It gives me great satisfaction that CPWD Establishment Manual - 2013 is ready now. The last edition of the CPWD Establishment Manual was published in 1992 as CPWD Manual Vol. I and this edition are renamed as “CPWD Establishment Manual – 2013”. In view of many changes that have taken place in the instructions of the Govt. of India referred to in the Manual as also the Set up of the Department after the publication of the last edition, the revision of CPWD Manual Vol. I became inevitable. Owing to various changes and the revised organization set up of the department this revised edition is almost rewritten afresh including additional checkers. The gist of the latest government orders and circulars on various subjects has been incorporated.

The Vigilance Unit of the CPWD is responsible for vigilance in the organization under the general superintendence of the Central Vigilance Commission, the apex organization of the Government of India that controls anti-corruption measures and probity in public life. The vigilance unit is headed by the Chief Vigilance Officer who has a two-fold function (i) to act as an adviser to the DG, CPWD in all matters pertaining to vigilance and (ii) to provide a link between the vigilance unit, CPWD, and the CVC on the one hand and the CBI on the other.

Sound Planning and Design• All building norms and specifications to be standardized.• Architectural and structural design to be undertaken in-house as far as possible.• Detailed planning of all services to make the buildings operational in all respects.• Architectural and structural designs to be coordinated to evolve an efficient building system compliant with the latest Indian Standards.

There is an increasing trend toward the construction of multi-Storeyed buildings for residential as well as non-residential Purposes in Urban areas. Owing to the migration of the Population from rural areas to cities, land in urban areas is becoming increasingly scarce and land prices are spiraling from construction, especially in larger cities is bound to increase in the years to come. It is, therefore necessary that the methods of proper designing of such buildings are better known.

The first volume of the manual on Planning & Design of Multi-storeyed Buildings with Preliminary design and structural analysis was published last year. This volume deals with the design and detailing aspects.