September’s Update Standards magazine: details of new, revised, draft and withdrawn standards and publications from last month

Get the details of new, revised, draft and withdrawn standards and publications from the last month in the 60+ pages of the September edition of Update Standards magazine.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 five highlights:

PAS 808: Understanding the approach of purpose-driven organizations

PAS 808:2022 Purpose-driven organizations – Worldviews, principles and behaviours for delivering sustainability – Guide. This gives guidance to governing bodies and executive managers on what purpose is, how a purpose-driven organization (PDO) approaches decisions, and how it acts.

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BS 99001 Quality management systems – specific requirements for the built environment sector

BS 99001 is a new standard that provides additional requirements for organizations in the built environment sector who are users of BS EN ISO 9001 Quality management systems – requirements.

Its use enables organizations to demonstrate a commitment to raising quality in the sector and on the projects they are involved in. It also helps businesses to address the fundamental issues which can compromise the suitability, safety, and durability of built assets.

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BS 10121-1 Asset marking products – Requirements and test methods – Part 1: Vehicles and associated equipment

BS 10121-1 specifies requirements related to products designed to deter theft of the marked asset. It also supports the repatriation of the marked asset when used in accordance with application instructions for the marking of assets.
This standard is intended to be used for marking of private, leisure, commercial and industrial vehicles, plant machinery and associated equipment (the asset) but can also be used for marking of other items as appropriate

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BS EN IEC 60598-1:2021+A11:2022 Luminaires. Part 1: General requirements and tests

This 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 reflect recent lighting innovations so can also assist you to produce safe products that are up to date with the latest technologies.

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BS EN 60079-29-1:2016+A1:2022 Explosive atmospheres - Gas detectors. Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases

BS EN 60079-29-1 is the European standard that specifies general requirements for construction, testing and performance. It also describes the test methods that apply to portable, transportable and fixed equipment for the detection and measurement of flammable gas or vapour concentrations with air.

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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

Look back at previous Update Standards magazines

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.