3370 (series)	Concrete structures for storage of liquids.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Water Supply Engineering
India	IS 383	Coarse and fine aggregate for concrete: requirements.	current	Building Materials, Concrete Technology
India	IS 4326	Earthquake-resistant design and construction of buildings, including masonry features such as bands.	current	Earthquake Engineering, Building Construction
India	IS 455	Portland slag cement.	current	Concrete Technology, Building Materials
India	IS 456	Plain and reinforced concrete: general rules for materials, durability, design and construction.	current	Concrete Technology, Building Construction, Reinforced Concrete Design
India	IS 4651 (series)	Planning and design of ports and harbours.	current	Ports and Harbours
India	IS 4880 (series)	Design of tunnels conveying water.	current	Tunnel Engineering, Dams and Hydraulic Structures
India	IS 4984	Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes for water supply.	current	Water Supply Engineering
India	IS 4985	Unplasticised PVC pipes for potable water supply.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Building Plumbing
India	IS 516	Methods of testing concrete for strength (cubes and related tests).	current	Concrete Technology
India	IS 5329	Sanitary pipe work above ground for buildings.	current	Building Plumbing
India	IS 6403	Determination of bearing capacity of shallow foundations.	current	Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IS 6512	Criteria for design of solid gravity dams.	current	Dams and Hydraulic Structures
India	IS 73	Paving bitumen: viscosity-graded (VG) specification.	current	Highway Engineering, Pavement Design
India	IS 7784 (series)	Design of cross-drainage works such as aqueducts and syphons.	current	Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering, Dams and Hydraulic Structures
India	IS 800	General construction in steel: limit state design of steel members and connections.	current	Steel Design
India	IS 8009 (Part 1)	Calculation of settlement of shallow foundations.	current	Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
India	IS 8329	Centrifugally cast ductile iron pressure pipes for water, gas and sewage.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering
India	IS 875 (Parts 1 to 5)	Design loads other than earthquake: dead, imposed, wind, snow and load combinations.	current	Structural Analysis, Steel Design, Reinforced Concrete Design
India	IS 9103	Concrete admixtures: specification.	current	Concrete Technology
India	Indian Railway Standard Bridge Rules (RDSO)	Loads for railway bridges.	current	Railway Engineering, Bridge Engineering
India	Indian Railways Permanent Way Manual	Standards and practice for track laying and maintenance.	current	Railway Engineering
India	NBC 2016 Part 9 (Plumbing Services)	Water supply, drainage, sanitation and gas supply within buildings.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering, Building Plumbing
India	National Ambient Air Quality Standards (CPCB, 2009)	Limits for common air pollutants in outdoor air.	current	Air and Noise Pollution
India	National Building Code of India 2016	Model code for buildings: planning, structural design, fire, construction practice and safety, building services.	current	Earthquake Engineering, Building Plumbing, Reinforced Concrete Design, Building Construction, Project Management, Quality, Safety and Risk, Construction Methods and Equipment
India	Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000	Ambient noise limits by area category and time of day.	current	Air and Noise Pollution
India	Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016	National rules on duties of waste generators and local bodies.	current	Solid Waste Management
USA	40 CFR Part 258	Federal criteria for municipal solid waste landfills.	current	Solid Waste Management
USA	AACE International Recommended Practices	Cost engineering practices, including estimate classification.	current	Schedule Management, Cost Management
USA	AACE RP 29R-03	Recommended practice on forensic schedule analysis.	current	Contracts and Claims, Schedule Management
USA	AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures (1993)	Empirical pavement design method based on road test data.	current	Highway Engineering, Pavement Design
USA	AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications	Load and resistance factor design of highway bridges.	current	Bridge Engineering
USA	AASHTO MASH	Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware: crash test procedures for roadside hardware.	current	Highway Engineering
USA	ACI 211.1	Standard practice for selecting proportions for normal, heavyweight and mass concrete.	current	Concrete Technology
USA	ACI 318	Building code requirements for structural concrete.	current	Concrete Technology, Reinforced Concrete Design, Prestressed Concrete
USA	ACI 350	Code requirements for environmental engineering concrete structures (tanks, treatment plants).	current	Water Supply Engineering, Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering
USA	AISC 360	Specification for structural steel buildings.	current	Steel Design
USA	AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering	North American railway engineering recommended practice.	current	Railway Engineering
USA	ASCE/SEI 7	Minimum design loads (dead, live, wind, snow, seismic) for buildings and other structures.	current	Structural Analysis, Reinforced Concrete Design, Steel Design, Earthquake Engineering
USA	ASTM A615	Deformed and plain carbon-steel bars for concrete reinforcement.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design
USA	ASTM A975	Double-twisted hexagonal mesh gabions and revet mattresses.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering
USA	ASTM C143	Slump of hydraulic-cement concrete.	current	Concrete Technology
USA	ASTM C150	Portland cement specification.	current	Concrete Technology
USA	ASTM C39	Compressive strength of cylindrical concrete specimens.	current	Concrete Technology, Building Materials
USA	ASTM C494	Chemical admixtures for concrete.	current	Concrete Technology
USA	ASTM D1557	Laboratory compaction of soil using modified effort.	current	Soil Mechanics
USA	ASTM D698	Laboratory compaction of soil using standard effort.	current	Soil Mechanics
USA	FAA AC 150/5300-13	Airport design advisory circular.	current	Airport Engineering
USA	FHWA GEC No. 7	Geotechnical Engineering Circular on soil nail walls.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
USA	International Plumbing Code (ICC)	Model code for plumbing systems in buildings.	current	Building Plumbing
USA	NFPA 13	Installation of sprinkler systems.	current	Building Plumbing
USA	National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)	Federal law requiring environmental review of major federal actions.	current	Environmental Impact Assessment
USA	PMI PMBOK Guide / ANSI standard for project management	Framework of project management principles and practices.	current	Cost Management, Project Management, Schedule Management
USA	Uniform Plumbing Code (IAPMO)	Model code for plumbing systems in buildings.	current	Building Plumbing
UK	BS 1377	Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes.	partly superseded by EN ISO 17892	Soil Mechanics
UK	BS 4449	Steel for the reinforcement of concrete: weldable bar, coil and decoiled product.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design
UK	BS 5400	Steel, concrete and composite bridges.	historical (withdrawn; replaced by Eurocodes)	Bridge Engineering
UK	BS 5930	Code of practice for ground investigations.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Soil Mechanics, Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics
UK	BS 5950	Structural use of steelwork in building.	historical (withdrawn; replaced by Eurocode 3)	Steel Design
UK	BS 5975	Code of practice for temporary works procedures and falsework.	current	Building Construction, Construction Methods and Equipment
UK	BS 6349 (series)	Maritime works: planning and design of berths, breakwaters and other marine structures.	current	Ports and Harbours
UK	BS 8004	Code of practice for foundations.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
UK	BS 8006-1	Code of practice for strengthened/reinforced soils and other fills.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
UK	BS 8110	Structural use of concrete.	historical (withdrawn; replaced by Eurocode 2)	Reinforced Concrete Design
UK	BS 8500	UK complementary standard to BS EN 206 for specifying concrete.	current	Concrete Technology
UK	NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract	Contract suite built around collaboration and early warning.	current	Procurement and Tendering, Contracts and Claims
UK	PAS 1192-2	Information management for BIM.	historical (superseded by ISO 19650)	Building Information Modelling (BIM)
UK	SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol	Guidance on records, delay analysis and extension of time (Society of Construction Law).	current	Contracts and Claims, Schedule Management
Europe	EN 10080	Steel for the reinforcement of concrete: weldable reinforcing steel, general.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design
Europe	EN 12056 (series)	Gravity drainage systems inside buildings.	current	Building Plumbing
Europe	EN 12350 (series)	Testing fresh concrete, including slump.	current	Concrete Technology
Europe	EN 12390 (series)	Testing hardened concrete, including compressive strength.	current	Concrete Technology
Europe	EN 12591	Bitumen and bituminous binders: paving grade bitumens.	current	Highway Engineering
Europe	EN 1317 (series)	Road restraint systems: performance classes and impact test methods.	current	Highway Engineering
Europe	EN 13230 (series)	Concrete sleepers and bearers for railway track.	current	Railway Engineering
Europe	EN 1337 (series)	Structural bearings.	current	Bridge Engineering
Europe	EN 13674 (series)	Railway rails.	current	Railway Engineering
Europe	EN 14487 (series)	Sprayed concrete: definitions, specification and execution.	current	Tunnel Engineering, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
Europe	EN 197-1	Cement: composition and conformity of common cements.	current	Concrete Technology
Europe	EN 1990 (Eurocode 0)	Basis of structural design: limit states, combinations and reliability.	current	Structural Analysis, Reinforced Concrete Design
Europe	EN 1991 (Eurocode 1)	Actions on structures: self-weight, imposed, wind, snow, thermal, traffic.	current	Structural Analysis, Bridge Engineering
Europe	EN 1992 (Eurocode 2)	Design of concrete structures.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Prestressed Concrete
Europe	EN 1993 (Eurocode 3)	Design of steel structures.	current	Steel Design
Europe	EN 1994 (Eurocode 4)	Design of composite steel and concrete structures.	current	Steel Design, Bridge Engineering
Europe	EN 1995 (Eurocode 5)	Design of timber structures.	current	Building Materials
Europe	EN 1996 (Eurocode 6)	Design of masonry structures.	current	Building Construction
Europe	EN 1997 (Eurocode 7)	Geotechnical design.	current	Engineering Geology, Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
Europe	EN 1998 (Eurocode 8)	Design of structures for earthquake resistance.	current	Earthquake Engineering
Europe	EN 1999 (Eurocode 9)	Design of aluminium structures.	current	Building Materials
Europe	EN 206	Concrete: specification, performance, production and conformity.	current	Concrete Technology
Europe	EN 752	Drain and sewer systems outside buildings: management and design.	current	Sanitation and Wastewater Engineering
Europe	EN 806 (series)	Installations inside buildings conveying water for human consumption.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Building Plumbing
Europe	EN 934-2	Admixtures for concrete: definitions and requirements.	current	Concrete Technology
Europe	ETAG 027	Falling rock protection kits.	historical (replaced by EAD 340059-00-0106)	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
Germany	DIN 1045 (series)	Concrete, reinforced and prestressed concrete structures; now read with Eurocode 2 and its national annex.	current (parts revised)	Reinforced Concrete Design
Germany	DIN 1054	Subsoil verification of safety; German supplement to Eurocode 7.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Soil Mechanics
Germany	DIN 1986-100	Drainage systems on private ground, supplementing EN 12056 and EN 752.	current	Building Plumbing
Germany	DIN 1988 (series)	Technical rules for drinking water installations, supplementing EN 806.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Building Plumbing
Germany	DIN 276	Building costs: cost groups and cost planning stages.	current	Cost Management, Estimation and Quantity Surveying
Germany	DIN 4085	Calculation of earth pressure.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Soil Mechanics
Germany	DIN 4109	Sound insulation in buildings.	current	Building Construction, Air and Noise Pollution
Germany	DIN 4149	Buildings in German earthquake areas.	historical (replaced by Eurocode 8 with national annex)	Earthquake Engineering
Germany	DIN 69900	Project management: network techniques.	current	Schedule Management, Project Management
Germany	VOB (Parts A, B and C)	German construction contract procedures and general terms.	current	Procurement and Tendering, Contracts and Claims
Japan	AIJ Standard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete Structures	Architectural Institute of Japan design standard for RC buildings.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design
Japan	JIS A 1101	Method of test for slump of concrete.	current	Concrete Technology
Japan	JIS A 1108	Method of test for compressive strength of concrete.	current	Concrete Technology
Japan	JIS A 1210	Test method for soil compaction using a rammer.	current	Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
Japan	JIS G 3112	Steel bars for concrete reinforcement.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Building Materials
Japan	JIS R 5210	Portland cement.	current	Concrete Technology, Building Materials
Japan	JIS R 5211	Portland blast-furnace slag cement.	current	Concrete Technology
Japan	JSCE Standard Specifications for Concrete Structures	Japan Society of Civil Engineers specifications for design, construction and maintenance.	current	Concrete Technology, Bridge Engineering, Reinforced Concrete Design
Japan	Specifications for Highway Bridges (Japan Road Association)	National design specifications for road bridges.	current	Bridge Engineering
Australia	AS 1012 (series)	Methods of testing concrete.	current	Concrete Technology
Australia	AS 1170.4	Earthquake actions in Australia.	current	Earthquake Engineering
Australia	AS 1289 (series)	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes.	current	Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Highway Engineering
Australia	AS 1726	Geotechnical site investigations.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics
Australia	AS 2159	Piling: design and installation.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
Australia	AS 3600	Concrete structures.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Prestressed Concrete
Australia	AS 3972	General purpose and blended cements.	current	Concrete Technology
Australia	AS 4000	General conditions of contract for construction.	current	Contracts and Claims
Australia	AS 4100	Steel structures.	current	Steel Design
Australia	AS 4678	Earth-retaining structures.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
Australia	AS 5100 (series)	Bridge design.	current	Bridge Engineering
Australia	AS/NZS 1170 (series)	Structural design actions: loads and combinations.	current	Structural Analysis, Reinforced Concrete Design, Steel Design
Australia	AS/NZS 3500 (series)	Plumbing and drainage: water services, sanitary drainage, stormwater, heated water.	current	Water Supply Engineering, Building Plumbing
Australia	AS/NZS 4671	Steel for the reinforcement of concrete.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design
Canada	CCDC 2	Stipulated price contract.	current	Contracts and Claims
Canada	CSA A23.1/A23.2	Concrete materials and methods of construction; test methods.	current	Concrete Technology
Canada	CSA A23.3	Design of concrete structures.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design, Prestressed Concrete
Canada	CSA A3000	Cementitious materials compendium.	current	Concrete Technology
Canada	CSA G30.18	Carbon steel bars for concrete reinforcement.	current	Reinforced Concrete Design
Canada	CSA S16	Design of steel structures.	current	Steel Design
Canada	CSA S6	Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code.	current	Bridge Engineering
Canada	Canadian Foundation Engineering Manual (Canadian Geotechnical Society)	National guidance on foundation investigation and design.	current	Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Soil Mechanics
Canada	National Building Code of Canada	Model building code, including structural loads in Part 4.	current	Structural Analysis, Earthquake Engineering, Reinforced Concrete Design, Steel Design
Canada	National Plumbing Code of Canada	Model code for plumbing systems.	current	Building Plumbing
International	FIDIC Conditions of Contract (Red, Yellow and Silver Books, 2017 editions)	Standard international contract forms for employer-designed, contractor-designed and turnkey works.	current	Contracts and Claims, Procurement and Tendering
International	ICAO Annex 14	International standards for aerodrome design and operation.	current	Airport Engineering
International	ISO 14001	Environmental management systems.	current	Environmental Impact Assessment
International	ISO 19650 (series)	Organisation and digitisation of information about buildings and civil works using BIM.	current	Building Information Modelling (BIM)
International	ISO 21500	Guidance on project management.	current	Project Management
International	ISO 31000	Risk management guidelines.	current	Quality, Safety and Risk
International	ISO 45001	Occupational health and safety management systems.	current	Quality, Safety and Risk
International	ISO 9001	Quality management systems: requirements.	current	Quality, Safety and Risk

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