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CPWD WORKS MANUAL 2019

PREAMBLE

The Central Public Works Department solemnly resolves to achieve

Customer Satisfaction through Quality, Timely Delivery and Transparency in
effective execution of works and delivery of services while adhering to the
principles of Sustainable Development.

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ABOUT THE MANUAL

1. The Manual has been divided into four parts as:

Part I : General provisions common to both Construction and Maintenance works.
Part II : Provision related to Construction works
Part III : Provisions related to Maintenance works.
Part IV : Provisions related to Green Buildings and Sustainability Measures
The financial powers which were earlier part of the CPWD Works Manual 2014, are now given
separately as “Compendium of Financial Powers Delegated to CPWD Officers”.
Preamble has been added to the Manual which defines the guiding spirit of the various provisions
included in this Manual.
2. The Manual follows the ordinary sequence of execution of construction and maintenance, including
pre-construction and pre-maintenance activities.
3. The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the CPWD Manual 2019, in general, are a
compendium of standard procedures and work-flows as prevalent in CPWD.
4. It shall always be open, where authorities of one or more levels may be missing, for a higher authority
to exercise the powers delegated to a lower authority. Similarly, whenever any lower authority fails
to take action(s) or exercise his/ her delegated powers, it will always be open to the higher authority
to exercise the powers of the lower authority, but with recorded reasons, if the requirements of the
work so demand.
5. Relaxation of any provision of the SOPs in the interest of requirements of work in keeping with the
provisions in the preamble to the CPWD Works Manual 2019, would be allowed to any officer by the
next higher authority not below the rank of a Chief Engineer with recorded reasons.
6. The Manual should be read as imposing a positive duty on CPWD officers for timely delivery of
works with quality.
7. In case of any conflicting provisions in the Manual and SOPs vis-a-vis “The General Conditions of
Contract (GCC)”, the provisions made in the GCC shall prevail in contract management. Similarly,
Acts, Laws as notified by the government, GFR provisions and CVC guidelines shall prevail over
provisions of the Manual and the SOPs.
8. The Works Manual 2019 alongwith SOPs has been finalized and published as per the approval
of the MoHUA in the Minutes of the Meeting issued vide No. OM No A-42021/36/2017-W-3
dated 11.02.2019.

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