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0–9. AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types; BS 25999; BSI PAS 100; BS 857; BS 1088; BS 1362; BS 1363; BS 1852; BSI PAS 2060; BS 2961; Standard wire gauge
BS 8647 Respiratory equipment - Full-face snorkel masks - Specification; BS 8888 for engineering drawing and technical product specification; BS 8900-1 Managing sustainable development of organizations. BS 8900-2 Managing sustainable development of organizations. Framework for assessment against BS 8900-1; BS 9997 Fire risk management systems.
British Standards (BS) are the standards produced by the BSI Group which is incorporated under a royal charter and which is formally designated as the national standards body (NSB) for the UK. [1] The BSI Group produces British Standards under the authority of the charter, which lays down as one of the BSI's objectives to: [ 2 ]
BSI Group pioneered the PAS format. Under the BSI model, any organization, association or group who wish to document standardized best practice on a specific subject can commission a PAS, subject to the BSI acceptance process. A British Standard and a PAS must reach full consensus between all stakeholders on technical content. The timescale for ...
BS 1192, which relies heavily on the Code of Procedure for the Construction Industry; AIA Cad Layer Guidelines, 2nd edition (1997), has great usage in the USA; ISO 13567-1/3, International standard, common in Northern Europe; AEC (UK), an adaptation of BS-1192 based on Uniclass.
BSI Group headquarters building in Gunnersbury, West London, featuring the BSI Group logo. BSI was founded as the Engineering Standards Committee in London in 1901. [5] [2] It subsequently extended its standardization work and became the British Engineering Standards Association in 1918, adopting the name British Standards Institution in 1931 after receiving a Royal Charter in 1929. [2]
The National frames have a long top-bar to the frame (17 in or 430 mm) giving them long lugs of 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (38 mm) that rest on the runners. In its original form, the National hive provides 3 ⁄ 8 in (9.5 mm) bottom beespace—that is, the top surface of the frame bar is flush with the top of the box, and the lower surface of the frame is ...
NBS (National Building Specification) is a UK-based business providing construction specification information used by architects, engineers and other building professionals to describe the materials, standards and workmanship of a construction project. [1] It was launched in 1973 and its information is now used by over 5000 offices. [2]