Concrete - Complementary British Standard to BS EN 206

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
British Standard

scholarly journals Customisation and Desirable Characteristics of a Standard Method of Measurement for Building Works in Ghana

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Nani ◽  
Peter Edwards ◽  
Theophilus Adjei-Kumi ◽  
Edward Badu ◽  
Peter Amoah
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Standard Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
British Standard ◽  
Industry Practice ◽  
Precision Industry ◽  
Method Of Measurement ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Methods Of Measurement

This paper reports a study that identified andcategorised the modifications to the 5thEdition of the British Standard Method ofMeasurement (SMM5) of building works inGhana. Typical modifications involved ‘costinsignificant items’, ‘minor labour items’,‘custom units of measurement’, ‘methodrelated items’, ‘combinable items’,‘subordinate items’, and ‘items of minorinformative impact’. It was also observed thatthe desirable characteristics/ qualities ofstandard methods of measurement (SMM) ofbuilding work were noteworthy, since theyprovide insight into the nature of a SMMrequired for the construction industry inGhana.The research reviewed available literature,various SMMs and bills of quantities (BQs).The relevance of the modifications andSMM characteristics identified wasconfirmed by a survey of the opinions ofprofessional quantity surveyors conductedthrough a carefully designed questionnaire.Inferences from the opinion survey formedthe basis for grouping both SMMmodifications found and the desired qualitiesof a SMM for Ghana.Survey respondents confirmed all theidentified modifications to the British SMM,except for the elimination of items of minorinformative impact. It was held that allinformation was relevant in measurement.Desirable characteristics of a SMM were ratedin decreasing order of relevance as: easylocation of items; cost significance; simplicity;thoroughness; ease of cost analysis; goodpractice; conciseness; adoptability; precision;industry practice; stakeholders’ opinion;custom classification; regional relevance; andinclusion of jargon. It was noted that therelevance of these characteristics may varyform one region to the other as a result oftechnological, cultural and legal differences.However, the desired SMM characteristicswere recommended as fundamental indeveloping an appropriate SMM for Ghana.

Pressure Gauge Safety

1980 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 283-283 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Gauge ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Product Liability ◽  
British Standard ◽  
Safety Requirements ◽  
Safety Regulations

The British Pressure Gauge Manufacturers Association has always emphasised the need for strict observance of recognised safety requirements when using pressure gauges. Unfortunately, gauges are both available and used that do not meet the rigid safety regulations laid down in British Standard 1780 and this could lead to serious accidents. The provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act coupled with the strengthened proposals for Product Liability will place a greater statutory responsibility upon the manufacturer and user alike. The Association has therefore prepared the following statement:

scholarly journals Effect of Mechanical Ventilation on Accidental Hydrogen Releases—Large-Scale Experiments

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3008
Author(s):  
Agnieszka W. Lach ◽  
André V. Gaathaug
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Ventilation System ◽  
Hydrogen Gas ◽  
Forced Ventilation ◽  
British Standard ◽  
Confined Spaces ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
Rate Limit

This paper presents a series of experiments on the effectiveness of existing mechanical ventilation systems during accidental hydrogen releases in confined spaces, such as underground garages. The purpose was to find the mass flow rate limit, hence the TPRD diameter limit, that will not require a change in the ventilation system. The experiments were performed in a 40 ft ISO container in Norway, and hydrogen gas was used in all experiments. The forced ventilation system was installed with a standard 315 mm diameter outlet. The ventilation parameters during the investigation were British Standard with 10 ACH and British Standard with 6 ACH. The hydrogen releases were obtained through 0.5 mm and 1 mm nozzles from different hydrogen reservoir pressures. Both types of mass flow, constant and blowdown, were included in the experimental matrix. The analysis of the hydrogen concentration of the created hydrogen cloud in the container shows the influence of the forced ventilation on hydrogen releases, together with TPRD diameter and reservoir pressure. The generated experimental data will be used to validate a CFD model in the next step.

scholarly journals A note upon the maintenance of cultures of Bacterium typhosum for testing by the Rideal-Walker method

1939 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. Coulthard
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Standard Technique ◽  
Tryptic Digestion ◽  
Usual Practice ◽  
British Standard ◽  
Typhoid Bacillus ◽  
Fresh Culture

The British Standard Technique for Determining the Rideal-Walker Coefficient of Disinfectants (no. 541—1934), in laying down the procedure to be adopted with regard to the test typhoid bacillus culture, recommends that a fresh culture be obtained each month from the National Collection of Type Cultures. In all probability this is the best procedure; it does, however, sometimes happen that a test is required urgently when a fresh culture is not available. The following notes upon our own experience in maintaining cultures may therefore be of some interest. It is our practice to obtain fresh cultures whenever we are called upon to carry out other than routine tests unless a recent one has been obtained, and many of these cultures have now been running for a number of years. On the arrival of the culture from the N.C.T.C. it is subcultured on to an agar slope and “incubated” at room temperature in a dark cupboard. 2% agar is used in a broth prepared by the tryptic digestion of ox heart. Further subcultures are made at intervals of one month. It is our usual practice to start a series of broth cultures from such slopes not less than 14 days after sowing.

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