April’s BSI Update Standards Magazine: cybersecurity, clean water, cranes, planes and stop signs

Need to keep up with the changes to the British or international standards that affect you and your business? Need it all in one place?

Inside the 60+ pages of the April issue of Update Standards are new, revised, withdrawn, BS implementations of ISO or IEC standards, new standards started, and standards open to public comment, and lots more.

It’s all arranged with an easy-to-use reference index to help you to find any changes to your sector’s standards quickly.

The April 2022 highlights of Update Standards Magazine include:

ISO/IEC 27002:2022 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection
- Information security controls

Every business needs to be implementing measures to protect its information assets. This revision of ISO/IEC 27002 brings a modern approach to managing security controls.
Learn more here 

Water Quality Solution Pack

This Solution Pack supplies a comprehensive guidance on a way to conduct
water-quality relevant risk assessment to ensure water safety.

It includes BS 8580-1:2019 Water quality - Risk assessments for Legionella control,
BS 8680: 2020 Water quality. Water safety plans, BS 8680: 2020 Expert commentary:
Detailed information on how to use the new standard, BS 8580-2: 2022 Water quality -
Risk assessments for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other waterborne pathogens and
BS 7592:2022 Sampling for Legionella bacteria in water systems.

Find out more here 

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BS 8442 Miscellaneous road traffic signs and devices – Requirements and test methods

The British Standard on temporary road traffic signs has been revised. Over 160,00 people per year are injured on British roads, therefore it is essential that safety related products are correctly manufactured and specified to a current standard. To ensure road safety with the appropriate clear and consistent road traffic signs, learn more about BS 8442:2022.

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BS 7121-2-7:2021+A2:2022 CoP for the safe use of cranes. Inspection, maintenance and thorough examination

Are you responsible for managing the maintenance, inspection and examination of cranes? BS 7121-2-7:2021+A2:2022 gives recommendations for the pre-use checks, in-service inspection, maintenance, thorough examination and supplementary testing of overhead travelling cranes, including portal and semi-portal cranes, hoists, and their supporting structures.

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BS EN ISO 21920 Series

The international standards community has now introduced a package of new
and refreshed standards that update basic requirements, rules and definitions
for surface texture.

They provide a new approach and help users indicate surface texture requirements
unequivocally on mechanical engineering drawings and CAD models. They also help users
to move away from traditional, outdated practices, to enter new markets and to increase
confidence in their work product.

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Achieve safety and quality in aerospace with the revised NDT personnel standard

If you’re responsible for the certifying the competence of non-destructive testing (NDT) personnel in the aerospace industry, you’ll want BS EN 4179:2021 Aerospace series. Qualification and approval of personnel for non-destructive testing.

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NEW - Built Environment monthly webinar - UK BIM Framework Standards Update

The UK BIM Framework is the overarching approach to implementing BIM in the UK; consisting of a collection of standards, tools and guidance that’s continuously developed to ensure it reflects current good practice. This webinar will provide an overview of the Framework standards being updated this year. It will highlight revisions to existing standards (such as BS 8536), progress on new standards (such as ISO 19650-4 and Flex 1965), and explain how these documents will impact the UK BIM Framework in 2022.

Webinar Date: 19 April 2022 Time: 12:00 - 13:00 (UK time)

Register now for the webinar here

Every month, this is what the free monthly BSI Update Standards magazine covers:

• 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).

* Publicly Available Specifications (formerly Product Assessment Specifications)

* BSI Flex

• 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

* British Standards under review

• Draft British standards for public comment - Adoptions

• New standards work started

• Documents not issued as drafts for public comment

• CEN European standards, CEN reports

• Cenelec publications

* CEN Technical Specifications

• IEC publications

• ISO publications

Every month, BSI’s Update Standards magazine really is the go-to-place to keep pace 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 previous Update Standards magazines here.