AMENDMENT NO.

1 NOVEMBER 2019
TO
IS 16700 : 2017 CRITERIA FOR STRUCTURAL SAFETY OF
TALL CONCRETE BUILDINGS
(Page 1, clause 2) — Insert the following after IS 875 (Part 5):

IS No. Title

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1786 : 2008 Specification for high strength deformed steel bars and wires for concrete
reinforcement (fourth revision)

[Page 4, clause 5.3 (a), first line] — Delete the word ‘translational’.

(Page 4, Table 1) — Substitute the following for the existing:

Table 1 Maximum Value of Height, H Above Top of Base Level of Buildings with Different Structural
Systems for Lateral Loads, in metre
(Clause 5.1.1)
Sl Seismic Structural System
No. Zones

Moment Frame Structural Wall Structural Wall + Structural Wall + Structural Wall +
Well-Distributed1) Moment Frame Perimeter Frame Framed Tube

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

i) V NA 120 150 150 180
ii) IV NA 150 200 200 225
Iii) III 60 200 225 225 250
iv) II 80 250 250 250 250
1)
Well-distributed shear walls are those walls outside of the core that are capable of carrying at least 25 percent of the lateral loads.

(Page 4, Table 2) — Substitute the following for the existing:

Table 2 Maximum Slenderness Ratio (Ht/ Bt)

(Clause 5.1.2)
Sl Seismic Structural System
No. Zones
Moment Frame Structural Wall Structural Wall + Structural Wall + Structural Wall +
Moment Frame Perimeter Frame Framed Tube

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)

i) V NA 8 8 9 9
ii) IV NA 8 8 9 9
Iii) III 4 8 8 9 10
iv) II 5 9 9 10 10

[Page 5, clause 5.3 (b), first line] — Delete the word ‘translational’.

(Page 5, clause 5.4.1) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘5.4.1 Lateral Drift

When design lateral forces are applied on the building, the maximum inter-storey elastic lateral drift ratio
(∆max /hi) under serviceability loads (wind load with return period of 20 years), which is estimated based on the
sectional properties for serviceability loads mentioned in 7.2, shall be limited to H/500. For a single storey the
drift limit may be relaxed to hi/400. For the design earthquake load, the drift shall be limited to hi/250.’

(Page 5, clause 5.6.1, line 2) — Substitute ‘minimum structural topping’ for ‘minimum screed’.

Price Group 2

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(Page 5, clause 5.6.2.3) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘5.6.2.3 At any storey, the minimum width of floor slab along any section after deduction of openings shall not
be less than 5 m, if there is no perimeter beam. Further, the cumulative width of the slab at any location shall
preferably not be less than 50 percent of the floor width.’

(Page 5, clause 5.6.3, line 2) — Substitute ‘shall not be less than’ for ‘shall not exceed’.

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(Page 5, clause 5.6.4) — Delete.

(Page 5, Table 3) — Delete.

(Page 5, clause 5.7.2.1) — Insert ‘The reinforcement steel shall conform to IS 1786.’ at the end.

(Page 5, clause 5.7.2.3) — Substitute ‘No lapping of longitudinal bars’ for ‘No lapping of’ and substitute
‘20 mm’ for ‘16 mm’.

[Page 6, Table 4, Sl No . (i), col 3] — Substitute ‘ 0.18’ for ‘0.15’.

(Page 6, clause 6.3.2, first sentence) — Substitute the following sentence for the existing:

‘For buildings in Seismic Zone V, deterministic site-specific design spectra may preferably be estimated and
used in design.’

(Page 6, Table 5, Table heading) — Substitute the following heading for the existing:

‘Table 5 Minimum Design Base Shear Coefficient (Percent of Seismic Weight)

(Clause 6.3.3)’

[Page 7, clause 7.2 (d)] — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘d) The P-∆ effects. The P-∆ load combination for the initial analysis may be taken as 1.2 Dead Load + 0.5
Imposed Load ±1.5 Earthquake/Wind Load.’

(Page 7, clause 7.3.10) — Substitute the following for the existing:

7.3.10 In no case, the flexibility of the building shall be such that the value to inter-storey drift stability
𝑃𝑃 ×∆
coefficient 𝜃𝜃 = [relevant provisions of IS 1893 (Part 1) shall be applicable].
𝐻𝐻 × ℎi

(Page 8, clause 7.4.6) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘7.4.6 To calculate the effect of creep and shrinkage, selected strain prediction models of concrete shall be
based on established principles of mechanics elaborated in specialist literature.’

[Page 8, clause 8.1.3.3.1 (f) (4)] — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘4) Backstay diaphragm floor shall be at least 150 mm thick, with double mesh reinforcement not less
than 0.25 percent of cross section area in each direction (including both layers of reinforcement steel).’

[Page 11, clause 8.1.3.3.3 (d) (2), line 5] — Substitute ‘Table 7’ for ‘Table 5’.

[Page 11, clause 8.1.3.3.3 (e)] — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘e) Plan irregularities of Type I (torsion irregularity) and Type III (diaphragm discontinuity) as per Table
5 of IS 1893 (Part 1), shall not be present in the first topmost connected floor and the first floor of the
tower above the connected floor.’

[Page 11, clause 8.1.3.3.3 (g), line 1] — Substitute ‘Topmost slab’ for ‘All floor slabs’.

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(Page 13, clause 8.5.12, line 2) — Substitute ‘above’ for ‘only’.

[Page 13, clause 8.5.13 (b)] — Delete.

[Page 13, clause 8.5.13 (c), first line] — Delete ‘and transverse’.

(Page 13, clause 8.6 and 8.6.1) — Delete.

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[Page 14, clause 9.3.1 (c)] — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘c) have a depth of at least 1.5 times of estimated width (smaller plan dimension) of foundation subject to
minimum of 20 m in soil and minimum of 15 m in rock.’

[Page 14, clause 9.7.2, (f)] — Insert the following at the end:

‘; where X and Y are orthogonal axes in plan.’

(Page 14, clause 10, Title) — Substitute the title ‘RECOMMEDATIONS FOR NON-STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS’ for the existing.

(Page 18, Table 12, line 1) — Substitute ‘(xiii)’ for ‘(xii)’.

(Page 18, Table 12, line 2) — Substitute ‘(xiv)’ for ‘(xiii)’.

[Page 18, Table 12, Sl No. (xiii), Description] — Substitute ‘structural topping’ for ‘screed’.

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