Uniform Plumbing Code – India

Plumbing Installation, Health and

Safety Standards
A cooperative program to serve all of
India
 World Plumbing Council meeting in Auckland, New Zealand results in
Sudhakaran Nair – President of IPA & India Representative to WPC And GP
Russ Chaney – Executive Director of IAPMO & WPC Executive Board
Member agreeing to investigate the creation of Indian Plumbing Standards.
A Partnership is Formed
• Within months a strategic
plan was created and
implemented.
• IPA created a Code
Committee of 12
members from
throughout India.
• Each IPA Chapter
supplied additional
people for the review
process.
• IAPMO provided a team
of seven people for Code
Development support.
 SUCCESS!
• One year later the 2008 Uniform Plumbing Code – India
was published and accompanied by the UPC-I Illustrated
Training Manual.
• The UPC-I recognizes and utilizes proven international
concepts; taking into consideration the established
plumbing practices and customs in India.
• In order to improve the skills and expertise of
professional plumbers, The IPA established the Indian
Institute of Plumbing (IIP) as its educational arm.
• To assist the IPA and advance IAPMO’s global mission
to promote & assist in education and training in plumbing
& mechanical industry, IAPMO established the IAPMO
Plumbing Codes and Standards India Private Limited, to
be known as IAPMO – India, having offices in Bengaluru
and Pune.
 Recognizing Need for Training
Understanding the need for plumbing education
in India, the IAPMO-I, IPA and IIP formed a
partnership agreement to provide plumbing
education and training throughout India.
• A formal needs assessment for plumbing
education was conducted:
– Consulting eminent members of the plumbing
industry;
– And visiting existing Indian Educational Institutions.
 Plumbing Education to
Employment Program

• The goal of the IPA-IAPMO Plumbing Education to

Employment Program (PEEP) is to prepare multiple
levels of professional groups in India to read,
understand, interpret, engage, and apply the provisions
of Uniform Plumbing Code – India, to designs, initial
installations and continued maintenance of the plumbing
systems.
 Plumbing Education to Employment
Program
• PEEP consists of three programs of study:
– Plumbing Systems Design - A post graduate course in
plumbing for civil, environmental or mechanical
engineering graduates
– Plumbing Construction Management - A post graduate
course in plumbing for contractors, construction managers,
supervisors, architects and interior designers.
– Plumbing Technology - Two-year program focused on the
installation and maintenance of code-based plumbing
systems.
 Noteworthy Developments
• IPA & IAPMO-India have reached an agreement
with Bhaskar Foundation and Ministry of Rural
Development to provide a PEEP-based training
program for 2000 Rural Students.
• Indian Railways Corporation has agreement to
utilize UPC-I provisions and training in their
facilities.
• Government of India Central Public Works
Department has received training on UPC-I.
 Moving Forward
• IPA – IAPMO India is beginning work on 2012
Edition of UPC-I.
– “GREEN” Standards will be considered as well
• A separate Green Plumbing Standard for India
at a higher level than minimum code will be
considered as a separate document.
 Aspirations
• Formal recognition by Confederation of Indian Industry and
recommendation for their members to use the Uniform
Plumbing Code-India in their projects.
• Participation in the 2012 code development process and
formal recognition of the UPC-I by the Bureau of Indian
Standards.
• Participation in the 2012 code development process and
formal recognition of the UPC-I by the Quality Council of
India.
• Recognition of the UPC-I as the National Plumbing
Standard of India.
On behalf of IAPMO, IPA,
IAPMO-India and IIP

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