November’s Update Standards magazine: details of new, revised, draft and withdrawn standards and publications from last month

If you want the details of new, revised, draft and withdrawn standards and publications from the last month, it’s all in one place: the 55+ pages of the November edition of Update Standards magazine .

Find your way to the relevant changes in your sector with an easy-to-use reference index. (And, for BSI Members, there are back issues going back 12 years.)

Here are just three highlights (plus one free event):

Exchange information confidently with BS EN ISO 19650-4: Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM).

A new, highly anticipated information management standard has been published. BS EN ISO 19650-4 provides detailed process and criteria for the exchange of information between information providers and receivers throughout the life cycle of an asset.   BS EN ISO 19650-4 applies to built assets of all sizes and levels of complexity including portfolios of buildings, campuses, infrastructure networks, individual buildings and pieces of infrastructure.

Users will typically be:

• BIM modellers
• BIM coordinators
• BIM managers
• BIM specialists
• BIM technicians
• Asset managers
• Facilities managers

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The latest version of the UK’s pressure vessels code is here

We’ve now published the latest edition of the pressure vessels code, which is PD 5500:2021+A2:2022 Specification for unfired pressure vessels. It covers the design, construction, inspection and testing of unfired pressure vessels. This 2022 amendment enhances the accuracy and user-friendliness of the code, including updates for low temperature applications, clarification of requirements for light stiffeners and new requirements for the orientation of impact test specimens.

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BS EN IEC 60079-25:2022 - Explosive atmospheres - Part 25: Intrinsically safe electrical systems

BS EN IEC 60079-25:2022 is the latest version of this international standard on safety and performance requirements for all types of electrical lighting unit. It’s been fully updated with recent innovations in lighting technology and can help you design lighting products that comply to the standard of safety. This amendment also reflects recent lighting innovations so can also assist you to produce safe products that are up to date with the latest technologies.

Who is BS EN IEC 60079-25:2022 for?

System designers, who can be manufacturers, specialist consultants or a member of the end-user’s staff. End-users will typically be:

• Oil and gas production and processing plants, onshore and offshore platforms and FPSO (Floating Production Storage Offloading vessels)
• Oil and gas tankers and drilling ships
• Oil refineries
• Petrochemical and chemical processing plants
• Gas pipelines and distribution centres
• Re-fuelling stations or petrol stations
• Surface coating industries
• Sewerage treatment plants
• Undergriound mines

Learn more

Free Event.
Environmental Resilience: Effectively manage and achieve a sustainable supply chain.

We are seeing a shift, where industries are looking more to the environmental aspects of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) rather than just social. This webinar will explore how businesses are aligning procurement processes with corporate sustainability initiatives, qualifying potential suppliers and
mitigating the risks associated with managing complex supply chains at scale.
Join us on the 22nd November.
Event Date: Tuesday 22 November 2022 Time: 14.00 - 15.00 (UK time) Register now

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).

• BSI Flex

• Designated standards

• 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.) Note: Most amendments are not issued separately. Those that make significant changes to a standard are incorporated into the standard which is reissued (see ’Updated British Standards’). British Standards which have been corrected via corrigenda are available on request, free of charge to past purchasers of the standard. All amendments and corrigenda to date of despatch are included within any main publication when ordered for the first time.

• Updated British Standards Note: Updated British Standards must be reordered as the amendments are not available separately.

• British standards reviewed and confirmed

• British standards proposed for withdrawal

• British standards withdrawn

* British Standards under review

* Draft British Standards for public comment – National British Standards

• Draft British standards for public comment - Adoptions

• New standards work started

• Documents not issued as drafts for public comment

• CEN European standards

• Cenelec publications

* CEN Technical Specifications

* CEN Reports

• IEC publications

• ISO publications

Every month, BSI’s Update Standards magazine really is your 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 Update Standards magazines here going back twelve years.