Recommendations for the permissible stress design of reinforced concrete building structures (1991)

The manual has been produced to give practical recommendations for the design of reinforced concrete building structures using working loads and working stresses, and is a comprehensive revision of CP 114: 1969.
The structural use of reinforced concrete in buildings extended to incorporate precast and composite construction.
The recommendations are based on the assumption that the design of reinforced concrete is entrusted to chartered structural or civil engineers, for whose guidance the document has been prepared and that the execution of the reinforced concrete work is carried out under the direction of a qualified supervisor.
The recommendations are intended to apply to all normal reinforced concrete building structures without limitation of size, although for special or complex structures reference to specialist literature or other design guidance may be appropriate.