New and revised codes and standards from BSI Updates February 2025

BS EN PUBLICATIONS

BS EN ISO 8044:2025
Corrosion of metals and alloys. Vocabulary.
supersedes BS EN ISO 8044:2020

NEW WORK STARTED

BS 1993-1-5 NA to BS EN
UK National Annex to Eurocode 3. Design of steel structures. Plated structural elements.

BRITISH STANDARDS REVIEWED AND CONFIRMED

BS 6100-0:2010
Building and civil engineering. Vocabulary. Introduction and index.

BS 8579:2020
Guide to the design of balconies and terraces.

BS 8895-2:2015
Designing for material efficiency in building projects. Code of Practice for concept and developed design.

BS 8902:2009
Responsible sourcing sector certification schemes for construction products. Specification.

PD 6687-1:2020
Background paper to the National Annexes to BS EN 1992-1, BS EN 1992-3 and BS EN 1992-4.

PD 6688-1-4:2015
Background information to the National Annex to BS EN 1991-1-4 and additional guidance.

PD 6694-1:2011+A1:2020
Recommendations for the design of structures subject to traffic loading to BS EN 1997-1:2004+A1:2013.

PD 6705-2:2020
Structural use of steel and aluminium. Execution of steel bridges conforming to BS EN 1090-2. Guide.

BS 7121-4:2010
Code of practice for safe use of cranes. Lorry loaders.

BS 5493:1977
Code of practice for protective coating of iron and steel structures against corrosion.

BRITISH STANDARDS WITHDRAWN

BS 5975:2019
Code of practice for temporary works procedures and the permissible stress design of falsework.
superseded by BS 5975-1:2024, BS 5975-2:2024

BS EN ISO 8044:2020
Corrosion of metals and alloys. Vocabulary.
superseded by BS EN ISO 8044:2025

DRAFT BRITISH STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

24/30463947 DC
BS EN ISO 12006-2 Building construction. Organisation of information about construction works. Framework for classification and breakdown structures.

24/30487286 DC
BS EN ISO 29481-2 Building information models. Information delivery manual. Interaction framework.

25/30495623 DC
BS EN 1993-7 Eurocode 3. Design of steel structures. Sandwich panels.

25/30497187 DC
BS EN 1090-4 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures. Technical requirements for cold-formed structural steel elements and cold-formed structures for roof, ceiling, floor and wall applications.

25/30497190 DC
BS EN 1090-5 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures. Technical requirements for cold-formed structural aluminium elements and cold-formed structures for roof, ceiling, floor and wall applications.

BRITISH STANDARDS PUBLISHED

BS 5975-1:2024
Temporary works. Management procedures for the control of temporary works. Code of practice.
supersedes BS 5975:2019

BS 5975-2:2024
Temporary works. Falsework: Design and implementation. Code of practice.
supersedes BS 5975:2019

BRITISH STANDARDS UNDER REVIEW

BS ISO 15392:2019
Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works. General principles.

BS EN 10025-2:2019
Hot-rolled products of structural steels. Technical delivery conditions for non-alloy structural steels.

BS EN 10025-3:2019
Hot-rolled products of structural steels. Technical delivery conditions for normalised/normalised rolled weldable fine grain structural steels.

BS EN 10025-5:2019
Hot-rolled products of structural steels. Technical delivery conditions for structural steels with improved atmospheric corrosion resistance.

BS EN 10088-4:2009
Stainless steels. Technical delivery conditions for sheet/plate and strip of corrosion resisting steels for construction purposes.

BS EN 10088-5:2009
Stainless steels. Technical delivery conditions for bars, rods, wire, sections and bright products of corrosion resisting steels for construction purposes.

BS EN 10163-2:2004
Delivery requirements for surface condition of hot-rolled steel plates, wide flats and sections. Plate and wide flats.

BS EN 10163-3:2004
Delivery requirements for surface condition of hot-rolled steel plates, wide flats and sections. Sections.

BS ISO 14347:2008
Fatigue. Design procedure for welded hollow-section joints. Recommendations.

ISO PUBLICATIONS

ISO 3506-3:2025
Fasteners. Mechanical properties of corrosion resistant stainless steel fasteners. Set screws (and similar fasteners not under tensile stress) with specified grades and hardness classes.

ISO 3506-4:2025
Fasteners. Mechanical properties of corrosion-resistant stainless steel fasteners. Tapping screws with specified grades and hardness classes.

ISO 14343:2025
Welding consumables. Wire electrodes, strip electrodes, wires and rods for arc welding of stainless and heat resisting steels. Classification.