As sustainability moves up on businesses’ priority lists, more and more terms are being bandied around in this sector, creating confusion. One such term is ‘social value’, which has increasingly found its way into the corporate lexicon alongside its cousin ‘corporate social responsibility’.
Our cities of the future will be smart and resilient and across the UK we are seeing more and more examples of smart city transformation. On the final day of the Smart Cities Expo 2017 four case studies were presented which each demonstrated how innovation within key “smart” sectors is fueling change.
Concrete is the foundation of the construction industry and it’s estimated that four billion tonnes were used worldwide in 2016. Effectively a man-made alternative to stone, it has a host of stand-out benefits: it’s inexpensive, durable and inflammable. For these reasons, you can find it everywhere from pavements to walls. In fact, it’s widely acknowledged to be the second most-consumed material in the world – behind only water.
The definition of ‘smart cities’ is ever-changing, and many people imagine the future of cities in different ways. At BSI, we define the term ‘smart city’ as the ‘effective integration of physical, digital and human systems in the built environment to deliver a sustainable, prosperous and inclusive future for its citizens’.
New edition BS EN ISO 6892-1:2016 , Metallic materials. Tensile testing. Method of test at room temperature, has been published, replacing BS EN ISO 6892-1:2009.
Across various industries including automotive, aerospace, nuclear, and defence – mechanical engineers use technical drawings to define their product specifications. These are then used in the creation of part(s) by manufacturers. BS 8888 aims to streamline the process of developing these technical drawings to help engineers convey the exact product specifications they want in the most effective way possible.
BS 9999 is the standard addressing fire safety for building design in new and existing buildings. First published in 2008, it is due to be updated at the end of this year.
In the last few years BIM Level 2 has been adopted increasingly widely in the UK, assisted by a government requirement to use it on all public procurement projects from 2016. Excitingly, it is now also catching on through the supply chain, among small and medium-sized businesses and internationally.
