British Standards Institution

Sector: Construction

Categories: Management. Human resources | Certification. Conformity assessment | Soils. Physical properties | Road engineering | Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works

Overview: Under the direction of B/526 is responsible for the UK input to national, European and international standards, in particular Eurocode 7 parts 2 and 3, along with Eurocodes related material including the extensive series of testing standards developed by CEN/TC 341 and ISO/TC 182 Geotechnics.

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In Progress (10)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
NWI proposal - prEN ISO 16383-2	Geotechnical investigation and testing – Laboratory testing of rock – Part 1: Determination of bulk density Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Construction \| Civil engineering \| Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works Proposal begins : 2023-07-26	Proposal
ISO/TC 182 N 294, ISO/NP 22476,	Geotechnical investigation and testing - Field testing - Part 16: Borehole shear test Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Construction \| Construction materials and building \| Construction industry \| Construction industry. General \| Civil engineering \| Civil engineering. General Proposal begins : 2019-07-09	Proposal
ISO/NP 16383-2	Geotechnical investigation and testing — Laboratory testing of rock — Part 2: Determination of bulk density Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Business \| Company organization and management \| Management. Human resources \| Construction \| Civil engineering \| Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works Proposal begins : 2023-07-26	Proposal
CEN/TC 341 N 945, EN ISO 18674-7	Geotechnical investigation and testing — Geotechnical monitoring by field instrumentation – Part 7: Measurement of strains : strain gauges Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Measurement and Science \| Testing \| Construction \| Construction materials and building \| Building elements \| Civil engineering \| Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works Proposal begins : 2021-03-31	Proposal
BS XXXX	Geotechnical investigation and testing — Qualification criteria and assessment — Part 1: Personnel Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Construction \| Construction materials and building \| Civil engineering \| Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works Proposal begins : 2023-02-10	Proposal
BS XXXX	Geotechnical investigation and testing — Qualification criteria and assessment — Part 2: Conformity assessment of enterprises and personnel by third party Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Construction \| Construction materials and building \| Civil engineering \| Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works Proposal begins : 2023-02-07	Proposal
BS EN ISO 17892-12:2018/Amd 1	Geotechnical investigation and testing - Laboratory testing of soil. Part 12: Determination of liquid and plastic limits - Amendment 1 Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2020-04-14	Drafting
BS 1377-9	Methods for test for soils for civil engineering purposes. In-situ tests Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Construction \| Civil engineering \| Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works Proposal begins : 2022-12-21	Proposal
BS 1377 parts 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8	BS 1377-X ‘Classification tests and determination of physical properties Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Environment \| Soil quality \| Soils. Examination. General \| Soils. Physical properties \| Soils. Hydrological properties \| Construction \| Construction materials and building \| Construction technology Proposal begins : 2020-03-30	Proposal
Amendment to BS 1377-3:2018	Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes. Chemical and electro-chemical testing Categories: Information management \| Civil engineering \| Standardization. General rules \| Environment \| Soil quality \| Soils. Examination. General \| Soils. Chemical characteristics \| Construction \| Construction materials and building Proposal begins : 2020-10-14	Proposal

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AMD 13925	BS1377-4 : 1990 Soils for civil engineering purposes. Part 4: Compaction-related tests Categories: Earthworks. Excavations. Foundation construction. Underground works Published standard begins : 2002-12-05	Published standard

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Standards Development

B/526/3 - (Disbanded 20.09.2024 See B/526/7) Ground investigation and ground testing

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