NBC Workshop

The Department of Civil Engineering, Don Bosco College of Engineering organized one day workshop on “National Building code of India 2016 & Updates on Civil Engineering Standards” at Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda, Goa, on 24th January 2020. The workshop was jointly organized by Don Bosco College of Engineering in association with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The workshop was inaugurated by the hands of  the Chief Guest -Mr. Amandeep, Guest of Honour – Mrs. Madhurima Madhav, Director – Fr. Kinley D’Cruz, Principal – Dr. Neena S. Panandikar, HOD – Dr. Shwetha Prasana, and CESA Chairman – Mr. Godwin Fernandes. The resource persons for the workshop were Mrs. Madhurima Madhav, Mr. Amandeep and Mr. Ashok Menon. The workshop was conducted to introduce   the students to the changes made in the latest National building Code of India and other Civil Engineering Standards.

Mrs. Madhurima Madhav presented on “Overview on NBC India 2016 and updates on important Indian standards Published/Revised”. In her presentation , she gave a general overview of different parts of National building code 2016 and briefed about each part.

Mr. Amandeep in his presentation, focused on Part 6 of NBC 2016 that deals with structural design and informed about the latest inclusions in materials and testing standards. He also presented a case study on Design Construction and Retrofitting of structures with reference to Udaipur Railway station Project.

Mr. Ashok Menon in his presentation, focused on Part 4 of NBC 2016 concerned with Fire and life safety. He gave an insight about latest inclusions in NBC 2016 with planning regulations in relation to Fire and life safety.

The students showed interest in the workshop and asked several questions on the role of BIS in revision of codal provisions and process of incorporating new materials and methodologies in the codes. The workshop was attended by students from Goa college of Engineering, students and faculty of Civil Engineering department of Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda.