November’s Update Standards magazine: fire safety, concrete and good governance

November’s Update Standards magazine is the place to go for all the news about standards. It’s got full lists of new standards, revised ones, withdrawn ones, BS implementations of European standards, new standards started, and standards open to public comment, and more.

The highlights of November’s issue include:

BS 5839-9 Fire detection and fire alarm systems for buildings

Are you responsible for designing, installing, maintaining or operating EVC systems, or for evacuating buildings? BS 5839-9:2021 will assist anyone who designs, installs, maintains or operates EVC systems, helping you to ensure that high standards of reliability, safety and security are achieved, together with acceptable standards ofperformance. The revised standard now incorporates the latest regulatory and legislative requirements for building evacuation, including of disabled people.

BS EN 206:2013+A2:2021 Concrete - Specification, performance, production and conformity

This is the newly amended European standard on how to produce and use concrete in buildings and civil engineering structures for a wide range of conditions. The 2021 amendment clarifies how the guidance on conformity assessment is interpreted. The standard is for anyone who designs, specifies, contracts, builds or supplies concrete and those who conduct conformity assessment of ready-mixed or precast concrete.

BS ISO 37000:2021 Governance of Organizations - Guidance

Good governance aims to make organizations better run, more purposeful and more resilient. It also aims to make them more accountable, ethical and fair – in line with society’s rising expectations. Towards these ends, BS ISO 37000:2021 Governance of Organizations - Guidance is a new international standard giving guidance and an organizational framework for best practice in governance.

Here’s a reminder of what Update Standards magazine covers every month:

* New and revised British Standards (BS) that were
made available last month.

* British Standard implementations of the English language
versions of European Standards (ENs).

* BS implementations of ISO or IEC standards.

* Published documents (PDs).

* Corrigenda to British Standards. (Alteration and/or addition to a standard that corrects one or more errors or ambiguities introduced in either drafting or production.)

* Updated British Standards

* British standards reviewed and confirmed

* British standards proposed for withdrawal

* British standards withdrawn

* New standards work started

* Draft British standards for public comment - national British standards

* Draft British standards for public comment – Adoptions

* Documents not issued as drafts for public comment

* CEN European standards, CEN reports

* Cenelec publications

* IEC publications

* ISO publications

Update Standards magazine really is the best way to keep up to date with the ever-changing world of standards. And if you ever want to look back at previous editions, BSI Members can find the archive of Update Standards here.