A Review of Codes and Standards for Bamboo Structural Design

Table 1

Codes for bamboo structural design.

Country	Year of publication	Code name
Colombia	2010	Reglamento Colombiano de Construcción Sismoresistente—chapter G.12 Estructuras de Guadua (Guadua Structures)
China	2011	JGJ 254: Technical code for the safety of bamboo scaffold in construction
Ecuador	2011	Norma Ecuatoriana de la Construcción—chapter 17 Utilizacio´ n de la Guadua Angustifolia Kunth en la Construcción (Use of Guadua angustifolia Kunth in construction) [13]
India	2005	The National Building Code of India—developed a Code of Practice for Bamboo Design-Section 3—Timber and Bamboo: 3B
	1979	9096: Code of practice for preservation of bamboo for structural purposes
Peru	2012	Reglamento Nacional de Edificaciones, Section 3. Code E100— Diseño y Construcción con Bamboo (ICG) [14]