AMENDMENT NO.

6 JUNE 2024
TO
IS 456 : 2000 PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE — CODE OF PRACTICE
( Fourth Revision )

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[Page 13, clause 5.1, (see also Amendment No. 5)] — Insert the following at the end:

‘m) Composite cement conforming to IS 16415 (see 5.1.3 below); and

(Page 13, clause 5.1.2) — Insert the following new clause at the end and renumber the subsequent clause:

‘5.1.3 Composite cement, conforming to IS 16415 and containing a declared clinker content not less than
45 percent, fly ash content not more than 25 percent and a minimum 28-day compressive strength of 43 MPa can
be used for reinforced concrete construction.

5.1.4 At locations where temperatures are predominantly below 15 °C for 6 months, the use of Portland Calcined
Clay Limestone Cement shall not be permitted in underground structures and structural elements in contact with
ground water.’

[Page 13, clause 5.2, (see also Amendment No. 5)] — Substitute the following for the existing
paragraph under the title:

‘Mineral admixtures listed below may be used along with ordinary Portland cement. Uniform blending of the
mineral admixtures with the cement should be ensured.

NOTES

1 The combined use of fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag with ordinary Portland cement, with a minimum ordinary
Portland cement content of 55 percent and maximum fly ash content of 20 percent, may be permitted.
2 Ultrafine materials, namely silica fume, metakaolin, ultrafine ground granulated blast furnace slag (as per IS 16715) may be used
as additional mineral admixtures with ordinary Portland cement, Portland slag cement or Portland pozzolana cement in reinforced
concrete, subject to the following:
a) In cases where fly ash is used as a mineral admixture, or Portland pozzolana cement is used, the combined content of
ultrafine materials and fly ash shall not be more than 35 percent by weight of the total cementitious material. In case of
concrete with W/C ratio below 0.40, additional 5 percent of ultrafine materials may be permitted.
b) In cases where ground granulated blast furnace slag is used as a mineral admixture, or Portland slag cement is used, the
combined content of ultrafine materials and slag shall not be more than 60 percent by weight of the total cementitious material.
In case of concrete with W/C ratio below 0.40, additional 5 percent of ultrafine materials may be permitted.

3 When ground granulated blast furnace slag alone is used as mineral admixture, the slag content shall not be more than
50 percent by weight of the total cementitious material.
4 When fly ash alone is used as mineral admixture, the fly ash content shall not be more than 35 percent by weight of the total
cementitious material.
5 The slag content or fly ash content as mentioned on the bag of cement shall be considered in all above.’

[Page 14, clause 5.2.3.1, (see also Amendment No. 5)] — Insert following at the end:

‘Concrete containing mineral admixtures (such as fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag) higher than
that recommended, may increase carbonation in case of reinforced concrete.’

[Page 15, clause 5.5.7, (see also Amendment No. 4)] — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘The amount of admixture added to a mix shall be recorded in the production record. Re-dosing of admixtures is
not normally permitted. Additional dose of admixture may be added at project site and mixed adequately in mixer
itself to regain the workability of concrete, if necessary, with the mutual agreement between the producer/supplier

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and the purchaser/user of concrete. However, the producer/supplier shall assure the ultimate quality of concrete
supplied by him and maintain record of quantity and time of addition.’

(Page 18, clause 8.2.2.3, second sentence) — Delete the following:

‘When concrete lower than grade M 50 is used under these conditions,’

(Page 18, clause 8.2.2.3, informal table) — Insert new row for 10 and 12.5, as follows:

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Nominal Maximum Size Entrained Air
Aggregate Percentage
(mm)

10 and 12.5 6±1

(Page 19, clause 8.2.4.2, line 1) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘Cement content excluding mineral admixtures such as fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag shall
not be used in excess of 450 kg/m3 unless special consideration has been given in design to the increased risk
of cracking due to drying shrinkage in thin sections, or to early thermal cracking and to the increased risk of
damage due to alkali silica reactions.’

(Page 19, Table 4, Note 6) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘For Class 3, Portland pozzolana cement conforming to IS 1489 (Part 1) having at least 25 percent fly ash
content, and Portland slag cement conforming to IS 455 having at least 50 percent slag content give acceptable
sulphate resisting properties.’

(Page 19, Table 4, Note 7) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘Where chloride is encountered along with sulphates in soil or ground water, ordinary Portland cement with
C3A content from 5 to 8 percent shall be desirable to be used in concrete, instead of sulphate resisting cement.
Alternatively, Portland slag cement conforming to IS 455 having at least 50 percent slag content or a blend of
ordinary Portland cement and at least 50 percent slag may be used.’

(Page 20, Table 5, Notes) — Insert the following at the end:

‘3 The maximum free water-cement ratio shall be reduced by 0.05 in case Portland calcined clay limestone cement
as per IS 18189 is used.’

(Page 27, clause 14.2.2, second sentence) — Insert the following after ‘0.6’:

‘for plain concrete and 0.5 for reinforced concrete’.

(Page 27, clause 14.2.2, third sentence) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘For aggregates of 10 mm, 20 mm and 40 mm nominal maximum size, the cement content shall be at least
420 kg/m3, 380 kg/m3 and 350 kg/m3 of concrete respectively.’

(Page 30, clause 17.3) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘In case of doubt regarding the grade of concrete used, either due to poor workmanship or based on results of
cube strength tests, compressive strength test of concrete on the basis of 17.4 shall be carried out.
Additionally, load test (see 17.6) may be carried out, where considered necessary.’

(Page 30, clause 17.5) — Delete.

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(Page 31, clause 17.8, third sentence) — Delete the following:

‘provide alternatives to core/cube tests for estimating the strength of concrete in a structure, or’.

[Page 43, clause 26.2.1.1, para 2, second sentence, (see also Amendment No. 4)] — Substitute
the following for the existing:

‘For fusion bonded epoxy coated reinforcing bars conforming to IS 13620, the design bond stress values shall
be taken as 80 percent of the corresponding values for deformed bars conforming to IS 1786.’

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(Page 75, clause 41.3.2) — Insert the following at the end:

‘and longitudinal reinforcement shall be provided as per 41.4.2’.

(Page 79, Annex A) — Insert the following at the appropriate place:

‘IS No. Title

13620 : 1993 Fusion bonded epoxy coated reinforcing bars — Specification

16415 : 2015 Composite cement — Specification

16715 : 2018 Ultrafine ground granulated blast furnace slag — Specification

18189 : 2023 Portland calcined clay limestone cement — Specification’

(CED 02)

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