A building code, is a set of rules that specify the minimum standards and laying down the guidelines for the design and construction of structures. Thus these Design codes are the most important and basic tools for structural design engineers. Diversity of codal provisions for countries worldwide leads to problem when engineers have to move from one country to other. Thus knowledge of main features commonalities and differences of various code of practice is necessary to form a common platform for structural design throughout the world. This paper reviews the efforts being made by various researchers worldwide to compaire the RC building design codes. The review study shows that work has been done by taking various countries. Comparison work has been done in terms of load comparison such as seismic load, wind load and strength parameters for various elements of the building such as beam, column, slab etc.
