Tag: standard
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Hackitt on competence standard: ‘We should have reached this point sooner’
Addressing the Engineering Council, Hackitt said: “I will be very keen to hear more about the next stages you’ve mapped out, which will need to include driving the individual institutions who have been licenced to award this qualification in raising awareness among their members, not just of the existence of this new qualification, but driving…
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BSI publishes first MMC standard for residential developments
The UK’s leading standard-setting body has published a new modern methods of construction (MMC) specification for residential developments. The British Standards Institution’s (BSI) PAS 8700:2025 is the first PAS to set out comprehensive requirements and processes for the deployment of MMC in residential building projects. In 2023, the government commissioned BSI to draft a new…
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BSI publishes first MMC standard for residential developments
The UK’s leading standard-setting body has published a new modern methods of construction (MMC) specification for residential developments. The British Standards Institution’s (BSI) PAS 8700:2025 is the first PAS to set out comprehensive requirements and processes for the deployment of MMC in residential building projects. In 2023, the government commissioned BSI to draft a new…
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Government caves in as wood burning stoves allowed in Future Homes Standard, despite health warnings
The UK government has confirmed that modern wood-burning stoves will be permitted as secondary heating sources in new and self build homes under the forthcoming Future Homes Standard. The Ministry of Housing confirmed in a letter: “Under the standards proposed in the consultation, a wood burning stove would be permitted as a secondary heating source…
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Setting a new standard for procurement competence
By setting the highest standards of procurement competence across the life cycle of a building and at all levels within the supply chain, the framework aims to address a key finding of Hackitt’s 2018 report, which identified that poor commercial and procurement practices in the years leading up to the Grenfell fire had driven a…
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Setting a new standard for procurement competence
By setting the highest standards of procurement competence across the life cycle of a building and at all levels within the supply chain, the framework aims to address a key finding of Hackitt’s 2018 report, which identified that poor commercial and procurement practices in the years leading up to the Grenfell fire had driven a…
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AWS Releases A3.0M/A3.0:2025 – Welding Terminology Standard
The American Welding Society (AWS) has released AWS A3.0M/A3.0:2025 – Standard Welding Terms and Definitions Including Terms for Additive Manufacturing, Adhesive Bonding, Brazing, Soldering, Thermal Cutting, Thermal Spraying, and Nondestructive Examination (AWS A3.0M/A3.0:2025), the latest edition of the industry’s most comprehensive welding terminology reference. Now available for purchase through the AWS Bookstore, this essential reference provides updated…
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AWS Releases A3.0M/A3.0:2025 – Welding Terminology Standard
The American Welding Society (AWS) has released AWS A3.0M/A3.0:2025 – Standard Welding Terms and Definitions Including Terms for Additive Manufacturing, Adhesive Bonding, Brazing, Soldering, Thermal Cutting, Thermal Spraying, and Nondestructive Examination (AWS A3.0M/A3.0:2025), the latest edition of the industry’s most comprehensive welding terminology reference. Now available for purchase through the AWS Bookstore, this essential reference provides updated…
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Former Wallace & Gromit warehouse to become pilot for net zero standard
The former warehouse of the studios behind the Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep films will be used to pilot the UK’s first net-zero carbon building standard. The Grade II-listed semi-derelict St Vincent’s Works, at Silverthorne Lane in Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, was destroyed by a huge fire in 2005. The site was…
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GAF EnergyGuard TCPP-Free Standard Pricing
GAF, a Standard Industries company and North America’s largest roofing and waterproofing manufacturer, has announced that the full line of GAF EnergyGuard™ NH TCPP-Free Polyiso products is now available at standard polyiso pricing. GAF was the first in the marketplace to launch a full line of polyiso insulation solutions utilizing a non-halogenated flame retardant that…