Country	Designation	Scope (our words)	Status
India	IRC:78	Foundations and substructure of road bridges.	current
India	IRC:SP:59	Guidelines for use of geosynthetics in road pavements and associated works.	current
India	IS 1904	Design and construction of foundations in soils: general requirements.	current
India	IS 2720 (series)	Methods of test for soils: water content, limits, compaction, shear and others, each in its own part.	current
India	IS 2911 (series)	Design and construction of pile foundations.	current
India	IS 2950 (Part 1)	Design and construction of raft foundations.	current
India	IS 6403	Determination of bearing capacity of shallow foundations.	current
India	IS 8009 (Part 1)	Calculation of settlement of shallow foundations.	current
USA	ASTM A975	Double-twisted hexagonal mesh gabions and revet mattresses.	current
USA	FHWA GEC No. 7	Geotechnical Engineering Circular on soil nail walls.	current
UK	BS 5930	Code of practice for ground investigations.	current
UK	BS 8004	Code of practice for foundations.	current
UK	BS 8006-1	Code of practice for strengthened/reinforced soils and other fills.	current
Europe	EN 14487 (series)	Sprayed concrete: definitions, specification and execution.	current
Europe	EN 1997 (Eurocode 7)	Geotechnical design.	current
Europe	ETAG 027	Falling rock protection kits.	historical (replaced by EAD 340059-00-0106)
Germany	DIN 1054	Subsoil verification of safety; German supplement to Eurocode 7.	current
Germany	DIN 4085	Calculation of earth pressure.	current
Japan	JIS A 1210	Test method for soil compaction using a rammer.	current
Australia	AS 1289 (series)	Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes.	current
Australia	AS 1726	Geotechnical site investigations.	current
Australia	AS 2159	Piling: design and installation.	current
Australia	AS 4678	Earth-retaining structures.	current
Canada	Canadian Foundation Engineering Manual (Canadian Geotechnical Society)	National guidance on foundation investigation and design.	current

Listed in a fixed country order; no standard is ranked above another. Scopes are our summaries. Buy the standards from the issuing body for exact text.

References and further reading

Standard texts, listed in no order of merit. We do not copy text, figures, tables or solved problems from any book; our explanations and examples are original.

B. M. Das, Principles of Foundation Engineering, Cengage, latest edition.
J. E. Bowles, Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw Hill, 5th edition.
M. J. Tomlinson, J. Woodward, Pile Design and Construction Practice, CRC Press, latest edition.

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