Local authorities require standards to support building control officers, and their need to ensure that buildings are safe and comply with the Building Regulations.
Listed below are some of the key publications for those involved in Civil Engineering, Property and Technical Services within Local Authorities. If you are interested in more specific and detailed information on other building and construction products visit our dedicated Buildings and Construction microsite.
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| Reference number |
Title |
| General |
| BS 1347:1986 |
Specification for architects’, engineers’ and surveyors’ metric scale rules |
| BS 1924-1:1990 |
Stabilized materials for civil engineering purposes. General requirements, sampling, sample preparation and test on materials before stabilization |
| BS 1924-2:1990 |
Stabilized materials for civil engineering purposes. Methods of test for cement-stabilized and lime-stabilized materials |
| BS 5284:1993 |
Methods of sampling and testing mastic asphalt used in building and civil engineering |
| Building and civil engineering terms |
| BS 6100-0:2002 |
Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. Introduction |
| BS 6100-1.0:1999 |
Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. General and miscellaneous. General |
| BS 6100-1.1:1987 |
Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. General and miscellaneous. Types of building |
BS 6100-1:2004,
BS ISO 6707-1:2004 |
Glossary of building and civil engineering terms. General terms |
| Bitumens |
| BS 3690-2:1989 |
Bitumens for building and civil engineering. Specification for bitumens for industrial purposes |
| BS 3690-3:1990 |
Bitumens for building and civil engineering. Specification for mixtures of bitumen with pitch, tar and Trinidad lake asphalt |
