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IS 1343 : 2012

Prestressed Concrete - Code of Practice (Second Revision)

Current edition: 2012

Sectional committee: CED 02 · BIS department: Civil Engineering (CED)

What this standard covers

This standard deals with the general structural use of prestressed concrete. It covers both work carried out on site and the manufacture of precast prestressed concrete units. 1.2 Special requirements of structures such as pipes and poles covered in respective standards have not been covered in this standard; these standards shall be used in conjunction with this standard.

Scope, quoted from IS 1343 : 2012. Read the full standard

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

  • 19.2 Effects of Prestress
  • 19.3 Deductions for Prestressing Tendons
  • 19.4 Instability During Erection
  • 19.5 Prestressing Requirements
  • 19.5.1 Maximum Initial Prestress
  • 19.5.2 Losses in Prestress
  • 19.6 Considerations Affecting Design Details
  • 19.6.1 Transmission Zone in Pre-tensioned Members
  • 19.6.2 End Zone in Post-tensioned Members
  • 19.6.4 Continuity
  • 19.6.5 Butted Assembly
  • 20.1 Limit State Design
  • 20.2 Limit State of Collapse
  • 20.3 Limit States of Serviceability
  • 20.3.1 Limit State of Serviceability Deflection
  • 20.3.2 Limit State of Serviceability: Cracking
  • 20.3.4 Limit State of Serviceability; Maximum
  • 20.3.5 Other Limit States

Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS”, “SAFETY AND REQUIREMENTS” in IS 1343 : 2012. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

  • 4 SYMBOLS
  • 5 MATERIALS
  • 6 CONCRETE
  • 8 DURABILITY OF CONCRETE
  • 9 CONCRETE MIX PROPORTIONING
  • 10 PRODUCTION OF CONCRETE
  • 11 FORMWORK
  • 12 ASSEMBLY OF PRESTRESSING AND REINFORCING STEEL
  • 13 PRESTRESSING
  • 14 TRANSPORTING, PLACING, COMPACTING
  • 15 CONCRETING UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS
  • 16 SAMPLING AND STRENGTH TEST OF CONCRETE MIX
  • 17 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
  • 18 INSPECTION AND TESTING OF STRUCTURES
  • 19 GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
  • 20 SAFETY AND REQUIREMENTS
  • 21 CHARACTERISTIC AND DESIGN VALUES
  • 22 ANALYSIS
  • 23 LIMIT STATE OF COLLAPSE
  • 24 LIMIT STATE OF SERVICEABILITY

Test methods it refers to

  • IS 1199

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

  • IS 1343 : 2012 — current edition (last reviewed by BIS 2022-11-01)

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

CPWD DSR 2021 (Civil Works)

Item codeDescription (verbatim)
26.75Providing & laying in position Prestressing steel strands (low relaxation) on hollow core bed by using mechanical pulling arrangement like Rabbit/ Bed master including all accessories for Stressing & destressing operatio…

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  • Generated 2026-07-27.