Programme of work


BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS


Civil Engineering Department

Programme of Work




CED4 : Building Limes And Gypsum Products


  • Scope : SUBJECTS PERTAINING TO: 1) MANUFACTURE OF BUILDING LIME AND LIME PRODUCTS 2) SUPPLY AND STORAGE OF BUILDING LIME, AND 3) USE OF BUILDING LIME AND LIME PRODUCTS ON CONSTRUCTION WORKS 4) GYPSUM BUILDING MATERIAL; 5) GYPSUM PLASTER BOARD, NON-LOAD BEARING GYPSUM PLASTER BLOCK 6) GLOSSARY OF TERMS RELATING TO LIME AND GYPSUM 7) GYPSUM PLASTER, AND 8) METHOD OF TEST FOR GYPSUM PLASTER CONCRETE AND PRODUCTS, GYPSUM TILES AND REINFORCED BLOCKS.
  • Liaison :

Published Standards

SI. No.
IS No.
Title
Reaffirmation Details
No. of Amendments
Degree of Equivalence
1.
IS 10049:1981
Reviewed In : 2024
Code of practice for manufacture of lime based blocks
January, 2024
3
Indigenous
2.
IS 10359:1982
Reviewed In : 2024
Code Of Practice For Manufacture And Use Of Lime-pozzolana Concrete Blocks For Paving
May, 2024
4
Indigenous
3.
IS 10360:1982
Reviewed In : 2024
Lime-pozzolana Concrete Blocks For Paving
May, 2024
4
Indigenous
4.
IS 10772:1983
Reviewed In : 2024
Specification for quick setting lime pozzolana mixture
May, 2024
3
Indigenous
5.
IS 12654:1989
Reviewed In : 2020
Reaffirmed but not taken up for revision
Low grade gypsum - Use in building industry - Code of practice
September, 2020
1
Indigenous
6.
IS 12679:2023
By-Product Gypsum for Construction - Specification (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
7.
IS 12894:2002
Reviewed In : 2022
Pulverized fuel ash - Lime bricks - Specification (First Revision)
January, 2022
2
Indigenous
8.
IS 13001:1991
Reviewed In : 2022
Guidelines for manufacture of gypsum plaster in Mechanized pan system
January, 2022
-
Indigenous
9.
IS 14401:1996
Reviewed In : 2022
Handling and Storage of Building Limes- Guidelines
January, 2022
1
Indigenous
10.
IS 14401:2025
Handling and Storage of Building Limes - Guidelines ( First Revision )
-
Indigenous
11.
IS 14860:2000
Reviewed In : 2024
Guidelines on fuel saving in vertical mixed - Feed lime shaft kilns
May, 2024
-
Indigenous
12.
IS 15648:2006
Reviewed In : 2020
Pulverized fuel ash for lime - Pozzolana mixture applications - Specification
September, 2020
-
Indigenous
13.
IS 16135:2014
Reviewed In : 2024
Dry Lining and Partitioning Using Gypsum Plasterboard - Code of Practice
May, 2024
-
Indigenous
14.
IS 1624:1986
Reviewed In : 2024
Methods of field testing of building lime (Second Revision)
May, 2024
2
Indigenous
15.
IS 1635:1992
Reviewed In : 2024
Field Slaking of Building Lime and Preparation of Putty - Code of practice (Second Revision)
January, 2024
-
Indigenous
16.
IS 17400:2021
Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum Building Panels Specification
-
Indigenous
17.
IS 17401:2021
Design and Construction of Buildings using Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum Panels - Code of Practice
-
Indigenous
18.
IS 18387:2023
Gypsum Ceiling Tiles - Specification
-
Indigenous
19.
IS 1849 (Part 1/Sec 1):1990
Reviewed In : 2024
Design and installation of vertical mixed feed lime kiln - Guide: Part 1 for limestone: Sec 1 masonry type shaft (Second Revision))
January, 2024
-
Indigenous
20.
IS 1849 (Part 1/Sec 2):1991
Reviewed In : 2024
Design and installation of vertical mixed feed lime kiln - guide: Part 1 for limestone: Sec 2 reinforced cement concrete type shaft
May, 2024
1
Indigenous
21.
IS 1861 (Part 1):1990
Reviewed In : 2024
Manufacture of lime in vertical mixed - Feed type kilns - guide: Part 1 from limestone (Second Revision)
May, 2024
-
Indigenous
22.
IS 2095 (Part 1):2023
Gypsum Plaster Boards - Specification: Part 1 Plain Gypsum Plaster Boards (Fourth Revision)
-
Indigenous
23.
IS 2095 (Part 1):2011
Reviewed In : 2021
Gypsum plaster boards - Specification: Part 1 plain gypsum plaster boards (Fourth Revision)
March, 2021
-
Indigenous
24.
IS 2095 (Part 2):2022
Gypsum plaster boards - specification: Part 2 Coated laminated gypsum plaster boards (Third Revision)
-
Indigenous
25.
IS 2095 (Part 3):2022
Gypsum Plaster Boards — Specification Part 3 Reinforced Gypsum Plaster Boards and Ceiling Tiles ( Fourth Revision )
1
Indigenous
26.
IS 2469:2023
Gypsum - Glossary of Terms (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
27.
IS 2541:1991
Reviewed In : 2024
Preparation and use of lime concrete - Code of practice (Second Revision)
May, 2024
-
Indigenous
28.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 1):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 1 Determination of Normal Consistency of Gypsum Plaster (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
29.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 2):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 2 Determination of Normal Consistency of Gypsum Concrete (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
30.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 3):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 3 Determination of Setting Time of Plaster and Concrete (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
31.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 4):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 4 Determination of Transverse Strength of Gypsum Plaster (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
32.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 5):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 5 Determination of Compressive Strength and Dry Set Density of Gypsum Plaster (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
33.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 6):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 6 Determination of Soundness of Gypsum Plaster (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
34.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 7):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 7 Determination of Impact Resistance of Gypsum Plaster by Dropping Ball Test (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
35.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 8):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Method of Test Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 8 Determination of Mass of Coarse Particles ( Second Revision )
-
Indigenous
36.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 9):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 9 Determination of Expansion of Gypsum Plaster (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
37.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 10):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 10 Determination of Sand in Set Gypsum Plaster (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
38.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 11):2023
Gypsum Plaster Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 11 Determination of Wood Fibre Content in Wood Fibre Gypsum Plaster (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
39.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 12):2023
Gypsum Plaster Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 12 Determination of Dry Bulk Density (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
40.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 13):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 13 Determination of Free Water (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
41.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 14):2023
Gypsum Plaster, Concrete and Products - Methods of Test: Part 1 Plaster and Concrete Section 14 Determination of Fineness (Second Revision)
-
Indigenous
42.
IS 2542 (Part 1/Sec 112):1978
Reviewed In : 2022
Methods of test for gypsum plaster, concrete and products: Part 1 plaster and concrete (First Revision)
January, 2022
3
Indigenous
43.
IS 2542 (Part 2/Sec 18):1981
Reviewed In : 2022
Methods of test for gypsum plaster, concrete and products: Part 2 gypsum products (First Revision)
January, 2022
1
Indigenous
44.
IS 2547 (Part 1):1976
Reviewed In : 2022
Specification for gypsum building plaster: Part 1 excluding premixed lightweight plasters (First Revision)
January, 2022
3
Indigenous
45.
IS 2547 (Part 2):1976
Reviewed In : 2022
Specification for gypsum building plasters: Part 2 premixed lightweight plasters (First Revision)
January, 2022
1
Indigenous
46.
IS 2686:1977
Reviewed In : 2024
Decision taken to Reaffirm and Archive
Specification for cinder aggregates for use in lime concrete (First Revision)
January, 2024
1
Indigenous
47.
IS 2849:1983
Reviewed In : 2022
Specification for non - Load bearing gypsum partition blocks (Solid And Hollow Types) (First Revision)
January, 2022
4
Indigenous
48.
IS 3068:1986
Reviewed In : 2019
Reaffirmed but not taken up for revision
Broken brick (burnt clay) coarse aggregates for use in lime concrete - Specification (Second Revision)
May, 2019
1
Indigenous
49.
IS 3115:1992
Reviewed In : 2024
Lime based blocks - Specification (Second Revision)
January, 2024
1
Indigenous
50.
IS 3182:1986
Reviewed In : 2019
Reaffirmed but not taken up for revision
Specification for Broken Brick (Burnt Clay) Fine Aggregates for use in Lime Mortar (Second Revision)
May, 2019
1
Indigenous
51.
IS 4098:1983
Reviewed In : 2024
Specification for lime - Pozzolana mixture (First Revision)
May, 2024
3
Indigenous
52.
IS 4139:1989
Reviewed In : 2024
Calcium Silicate Bricks - Specification (Second Revision)
May, 2024
1
Indigenous
53.
IS 5817:1992
Reviewed In : 2024
Preparation and use of lime - Pozzolana mixture concrete in buildings and roads - Code of practice (First Revision)
May, 2024
2
Indigenous
54.
IS 6508:1988
Reviewed In : 2024
Glossary of terms relating to building lime (First Revision)
January, 2024
-
Indigenous
55.
IS 6932 (Part 1):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 1 Determination of Insoluble Residue in Dilute Acid and Alkali, Loss on Ignition, Insoluble Residue in Hydrochloric Acid, Silicon Dioxide, Ferric and Aluminium Oxide, Calcium Oxide and Magnesium Oxide (First Revision)
-
Indigenous
56.
IS 6932 (Part 1):1973
Reviewed In : 2024
Method of test for building limes Part 1 Determination of insoluble residue, loss on ignition, insoluble matter, silicone dioxide, ferric and aluminium oxide, calcium oxide and magnesium oxide
May, 2024
3
Indigenous
57.
IS 6932 (Part 2):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 2 Determination of Carbon Dioxide Content (First Revision)
-
Indigenous
58.
IS 6932 (Part 2):1973
Reviewed In : 2024
Method of test for building limes Determination of carbon dioxide content
May, 2024
2
Indigenous
59.
IS 6932 (Part 3):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 3 Determination of Residue on Slaking of Quicklime (First Revision )
-
Indigenous
60.
IS 6932 (Part 3):1973
Reviewed In : 2024
Method of test for building limes: Part 3 Determination of residue on slaking of quicklime
April, 2024
1
Indigenous
61.
IS 6932 (Part 4):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 4 Determination of Fineness of Hydrated Lime (First Revision)
-
Indigenous
62.
IS 6932 (Part 4):1973
Reviewed In : 2024
Method of test for building limes: Part 4 Determination of fineness of hydrated lime
May, 2024
2
Indigenous
63.
IS 6932 (Part 5):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 5 Determination of Unhydrated Oxide ( First Revision )
-
Indigenous
64.
IS 6932 (Part 5):1973
Reviewed In : 2024
Method of test for building limes: Part 5 Determination of unhydrated oxide
May, 2024
1
Indigenous
65.
IS 6932 (Part 6):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 6 Determination of Volume Yield of Quicklime ( First Revision )
-
Indigenous
66.
IS 6932 (Part 6):1973
Reviewed In : 2024
Method of test for building limes Part VI Determination of volume yield of quicklime
May, 2024
1
Indigenous
67.
IS 6932 (Part 7):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 7 Determination of Compressive and Transverse Strengths ( First Revision )
-
Indigenous
68.
IS 6932 (Part 7):1973
Reviewed In : 2024
Method of test for building limes Part VII Determination of compressive and transverse strength
May, 2024
4
Indigenous
69.
IS 6932 (Part 8):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 8 Determination of Workability ( First Revision )
-
Indigenous
70.
IS 6932 (Part 8):1973
Reviewed In : 2024
Method of test for building limes Part VIII Determination of workability
May, 2024
1
Indigenous
71.
IS 6932 (Part 9):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 9 Determination of Soundness ( First Revision )
-
Indigenous
72.
IS 6932 (Part 9):1973
Reviewed In : 2024
Method of test for building lime: Part 9 Determination of soundness
May, 2024
1
Indigenous
73.
IS 6932 (Part 10):1973
Reviewed In : 2024
Methods of Tests for Building Limes - Part X : Determination of Popping and Pitting of Hydrated Lime
May, 2024
1
Indigenous
74.
IS 6932 (Part 10):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 10 Determination of Popping and Pitting of Hydrated Lime ( First Revision )
-
Indigenous
75.
IS 6932 (Part 11):2025
Building Limes - Method of Test: Part 11 Determination of Setting Time of Hydrated Lime ( First Revision )
-
Indigenous
76.
IS 6932 (Part 11):1983
Reviewed In : 2024
Methods of Tests for Building Limes - Part 11 : Determination of Setting Time of Hydrated Lime
May, 2024
1
Indigenous
77.
IS 712:1984
Reviewed In : 2024
Specification for building limes (Third Revision)
May, 2024
1
Indigenous
78.
IS 8272:1984
Reviewed In : 2022
Specification for gypsum plaster for use in the manufacture of fibrous plaster boards (First Revision)
January, 2022
1
Indigenous
79.
IS 9498:1980
Reviewed In : 2022
Specification for inorganic aggregates for use in gypsum plaster
January, 2022
1
Indigenous

Standards Under Develpoment

Projects Approved

SI. No.
Doc No
TITLE
No Records Found

Preliminary Draft Standards

SI. No.
Doc No
TITLE
No Records Found

Drafts Standards in WC Stage

SI. No.
Doc No
TITLE
No Records Found

Draft Standards Completed WC Stage

SI. No.
Doc No
TITLE
1
CED 4 (28235)
Revision of: IS 3115:1992
Lime Based Blocks - Specification Third Revision
2
CED 4 (28237)
Revision of: IS 4139:1989
Calcium Silicate Bricks - Specification Third Revision

Finalized Draft Indian Standard

SI. No.
Doc No
TITLE
No Records Found

Finalized Draft Indian Standards under Print

SI. No.
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TITLE
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Aspect Wise Report

 
 Product:   23
 Code of Practices :    12
 Methods of Test :   28
 Terminology :   2
 Dimensions :   0
 System Standard :   0
 Safety Standard :   0
 Others :    1
 Service Specification :    0
 Process Specification :    0
 Unclassified :    0
 


Annexure-I :List of Indian Standards Withdrawn/Superseded

SI. No.
IS No.
Title
1.
IS 1625:1971
Code of practice for preparation of lime mortar for use in buildings
2.
IS 1849 (Part 2):1977
Guide for design and installation of vertical mixed-feed type lime kiln Part 2 For limeshell
3.
IS 1861 (Part 2):1977
Reviewed In : 2003
Guide for manufacture of lime in vertical mixed-feed type kiln Part 2 From limeshell
4.
IS 5498:1969
Lime-cement-cinder hollow concrete blocks


Annexure-II :List of Indian Product Standards

SI. No.
IS No. & Year
Title
1.
IS 10360:1982
Reviewed In : 2024
Lime-pozzolana Concrete Blocks For Paving
2.
IS 10772:1983
Reviewed In : 2024
Specification for quick setting lime pozzolana mixture
3.
IS 12679:2023
By-Product Gypsum for Construction - Specification Second Revision
4.
IS 12894:2002
Reviewed In : 2022
Pulverized fuel ash - Lime bricks - Specification First Revision
5.
IS 15648:2006
Reviewed In : 2020
Pulverized fuel ash for lime - Pozzolana mixture applications - Specification
6.
IS 17400:2021
Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum Building Panels Specification
7.
IS 17401:2021
Design and Construction of Buildings using Glass Fibre Reinforced Gypsum Panels - Code of Practice
8.
IS 18387:2023
Gypsum Ceiling Tiles - Specification
9.
IS 2095 (Part 1):2023
Gypsum Plaster Boards - Specification Part 1 Plain Gypsum Plaster Boards Fourth Revision
10.
IS 2095 (Part 2):2022
Gypsum plaster boards - specification Part 2 Coated laminated gypsum plaster boards Third Revision
11.
IS 2095 (Part 3):2022
Gypsum Plaster Boards Specification Part 3 Reinforced Gypsum Plaster Boards and Ceiling Tiles Fourth Revision
12.
IS 2547 (Part 1):1976
Reviewed In : 2022
Specification for gypsum building plaster Part 1 excluding premixed lightweight plasters First Revision
13.
IS 2547 (Part 2):1976
Reviewed In : 2022
Specification for gypsum building plasters Part 2 premixed lightweight plasters First Revision
14.
IS 2686:1977
Reviewed In : 2024
Decision taken to Reaffirm and Archive
Specification for cinder aggregates for use in lime concrete First Revision
15.
IS 2849:1983
Reviewed In : 2022
Specification for non - Load bearing gypsum partition blocks Solid And Hollow Types First Revision
16.
IS 3068:1986
Reviewed In : 2019
Reaffirmed but not taken up for revision
Broken brick burnt clay coarse aggregates for use in lime concrete - Specification Second Revision
17.
IS 3115:1992
Reviewed In : 2024
Lime based blocks - Specification Second Revision
18.
IS 3182:1986
Reviewed In : 2019
Reaffirmed but not taken up for revision
Specification for Broken Brick Burnt Clay Fine Aggregates for use in Lime Mortar Second Revision
19.
IS 4098:1983
Reviewed In : 2024
Specification for lime - Pozzolana mixture First Revision
20.
IS 4139:1989
Reviewed In : 2024
Calcium Silicate Bricks - Specification Second Revision
21.
IS 712:1984
Reviewed In : 2024
Specification for building limes Third Revision
22.
IS 8272:1984
Reviewed In : 2022
Specification for gypsum plaster for use in the manufacture of fibrous plaster boards First Revision
23.
IS 9498:1980
Reviewed In : 2022
Specification for inorganic aggregates for use in gypsum plaster