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B/209 - General design and construction standards

Sector: Construction

Categories: Paint coating processes | Organic coatings | Civil engineering | Aids. Other | Mineral processing equipment | Noise. Machines and equipment | Walls. Partitions. Façade | Construction equipment | | Fire-resistance. Building materials and elements | Buildings. General | Acoustics. Sound insulation | Buildings. Residential | Construction technology | Roofs | Crime protection | Mining and quarrying | Installations in buildings. General | Construction industry | Road construction | Company organization and management. General | Physical planning. Town planning | External structures | Thermal and sound insulating materials | Building elements. Other | Thermal insulation | Sanitary installations | Interior finishing

Overview: Under the direction of the Standards Policy Committee, B/209 is responsible for planning and co-ordinating standards relating to national codes of practice and for the design and construction of buildings. B/209 is also responsible for designated subjects and maintaining a working relationship with other standards committees where appropriate, in particular, those relating to the BS 8000 series.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (1)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

BS 8895 Designing for material efficiency in building projects

Categories: Information management | Vocabularies | Construction materials and building | Standardization. General rules | Construction | Construction materials and building | Buildings | Construction technology

Proposal begins : 2021-01-25
Proposal
Published (12)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

BS 8895-3:2019 Designing for material efficiency in building projects. Code of practice for technical design

Categories: Buildings. General

Published standard begins : 2019-11-15
Published standard
BS 8895-2:2015 Designing for material efficiency in building projects. Code of Practice for concept and developed design

Categories: Buildings. General

Published standard begins : 2015-07-30
Published standard
BS 8895-1:2013 Designing for material efficiency in building projects. Code of practice for Strategic Definition and Preparation and Brief

Categories: Buildings. General

Published standard begins : 2013-07-30
Published standard
BS 8579:2020 Guide to the design of balconies and terraces

Categories: Buildings. General | Buildings. Residential | Building elements. Other | External structures

Published standard begins : 2020-08-27
Published standard
BS 8560:2012+A1:2018 Code of practice for the design of buildings incorporating safe work at height

Categories: Construction equipment

Published standard begins : 2018-10-24
Published standard
BS 8000-0:2014+A1:2024 Workmanship on construction sites. Introduction and general principles

Categories: Construction technology

Published standard begins : 2024-02-13
Published standard
BS 7000-4:2024 Design management systems. Managing design in construction. Guide

Categories: Company organization and management. General | | Physical planning. Town planning

Published standard begins : 2024-05-31
Published standard
BS 6465-4:2010 Sanitary installations. Code of practice for the provision of public toilets

Categories: Sanitary installations

Published standard begins : 2010-11-12
Published standard
BS 6465-3:2020 Sanitary installations. Code of practice for the selection, installation and maintenance of sanitary and associated appliances

Categories: Sanitary installations

Published standard begins : 2020-03-26
Published standard
BS 6465-2:2017 Sanitary installations. Space recommendations. Code of practice

Categories: Sanitary installations

Published standard begins : 2017-07-05
Published standard
Withdrawn (2)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

BS 8560:2012 Code of practice for the design of buildings incorporating safe work at height

Categories: Construction equipment

Withdrawn begins : 2018-10-24
Withdrawn
BS 8233:1999 Sound insulation and noise reduction for buildings. Code of practice

Categories: Acoustics. Sound insulation

Withdrawn begins : 2014-02-27
Withdrawn