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British Standards Institution

With over 100 years of experience the British Standards Institute is recognised as the UK’s National standards body. Their committees work with the manufacturing and service industries, government, businesses and consumers to facilitate the production of British, European and International standards.

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Series details Title Year Status
BSI Structural Eurocodes companion 2009 Green
Permanently installed outdoor fitness equipment - Safety requirements and test methods 2015 Green
BS 4-1:1993 Structural steel sections. Specification for hot-rolled sections (AMD 10598) (Withdrawn) 1993 Red
BS 4-1:2005 Structural steel sections. Specification for hot-rolled sections (Withdrawn) 2005 Amber
BS 10:1962 Specification for flanges and bolting for pipes, valves and fittings (PD 5413) (PD 5823) (PD 5949) (AMD 585) (Withdrawn) 1962 Red
BS 10:2009 Specification for flanges and bolting for pipes, valves and fittings 2009 Red
BS 10:2009 Specification for flanges and bolting for pipes, valves and fittings (incorporating corrigendum No. 1) 2009 Green
BS 12:1989 Specification for Portland cements (Withdrawn) 1989 Red
BS 12:1996 Portland cement (Withdrawn) 1996 Red
BS 21:1985 Specification for pipe threads for tubes and fittings where pressure-tight joints are made on the threads (metric dimensions) (AMD 6633) (Withdrawn) 1985 Amber
BS 31:1940 Specification. Steel conduit and fittings for electrical wiring (CF(EL) 9846) (PD 5663) (PD 6129) (AMD 248) (AMD 532) (AMD 5383) (Withdrawn) 1940 Red
BS 41:1973 Specification for cast iron spigot and socket flue or smoke pipes and fittings (No longer current but cited in Building Regulations guidance) 1973 Amber
BS 63-1:1987 Road aggregates. Specification for single-sized aggregate for general purposes (Withdrawn) 1987 Red
BS 63-2:1987 Road aggregates. Specification for single-sized aggregate for surface dressing (Withdrawn) 1987 Red
BS 65:1988 Specification for vitrified clay pipes, fittings, joints and ducts (Withdrawn) 1988 Red
BS 65:1991 Specification for vitrified clay pipes, fittings and ducts, also flexible mechanical joints for use solely with surface water pipes and fittings (AMD 8622) 1991 Green
BS 67:1987 Specification for ceiling roses 1987 Green
BS 76:1974 Specification for tars for road purposes (AMD 1961) 1974 Red
BS 78-2:1965 Specification for cast iron spigot and socket pipes (vertically cast) and spigot and socket fittings. Fittings (PD 5731) (Withdrawn) 1965 Red
BS 88-2-1:1988 Cartridge fuses for voltages up to and including 1000 V a.c. and 1500 V d.c. Specification for fuses for use by authorised persons (mainly for industrial application). Supplementary requirements (AMD 6684) (AMD 8741) (AMD 10493) (AMD 13814) (Renumbered to BS EN 60269-2:1995) 1988 Red
BS 88-2-2:1988 Cartridge fuses for voltages up to and including 1000 V a.c. and 1500 V d.c. Specification for fuses for use by authorised persons (mainly for industrial application). Additional requirements for fuses with fuse-links for bolted connections (AMD 6697) (AMD 7953) (AMD 8311) (Withdrawn) 1988 Red
BS 88-2:2007 Low-voltage fuses. Supplementary requirements for fuses for use by authorized persons (fuses mainly for industrial application). Examples of standardized systems of fuses A to I (Withdrawn) 2007 Red
BS 88-3:2007 Low-voltage fuses. Supplementary requirements for fuses for use by unskilled persons (fuses mainly for household or similar applications). Examples of standardized systems of fuses A to F (Withdrawn) 2007 Red
BS 88-4:1988 Cartridge fuses for voltages up to and including 1000 V a.c. and 1500 V d.c. Specification of supplementary requirements for fuse-links for the protection of semiconductor devices (AMD 6308) (AMD 6696) (renumbered to BS EN 60269-4:1996) 1988 Red
BS 88-5:1988 Cartridge fuses for voltages up to 1000 V a.c. and 1500 V d.c. Specification of supplementary requirements for fuse-links for use in a.c. electricity supply networks (AMD 6695) (Withdrawn) 1988 Red
BS 88-6:1988 Cartridge fuses for voltages up to and including 1000 V a.c. and 1500 V d.c. Specification of supplementary requirements for fuses of compact dimensions for use in 240/415 V a.c. industrial and commercial electrical installations (AMD 6694) (Withdrawn) 1988 Red
BS 89-2:1990 Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories. Specification for special requirements for ammeters and voltmeters 1990 Green
BS 89-3:1990 Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories. Specification for special requirements for wattmeters and varmeters (+ AMD 8749) 1990 Green
BS 89-4:1990 Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories. Specification for special requirements for frequency meters 1990 Green
BS 89-5:1990 Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories. Specification for special requirements for phase meters, power factor meters and synchroscopes (Withdrawn) 1990 Amber
BS 89-6:1990 Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories. Specification for special requirements for ohmmeters (impedance meters) and conductance meters (Withdrawn) 1990 Red
BS 89-7:1990 Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories. Specification for special requirements for multi-function instruments (Withdrawn) 1990 Red
BS 89-8:1990 Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories. Specification for special requirements for accessories (Withdrawn) 1990 Red
BS 89-9:1990 Direct acting indicating analogue electrical measuring instruments and their accessories. Recommended test methods (AMD 8832) 1990 Green
BS 90:1975 Specification for direct-acting electrical recording instruments and their accessories 1975 Green
BS 91:1998 Electric cable soldering sockets - Specification (Withdrawn) 1998 Red
BS 143 and 1256:2000 Threaded pipe fittings in malleable cast iron and cast copper alloy 2000 Green
BS 144:1997 Specification for coal tar creosote for wood preservation (AMD 9947) 1997 Green
BS 146:2002 Specification for blastfurnace cements with strength properties outside the scope of BS EN 197-1 (Withdrawn) 2002 Red
BS 148:2009 Reclaimed mineral insulating oil for transformers and switchgear. Specification (Withdrawn) 2009 Amber
BS 148:2020 Recycled mineral insulating oil for transformers and switchgear. Specification 2020 Amber
BS 159:1992 Specification for high-voltage busbars and busbar connections 1992 Green
BS 171-5:1978 Power transformers. Specification for ability to withstand short circuit (AMD 7961) (Withdrawn) 1978 Red
BS 185-1:1969 Glossary of aeronautical and astronautical terms. General (AMD 1071) 1969 Green
BS 187:1978 Specification for calcium silicate (sandlime and flintlime) bricks (AMD 5427) (No longer current but cited in Building Regulations guidance) 1978 Amber
BS 196:1961 Specification for protected-type non-reversible plugs, socket-outlets, cable-couplers and appliance-couplers with earthing contacts for single phase a.c. circuits up to 250 volts (PD 5664) (PD 5743) (PD 6384) (AMD 255) (Withdrawn) 1961 Red
BS 302-5:1987 Stranded steel wire ropes. Specification for ropes for hauling purposes 1987 Green
BS 302-6:1987 Stranded steel wire ropes. Specification for ropes for mine hoisting (Withdrawn) 1987 Red
BS 302-7:1989 Stranded steel wire ropes. Specification for large diameter ropes for general purposes (Withdrawn) 1989 Red
BS 302-8:1989 Stranded steel wire ropes. Specification for higher breaking load ropes (Withdrawn) 1989 Red
BS 336:1989 Specification for fire hose couplings and ancillary equipment (Withdrawn) 1989 Amber
BS 336:2010 Specification for fire hose couplings and ancillary equipment 2010 Green
BS 373:1957 Methods of testing small clear specimens of timber 1957 Green
BS 405:1987 Specification for uncoated expanded metal carbon steel sheets for general purposes (AMD 6660) (Withdrawn) 1987 Amber
BS 410-1:2000 Test sieves - technical requirements and testing. Test sieves of metal wire cloth 2000 Red
BS 410-1:2000 Test sieves - technical requirements and testing. Test sieves of metal wire cloth (AMD Corrigendum 15726) (Withdrawn) 2000 Red
BS 410-2:2000 Test sieves - technical requirements and testing. Test sieves of perforated metal plate (Withdrawn) 2000 Red
BS 416-1:1990 Discharge and ventilating pipes and fittings, sand-cast or spun in cast iron. Specification for spigot and socket systems 1990 Green
BS 416-2:1990 Discharge and ventilating pipes and fittings, sand-cast or spun in cast iron. Specification for socketless systems 1990 Red
BS 416:1973 Cast iron spigot and socket soil, waste and ventilating pipes (sand cast and spun) and fittings (AMD 3113) (AMD 5876) (Withdrawn) 1973 Red
BS 417-2:1987 Specification for galvanized low carbon steel cisterns, cistern lids, tanks and cylinders. Metric units 1987 Green
BS 434-1:1984 Bitumen road emulsions (anionic and cationic). Specification for bitumen road emulsions (AMD 4756) (AMD 5690) (AMD 6376) (Withdrawn) 1984 Red
BS 434-1:2011 Bitumen road emulsions. Specification for anionic bitumen road emulsions 2011 Amber
BS 434-1:2011 Bitumen road emulsions. Specification for anionic bitumen road emulsions (+A1:2016) 2011 Green
BS 434-2:1984 Bitumen road emulsions (anionic and cationic). Code of practice for use of bitumen road emulsions (AMD 4757) (Withdrawn) 1984 Red
BS 434-2:2006 Bitumen road emulsions. Code of practice for use of cationic bitumen emulsions on roads and other paved areas (Superseded but remains current) 2006 Amber
BS 437:1978 Specification for cast iron spigot and socket drain pipes and fittings (AMD 5877) (No longer current but cited in Building Regulations guidance) 1978 Amber
BS 437:2008 Specification for cast iron drain pipes, fittings and their joints for socketed and socketless systems 2008 Green
BS 449-2:1969 Specification for the use of structural steel in building. Metric units (AMD 416) (AMD 523) (AMD 661) (AMD 1135) (AMD 1787) (AMD 4576) (AMD 5698) (AMD 6255) (AMD 8859) (Withdrawn) 1969 Red
BS 459:1988 Specification for matchboarded wooden door leaves for external use (AMD 8737) 1988 Green
BS 460:1964 Specification for cast iron rainwater goods (Withdrawn) 1964 Red
BS 460:2002 Cast iron rainwater goods. Specification (+ AMD 15095, AMD 16890, AMD 17425) 2002 Red
BS 460:2002 Cast iron rainwater goods - Specification 2002 Red
BS 460:2002 Cast iron rainwater goods - Specification (+A2:2007) (incorporating corrigenda Nos. 1 and 2) 2002 Green
BS 460:2002 Cast iron rainwater goods - Specification (AMD 15095) 2002 Red
BS 460:2002 Cast iron rainwater goods - Specification (AMD 15095) (AMD 16890) 2002 Red
BS 466:1984 Specification for power driven overhead travelling cranes, semi-goliath and goliath cranes for general use (Withdrawn) 1984 Red
BS 470:1984 Specification for inspection, access and entry openings for pressure vessels 1984 Green
BS 476-3:1958 Fire tests on building materials and structures. External fire exposure roof test (No longer current but cited in Building Regulations guidance) 1958 Amber
BS 476-3:1975 Fire tests on building materials and structures. External fire exposure roof test (Withdrawn) 1975 Red
BS 476-3:2004 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Classification and method of test for external fire exposure to roofs 2004 Red
BS 476-3:2004 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Classification and method of test for external fire exposure to roofs (AMD 16169) 2004 Red
BS 476-3:2004 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Classification and method of test for external fire exposure to roofs (AMD 16169) (AMD 16924) 2004 Green
BS 476-4:1970 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Non-combustibility test for materials (AMD 2483) (AMD 4390) 1970 Amber
BS 476-4:1970 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Non-combustibility test for materials (incorporating amendments issued March 1978 (AMD 2483), September 1983 (AMD 4390) and corrigendum No. 1) 1970 Green
BS 476-6:1968 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Fire propagation test for materials (AMD549) (AMD 3192) (Withdrawn) 1968 Amber
BS 476-6:1981 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method of test for fire propagation for products (AMD 4329) (No longer current but cited in Building Regulations guidance) 1981 Amber
BS 476-6:1989 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method of test for fire propagation for products 1989 Red
BS 476-6:1989 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method of test for fire propagation for products (+A1:2009) 1989 Amber
BS 476-6:1989 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method of test for fire propagation for products (+A1:2009) (incorporating corrigendum No. 1) 1989 Green
BS 476-7:1971 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Surface spread of flame tests for materials (No longer current but cited in Building Regulations guidance) 1971 Amber
BS 476-7:1987 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method for classification of the surface spread of flame of products (AMD 6249) (AMD 7030) (AMD 7612) (No longer current but cited in Building Regulations guidance) 1987 Amber
BS 476-7:1997 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method of test to determine the classification of the surface spread of flame of products 1997 Amber
BS 476-7:1997 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method of test to determine the classification of the surface spread of flame of products (incorporating corrigendum No. 1) 1997 Green
BS 476-8:1972 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Test methods and criteria for the fire resistance of elements of building construction (AMD 1873) (AMD 3816) (AMD 4822) (No longer current but cited in Building Regulations guidance) 1972 Amber
BS 476-10:1983 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Guide to the principles and application of fire testing (Withdrawn) 1983 Red
BS 476-10:2009 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Guide to the principles, selection, role and application of fire testing and their outputs 2009 Green
BS 476-11:1982 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method for assessing the heat emission from building materials 1982 Red
BS 476-11:1982 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method for assessing the heat emission from building materials (Incorporating corrigendum No. 1) 1982 Green
BS 476-12:1991 Fire tests on building materials and structures. Method of test for ignitability of products by direct flame impingement 1991 Red

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