IS 303 : 2024
IS 303: 2024 Plywood for General Purposes - Specification (fourth revision) ( Draft Second Amendment of IS 303:2024) ( ICS 79.060.10)
Current edition: 2024
Sectional committee: CED 20 · BIS department: Civil Engineering (CED)
What this standard covers
This standard covers the requirements of diflferent grades and types of plywood used for general purposes,
Scope, quoted from IS 303 : 1989 — the 1989 edition in the public archive, not the current IS 303 : 2024. Read the full standard
The BIS registry lists the current edition as IS 303 : 2024. The publicly archived copy quoted here is the 1989 edition, so wording and requirements may have changed since. Check the official BIS listing for what is in force.
Requirements and tests, as the standard names them
- 8.2 Tbickness
- 8.3 Tolerances
- 11.2 Glue Adhesion
- 11.2.1 Glue Shear Strength in Dry State
- 11.2.2 Mycohgical Test
- 11.2.3 Water Resistance Test
- 11.3 Moisture Content
- 11.5 Retest
- 11.6 Other Tests
- 11.2.2 Mycological Test
Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES”, “TESTS”, and those whose printed names themselves say “Test” in IS 303 : 1989 (the 1989 archived edition; BIS lists 2024 as current). Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.
How the standard is organised
- 4 GRADES
- 5 TYPES BASED ON CLASSIFICATION BY APPEARANCE
- 6 MATERIALS
- 7 MANUFACTURE
- 8 DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES
- 9 WORKMANSHIP AND FINISH
- 10 SAMPLING
- 11 TESTS
- 13 DELIVERY
Test methods it refers to
- IS 1734
- IS 7638
- IS 303
Edition history (per the BIS registry)
- IS 303 : 2024 — current edition (last reviewed by BIS 2024-05-20)
- IS 303 : 1989 — withdrawn by BIS
Where this standard is used on NirmanDost
CPWD DSR 2021 (Civil Works)
| Item code | Description (verbatim) |
|---|---|
| 9.42 | Providing and fixing 18 mm thick, 150 mm wide pelmet of flat pressed 3 layer or graded wood particle board medium density grade I, IS : 3087 marked, including top cover of 6 mm commercial ply wood conforming to IS: 303 B… |
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Notes
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- Generated 2026-07-27.