British Standards Institution documents within the Construction Information Service

• Temporary electrical systems for entertainment and related purposes - Code of practice (+A1:2024)
• Temporary works - application of European Standards in design - guide
• Temporary works - major infrastructure client procedures - code of practice
• Temporary works equipment. Information on materials
• Temporary works equipment. Load testing
• Temporary works equipment. Protection fans for scaffolds - performance requirements and product design
• Temporary works equipment. Scaffolds - Performance requirements and general design
• Temporary works. Falsework: Design and implementation - code of practice
• Temporary works. Management procedures for the control of temporary works - code of practice
• Test method for resistance to fire of cables required to maintain circuit integrity under fire conditions
• Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members. Applied passive protection to steel members
• Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members. Applied protection to concrete/profiled sheet steel composite member
• Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members. Horizontal protective membranes
• Test sieves - Technical requirements and testing. Test sieves of metal wire cloth
• Test sieves - Technical requirements and testing. Test sieves of perforated metal plate
• Testing aggregates. Method for determination of frost heave
• Testing aggregates. Methods for determination of aggregate crushing value (ACV) (Partially superseded but remains current)
• Testing concrete in structures. Cored specimen - taking, examining and testing in compression (Incorporating corrigendum November 2020)
• Testing concrete in structures. Determination of pull-out force
• Testing concrete in structures. Determination of ultrasonic pulse velocity
• Testing concrete in structures. Non-destructive testing - determination of rebound number
• Testing concrete. Method for temperature-matched curing of concrete specimens
• Testing concrete. Methods for analysis of hardened concrete (+A1:2021)
• Testing concrete. Procedure and terminology for the petrographic examination of hardened concrete
• Testing concrete. Recommendations for the assessment of concrete strength by near-to-surface tests
• Testing fresh concrete. Air content - pressure methods (Incorporating corrigendum January 2022)
• Testing fresh concrete. Degree of compactability
• Testing fresh concrete. Density
• Testing fresh concrete. Flow table test
• Testing fresh concrete. Sampling and common apparatus
• Testing fresh concrete. Self-compacting concrete - J-ring test
• Testing fresh concrete. Self-compacting concrete - L box test
• Testing fresh concrete. Self-compacting concrete - sieve segregation test
• Testing fresh concrete. Self-compacting concrete - slump-flow test
• Testing fresh concrete. Self-compacting concrete - V funnel test
• Testing fresh concrete. Slump-test
• Testing fresh concrete. Vebe test
• Testing hardened concrete. Compressive strength - Specification for testing machines
• Testing hardened concrete. Compressive strength of test specimens
• Testing hardened concrete. Density of hardened concrete (Incorporating corrigendum November 2020)
• Testing hardened concrete. Determination of the carbonation resistance of concrete - Accelerated carbonation method (Incorporating corrigendum April 2020)
• Testing hardened concrete. Flexural strength of test specimens
• Testing hardened concrete. Making and curing specimens for strength tests
• Testing hardened concrete. Shape, dimensions and other requirements for specimens and moulds
• Testing of hardened concrete - Determination of electrical resistivity
• Testing sprayed concrete. Fibre content of fibre reinforced concrete
• Testing sprayed concrete. Flexural strengths (first peak, ultimate and residual) of fibre reinforced beam specimens
• Tests for chemical properties of aggregates. Chemical analysis (+A1:2012)
• Tests for electric cables under fire conditions - Circuit integrity. Test method for fire with shock at a temperature of at least 830°C for cables of rated voltage up to and including 0,6/1,0 kV and with an overall diameter exceeding 20 mm
• Tests for general properties of aggregates. Definitions of repeatability and reproducibility
• Tests for general properties of aggregates. Methods for reducing laboratory samples
• Tests for general properties of aggregates. Methods for sampling
• Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Classification test for the constituents of coarse recycled aggregate (incorporating corrigendum November 2009)
• Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle shape - Flakiness index
• Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution - Sieving method
• Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution - test sieves, nominal size of apertures
• Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of percentage of crushed particles in coarse and all-in natural aggregates
• Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of shell content - percentage of shells in coarse aggregates
• Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates. Determination of compressibility and confined compressive strength of lightweight aggregates
• Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle density and water absorption
• Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates. Determination of the polished stone value
• Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates. Determination of the water content by drying in a ventilated oven
• Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates. Methods for the determination of resistance to fragmentation
• Tests for thermal and weathering properties of aggregates. Determination of drying shrinkage
• Thermal bridges in building construction - heat flows and surface temperatures - detailed calculations
• Thermal bridges in building construction - Linear thermal transmittance - Simplified methods and default values
• Thermal energy meters. General requirements
• Thermal insulating materials for pipes, tanks, vessels, ductwork and equipment operating within the temperature range -40 °C to +700 °C - Method for specifying
• Thermal insulation - building elements - in-situ measurement of thermal resistance and thermal transmittance. Heat flow meter method
• Thermal insulation - building elements - in-situ measurement of thermal resistance and thermal transmittance. Infrared method for frame structure dwelling (+A1:2021)
• Thermal insulation for building equipment and industrial installations - Calculation rules (Incorporating corrigendum June 2025)
• Thermal insulation of pipework, ductwork, associated equipment and other industrial installations in the temperature range -100°C to +870°C - Code of practice
• Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made mineral wool (MW) products - Specification (+A1:2015)
• Thermal performance of building materials and products - Determination of thermal resistance by means of guarded hot plate and heat flow meter methods - Products of high and medium thermal resistance
• Thermal performance of buildings - Air permeability of building components and building elements - Laboratory test method
• Thermal performance of buildings - determination of air permeability of buildings - fan pressurization method
• Thermal performance of buildings - heat transfer via the ground - calculation methods
• Thermal performance of buildings - transmission and ventilation heat transfer coefficients - calculation method (ISO 13789:2017)
• Thermal performance of curtain walling - calculation of thermal transmittance
• Thermal performance of windows, doors and shutters - calculation of thermal transmittance. General (Incorporating corrigendum March 2020)
• Thermal performance of windows, doors and shutters - calculation of thermal transmittance. Numerical method for frames (ISO 10077-2:2017) (+A1:2025)
• Thermoplastics ancillary fittings of nominal sizes 110 and 160 for below ground gravity drainage and sewerage - specification
• Threaded pipe fittings in malleable cast iron
• Timber and wood-based materials in internal windows, internal door leaves and internal doorframes - Requirements and specifications
• Timber for and workmanship in joinery. Specification for wood trim and its fixing (AMD 9386)
• Timber in joinery - general requirements
• Timber stairs - structural design - calculation methods
• Timber structures - calculation and verification of characteristic values
• Timber structures - cross laminated timber - requirements
• Timber structures - Dowel-type fasteners - Requirements (Incorporating corrigendum May 2023)
• Timber structures - glued laminated timber and glued solid timber - requirements (incorporating corrigendum June 2014)
• Timber structures - strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section. General requirements (+A1:2019)
• Timber structures - strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section. Machine grading; additional requirements for factory production control
• Timber structures - strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section. Machine grading; additional requirements for type testing (+A1:2022)
• Timber windows and doorsets - Fully finished factory-assembled windows and doorsets of various types - Specification
• Timber-based fire door assemblies - code of practice
• Tolerances for building. Recommendations for basic principles for evaluation and specification
• Tree work - Recommendations
• Trees from nursery to independence in the landscape - Code of practice (+A1:2026)
• Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction - recommendations