AMENDMENT NO.

2 FEBRUARY 2024
TO
IS 800 : 2007 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION IN STEEL — CODE OF PRACTICE
( Third Revision )

(Page 12, clause 2.2.2) — Insert the following at the end:

‘Steel tubes used in building construction shall be hot finished tubes conforming to the requirements specified in
IS 1161.’

(Page 12, clause 2.2.3) — Insert the following at the end:

‘Tubes made by other than hot finishing processes, or which have been subjected to cold working, shall be
regarded as hot finished if they have subsequently been heat-treated and are supplied in the normalized condition.
NOTE — Grade ERW tubes specified in IS 1161 with a carbon content less than 0.30 percent, may be considered as hot finished for
the purpose of 2.2.3.’

[Page 13, Table 1, Sl No. (iv), col (3) and (4)] — Substitute the following for existing:

Grade/Classification Yield Stress

MPa, Min
(3) (4)
4.6 240
4.8 320
5.6 300
5.8 400
6.8 480

[Page 14, Table 1, Sl No. (viii)] — Substitute the following for existing:

Sl Indian Grade/ Properties

No. Standard Classification
Yield Stress Ultimate Elongation
Tensile Stress Percent, Min
MPa, Min MPa, Min
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
d or t (in mm)

< 20 20 to 40 > 40
E250 (A, BR, B0, C) 250 240 230 410 23
E275 (A, BR, B0, C) 275 265 255 430 22
E300 (A, BR, B0, C) 300 290 280 440 22
viii) IS 2062 E350 (A, BR, B0, C) 350 330 320 490 22
E410 (A, BR, B0, C) 410 390 380 540 20
E450 (A, BR) 450 430 420 570 20

Price Group 4

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Amendment No. 2 to IS 800 : 2007

(Page 16, clause 3.3, line 8) — Substitute ‘Imposed Load’ for ‘Live Load’.

[Page 17, clause 3.7.2 (d)] — Insert the following at the end of the para:

‘The design of slender web elements in flexural members may be done as given in 8.2.1.1 for flexural and 8.4.2.2
for shear.’

[Page 18, Table 2, row 2, col (3) and (4)] — Substitute ‘42ε’ for "‘Not applicable’ for entry against
‘Axial compression’".

[Page 18, Table 2, row 3, col (3) and (4)] —Substitute ‘42ε’ for "‘Not applicable’ for entry against
‘Axial compression’ of ‘Web of an I, H or box section’".

[Page 18, Table 2, row 6, col (3) and (4)] — Substitute the following for the existing for entries against
single angle, or double angles with the components separated, axial compression (all three criteria should be
satisfied)

Ratio Class of Section

Class 1 Class 2
Plastic Compact
(2) (3) (4)
b/t 15.7ε
d/t 15.7ε
(b+d)/t 25ε

(Page 21, clause 3.10.4) — Substitute the following for existing:

‘When the provisions of these sections are met for a building or open structure made only of steel frame with
elastic steel claddings, the stress analysis due to temperature is not required. However, for buildings with steel
concrete composite constructions, specialist literature may be referred to decide on thermal stress design.’

(Page 21, Fig. 4, Title) — Insert ‘COVERED’ between ‘OF’ and ‘BUILDING’.

[(Page 27, clause 5.1.2, para 2, Sl No. (a), line 25] — Substitute ‘imposed load’ for ‘live load’.

(Page 29, Table 4) — Substitute ‘IL’ for ‘LL’, wherever appearing.

[Page 30, clause 5.5.1.1 (b), line 3] — Substitute ‘Partial safety factor for Loads’ for ‘Load factors’.

(Page 31, clause 5.6.1, line 6 and 7) — Substitute ‘partial safety factor in Table 4 for loads, as required
in Table 6’ for ‘a load factor of 1.0’.

(Page 31, Table 6) — Substitute ‘Imposed Load’ for ‘Live load’, wherever appearing.

(Page 32, clause 5.6.2, line 2) — Substitute 'imposed load’ for ‘live load’.

(Page 46, clause 7.4.1, para 2) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘The nominal bearing pressure between the base plate and the support below may be determined on the basis of a
linearly varying distribution of pressure. The maximum bearing pressure on concrete under the limit state design
load should not exceed the bearing strength equal to 0.45 𝑓ck [√(𝐴1 /𝐴2 )] and 0.9 𝑓ck , whichever is smaller, where
𝑓ck is the smaller of characteristics cube strength of concrete or bedding material, 𝐴1 is the area of concrete
pedestal on which the base plate is sitting and 𝐴2 is the surface area of the steel base plate transferring the load to
the concrete pedestal.’

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 Amendment No. 2 to IS 800 : 2007

(Page 47, clause 7.5.1, line 2) — Substitute ‘connection’ for ‘gusset’.

(Page 48, clause 7.5.1.2, see also Amendment No. 1) — Substitute the following with the existing:

‘The design strength of single angle members loaded in compression through one of its legs is affected by
flexural torsional buckling and bending. The design compressive strength of such eccentricity loaded angle
members, in-lieu of a more exact second order design under combined bending axial compression, may be
evaluated as given below.

The design compressive strength, of single angles loaded through gusset connection to one leg parallel to the a-a
axis (a-a axis being either the 2-2 or the y-y axis, depending on which leg is connected to the gusset:

𝑓cde = 𝐾f aa 𝑓y / m0

where

𝐾f = 𝑘1 + 𝑘2 𝜆aa + 𝑘3 𝜆ϕ ; and
aa = stress reduction factor [see Table 8 (b)] for buckling class ‘b’, calculated as per 7.1.2.1, using the
non-dimensional effective slenderness ratio, aa .
where

𝐾f = modification factor to account for eccentric end connection; and

𝑘1 , 𝑘2 , 𝑘3 = constants depending upon the end condition, as given in Table 12.
𝑙aa
( )
𝑟aa
𝜆aa = 2
𝜋 𝐸
𝜀√
250

(𝑏1 + 𝑏2 ) / 2𝑡
𝜆𝜑 =
𝜋 2𝐸
𝜀√
250
𝑙aa = centre-to-centre length of the lateral support preventing translation of the member perpendicular
to a-a axis (a-a axis being either the z-z or the y-y axis, depending on which leg is connected to
the gusset);
𝑟aa = radius of gyration of the angle member about the a-a axis (a-a axis being either the z-z or the y-
y axis, depending on which leg is connected to the gusset), parallel to the plane of the end gusset
plates;
250
𝜀 = is the yield stress ratio, √ , 𝑓y being in MPa, ;
𝑓𝑦
𝑏1 , 𝑏2 = width of the connected and outstanding legs of the angle, respectively; and
𝑡 = thickness of the leg. ’

(Page 48, Table 12) — Substitute the following for the existing:

Sl No. End Connection Gusset/Connecting 𝒌𝟏 𝒌𝟐 𝒌𝟑

Member Fixity1)

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

i) Fully welded or connected Fixed 0.798 0.563 -2.072
with two or more bolts Hinged 0.401 0.420 -1.040

ii) Single bolt Fixed 0.418 0.547 -1.400

Hinged 0.374 0.415 -2.072

1)
In-plane rotational restraint provided to the gusset by the supporting member. For partial restraint, 𝐾f can be interpolated between the
results for fixed and hinged cases.

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Amendment No. 2 to IS 800 : 2007

[Page 49, Fig. 10, title, (see also Amendment No. 1)] — Substitute ‘LACED COLUMN LACING PATTERNS’
for ‘TOP RESTRAINT CONDITIONS’.

(Page 54, clause 8.2.2.1, last para) — Insert the following line at the end:

‘The above equations for calculating 𝑀cr may be conservatively used for channel sections.’

(Page 58, Table 15) — Add ‘only’ before compression, wherever appearing.

(Page 58, Table 15) — Substitute ‘no warping restraint’ for ‘warping not restrained’, wherever
appearing.

(Page 58, Table 15, Note 3) — Insert the following after Note 3:

‘4 In case of continuous beams, L shall be taken as the distance between points of infection, and the restraint conditions at the
points of inflection should be considered.’

[Page 60, clause 8.4.2.2 (b), description of ‘c’] – 'Substitute ‘spacing of transverse stiffeners in the web’
for ‘spacing of stiffeners in the web’.

[Page 60, clause 8.5.1, para 1, (see also Amendment No. 1)] – Substitute the following for the existing:

‘The girders in which the interior panel (Panel A) is designed using tension field action, the end panel (Panel B)
shall be designed using only simple post-critical method, according to 8.4.2.2 (a)’.

(Page 61, Table 16, row 5) — Substitute ‘conditions’ for ‘consitions’.

(Page 62, clause 8.5.2, para 1) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘The end panel (Panel A) shall be designed according to 8.4.2.2 (b).’

[Page 66, clause 8.7.1.5, para 3, Sl No. (a), line 1] — Insert ‘,’ between ‘0.7L’ and ‘when’.

[Page 68, clause 8.7.9 (b), description of αs, equation 2] — Substitute ‘≤ 100’ for ‘= 100’.

(Page 69, clause 8.9, first sentence) — Substitute the following with the existing first sentence:

‘All purlin shall be designed in accordance with the requirements for beams as specified in 8.2.1 and 8.2.2. This
limitations of bending stress based on lateral instability of the compression flange shall be considered if the purlin
does not receive adequate support from bracings and sheathings in the plane of compression flange.’

(Page 73, clause 10.2.1, line 2) — Substitute ‘, as follows:’ for ‘.’.

(Page 76, clause 10.4.2, first sentence) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘Where slip between bolted plates cannot be tolerated at working loads/strength limit state loads (slip critical
connections), the requirements of 10.4.3 shall be satisfied at service and strength limit states loads, respectively.
However, the requirements of 10.4.4 shall be satisfied by all connections at the strength limit states.’

(Page 77, clause 10.4.7, line 2) — Delete ‘is significant, it’.

(Page 84, clause 11.1.3, lines 2 and 3) — Substitute ‘partial safety factors for loads, specified in Table 4
for the limit states of serviceability.’ for ‘partial load factor for service load/working load.’

(Page 84, clause 11.3.1, description of 𝑓cd ) — Insert the following at the end of sentence:

‘,calculated without the partial safety factor, 𝑚0 .’

[Page 85, clause 11.4.1 (c), description of 𝑓𝑦] — Substitute ‘Material’ for ‘Sect’.

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 Amendment No. 2 to IS 800 : 2007

(Page 87, clause 12.1, first sentence) — Insert the following at the end:

‘Ductility requirements in 12.4 to 12.12 need not be satisfied in case of non-ductile frames as defined in 12.13.’

[Page 87, clause 12.2.3 (a), line 1] — Substitute ‘Imposed Load’ for ‘Live Load’.

[Page 87, clause 12.2.3 (b)] — Insert the following at the end:
‘NOTE — The above combinations need to be considered for only the design axial forces of members, ignoring simultaneous
bending moments.’

(Page 87, Table 23) — Substitute the following for the existing:

Table 23 Response Reduction Factor, R, for Building System

(Clause 12.3)
Sl No. Lateral Load Resisting System R
(1) (2) (3)
i) Braced frame systems:
a) Ordinary concentrically braced frame (OCBF) 4.0
b) Special concentrically braced frame (SCBF) 4.5
c) Ordinary eccentrically braced frame (OCBF) 4.5
d) Special concentrically braced frame (OCBF) 5.0

ii) Moment frame system:

a) Ordinary moment resisting frame 4.0
b) Special moment resisting frame 5.0

iii) Non-ductile frame 1.5

(Page 87, clause 12.3) — Insert new para at the end:

‘The braced and moment resisting frames in single storey industrial buildings can be designed as non-ductile
frames, if their overall height to overall width ratio does not exceed 1.0. Such frames need not meet the ductility
requirements of other types of frames as specified in 12.4 to 12.12.’

(Page 87, clause 12.4.1, line 1) — Insert ‘critical zones of’ between ‘in’ and ‘frames’.

(Page 87, clause 12.4.1, para 1) — Insert the following at the end:

‘Critical zones of frames are zones of plastic hinges of moment resisting frames and beam to columns as well as
bracing and their connections of braced frames. The plastic hinge zones shall be taken as a distance equal to 2
times the depth of the member from the section of maximum bending moment.’

(Page 87, clause 12.4.2, line 1) — Substitute ‘welded connections used in the critical zones of’ for
‘welds used in’.

(Page 88, clause 12.5.1, description of 𝑃r ) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘𝑃r = required compressive strength of the member as evaluated for load combination in Table 4; and’

(Page 88, clause 12.5.1, description of 𝑃d ) — Substitute ‘strength’ for ‘stress’.

(Page 88, clause 12.5.1.1) — Insert the following at the end:

‘without considering the simultaneous moments as obtained from the analysis.’

(Page 88, clause 12.5.1.2, line 3) — Substitute ‘axially loaded member’ for ‘column’.

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Amendment No. 2 to IS 800 : 2007

(Page 88, clause 12.5.2.2, line 2) — Substitute ‘shown in’ for ‘showing’.

(Page 88, clause 12.5.2.2, line 3 and 4) — Substitute ‘where 𝐴f is the area of each flange in the connected
column, and 1.2 times 𝐹y 𝐴w as minimum required strength in cases where web splices are provided.’ for ‘where
𝐴f is the area of each flange in the smaller connected column.’

(Page 88, clause 12.7.2.3, line 1) — Insert ‘at all levels’ after ‘braces’.

(Page 88, clause 12.7.2.3, line 4) — Substitute ‘floor shear at the level’ for ‘lateral load.’

(Page 88, clause 12.7.2.5, last line) — Insert the following at the end:

‘in such built-up braces.’

[Page 88, clause 12.7.3.1 (c)] — Insert the following at the end:

‘, based on analysis.’

(Page 89, clause 12.8.2.2, last line) — Substitute ‘(except for hanger elements, which support only
gravity load)’ for ‘(only hangers)’.

(Page 89, clause 12.10, title) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘Ordinary Moment Resisting Frames (OMRF)’

(Page 89, clause 12.10.1, line 1) — Substitute ‘Ordinary moment resisting frames (OMRF)’ for
‘Ordinary Moment Frames (OMF)’.

(Page 89, clause 12.10.1, line 5) — Insert ‘resisting’ between ‘moment’ and ‘frames’.

(Page 89, clause 12.10.1.1, line 1) — Substitute ‘Ordinary moment resisting frames (OMRF)’ for
‘Ordinary moment frames (OMF)’.

(Page 90, clause 12.10.2.4, line 3) — Substitute ‘IL’ for ‘LL’.

(Page 90, clause 12.11.1, Title) — Substitute the following for the existing:

'Special Moment Resisting Frames (SMRF)'.

(Page 90, clause 12.11.1, line 1) — Substitute ‘Special moment resisting frames (SMRF)’ for ‘Special
moment frames (SMF)’.

(Page 90, clause 12.11.1, line 6) — Substitute ‘Special moment resisting frames (SMRF)’ for ‘Special
moment frames (SMF)’.

(Page 90, clause 12.11.1.1, line 1) — Substitute ‘Special moment resisting frames (SMRF)’ for ‘Special
moment frames (SMF)’.

(Page 91, clause 12.12.2) — Insert the following at the end:

‘12.13 Non-Ductile Braced and Moment Resisting Frames

Frames which do not meet the ductility requirements of the 12.4 to 12.12 and designed as per the response
reduction factor for non-ductile frames specified in Table 23 shall be classified as non-ductile frames. These
frames shall have height to span ratio not exceeding 1.0, such as in industrial buildings.’

[Page 91, clause 13.2.1 (h)] — Substitute ‘Unfilled holes’ for ’Holes’.

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 Amendment No. 2 to IS 800 : 2007

[Page 91, clause 13.2.1, para 2] — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘Fatigue need not be investigated if condition in 13.6 (b) is satisfied.

[Page 91, clause 13.2.1, para 3] — Insert the following as title for para 3 and para 4:

‘13.2.1.1 Thickness correction factor’

(Page 92, clause 13.2.2.3) — Delete.

(Page 99, clause 13.5.1) — Delete.

(Page 99, clause 13.5.2.4, line 2) — Substitute ‘𝑓ior 𝜏i’ for ‘𝑓fior 𝜏fi’.

[Page 100, clause 13.5.2.4 (a), formula] — Substitute ‘𝑟5’ for ‘𝛾5’ and ‘µr’ for ‘µ’.

[Page 100, clause 13.5.2.4 (b), formula] — Substitute ‘𝑟5’ for ‘𝑟’ ; ‘𝜏i5’ for ‘𝜏fi5’; and ‘µr’ for ‘µ’.

[Page 100, clause 13.5.2.4 (b)] — Substitute ‘𝑟5’ for ‘𝛾5 ’and ‘µr’ for ‘µc’, wherever appearing.

[Page 100, clause 13.5.2.4 (b), line 7] — Insert ‘shear stress ranges,’ before ‘𝜏i’.

[Page 100, clause 13.6 (b) (1), formula] — Substitute ‘µr’ for ‘µc’.

[Page 100, clause 13.6 (b) (2), formula] — Substitute ‘µr’ for ‘µc’.

[Page 100, clause 13.6 (b) (3)] — Substitute the following for the existing:

3) The total number of actual stress cycles NSC, satisfies:

3
 27  r 
N SC  5  10 
6

 f 
 mft feq 

where

ffeq = equivalent constant amplitude stress range, in MPa, given by:

1/ 3
 r5
n f n f 
3
r
5
 i 1 i i j  r 5 j j 
f feq   
 n 
 

where

r
n  n
i 1
i

fi, fj = stress ranges falling above and below the ffn, the stress range corresponding to the detail at 5 × 106
number of life cycles.

r5 = summation upper limit of all the normal stress ranges (fi) having magnitude lesser than (r ffn /mft)
for that detail and the lower limit of all the normal stress ranges (fj) having magnitude greater than
(r ffn /mft) for the detail.

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Amendment No. 2 to IS 800 : 2007

(Page 105, clause 16.1, para 1) — Insert the following at the end:

‘The provisions of this section are quite rudimentary and simplistic. Specialist literature for design of steel
structures for fire resistance and design based on testing may be necessary for a more comprehensive design of
steel buildings to resist fire.’

[Page 106, clause 16.3.2 (a) (2), line 1] — Insert ‘(𝑡)’ after ‘time’.

[Page 106, clause 16.3.2 (a) (2), line 3] — Delete ‘(𝑡)’.

(Page 109, clause 16.11, last line) — Insert ‘see’ before ‘Table 31’.

(Page 110, clause 17.2.2.1) — Substitute the following for the existing:

‘The holes for bolts may be made as given in Table 19, unless otherwise specified by the engineer. The hole
diameter in base plate shall not exceed the anchor bolt diameter by more than 6 mm.’

(Page 134, Table 44, description of ‘g’) — Insert ‘in mm’ at the end of the line.

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