Standards Development

Sector: Construction

Categories: Lighting | Aluminium products | Civil engineering | Road engineering. General | Road engineering | Bridge construction | Lamps and related equipment | Road construction materials | Telephone equipment | Road equipment and installations | Building structures. General | Noise. Transport | Street lighting

Overview: Is responsible for Standards for Road Equipment and co-ordinates the UK input into CEN/TC 226. B/509 does this by means of eight sub-committees that were set up to reflect the Working Groups of CEN/TC 226. CEN/TC 226 is responsible for the preparation of specifications for safety, traffic control and other road equipment in the following fields: safety fences and barriers, including guard rails, safety fences, crash barriers, crash absorbers and bridge parapets ; horizontal signs including road studs and road markings; vertical signs including signs, cones and marker posts ; traffic lights including signals, traffic control and danger lamps; street lighting, performance requirements only; other equipment including bollards, anti-glare screens and noise protection devices. B/509 has national standards that are gradually being superseded by the standards of CEN/TC 226.