Across the wider field of building and construction, international standards provide essential guidance for quality, safety, and sustainability. They support professionals in delivering reliable solutions, fostering innovation, and meeting global benchmarks across diverse projects.

Insights

Building a sustainable path to ESG reporting

The drive towards a more sustainable future has propelled ESG considerations – or environment, social and governance in its full form – to the forefront of Board meetings in companies worldwide.

Quality management principles: The foundation for success

At the heart of organizational excellence lies quality management, a systematic approach that has transformed how businesses operate, compete and thrive. The ISO quality management principles serve as a fundamental framework that guides organizations from proficiency to peak performance.

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By Clare Naden on

Constructing a better future – A sector that holds all the cards

We often think of planes and cars as the biggest polluters, but did you know the construction industry, which designs the buildings we live and work in, is one of the most polluting in the world? It therefore offers enormous potential to make our environment more sustainable. Progress is being made – but more can be done.

Sample standards

Industrial fans — Specifications for balance quality and vibration levels — Amendment 2

Heat recovery ventilators and energy recovery ventilators — Testing and calculating methods for seasonal performance factor
Part 1: Sensible heating recovery seasonal performance factors of heat recovery ventilators (HRVs)

Elastomeric seismic-protection isolators
Part 3: Applications for buildings — Specifications

Air-cooled air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps — Testing and calculating methods for seasonal performance factors
Part 1: Cooling seasonal performance factor — Amendment 2

Elastomeric seismic-protection isolators
Part 2: Applications for bridges — Specifications

Earth-moving machinery — Functional safety
Part 3: Environmental performance and test requirements of electronic and electrical components used in safety-related parts of the control system