Case 4

Standards

Ventilation

AS 1324: Air filters for use in general ventilation and airconditioning

• Part 1: Application, performance and construction
• Part 2: Methods of test

ASTM D5952 – Standard Guide for the Inspection of Water Systems for Legionella and the Investigation of Possible Outbreaks of Legionellosis (Legionnaires’ Disease or Pontiac Fever)

ASTM D6245 – Standard Guide for Using Indoor Carbon Dioxide Concentrations to Evaluate Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation

ASTM E337 – Standard Test Method for Measuring Humidity with a Psychrometer (the Measurement of Wet- and Dry-Bulb Temperatures)

ASTM E741 – Standard Test Method for Determining Air Change in a Single Zone by Means of a Tracer Gas Dilution

ASTM F1040 – Standard Specification for Filter Units, Air Conditioning: Viscous-Impingement and Dry Types, Replaceable

BS ISO 4225: Air quality – General aspects – Vocabulary

BS ISO 4226: Air quality – General aspects – Units of measurement

BS 5720: Code of practice for mechanical ventilation and air conditioning in buildings

BS ISO 8672: Air quality – Determination of the number concentration of airborne inorganic fibres by phase contrast optical microscopy – Membrane filter method

BS ISO 9169: Air quality – Definition and determination of performance characteristics of an automatic measuring system

BS ISO 11222: Air quality – Determination of the uncertainty of the time average of air quality measurements

BS ISO 13752: Air quality – Assessment of uncertainty of a measurement method under field conditions using a second method as reference

BS ISO 14956: Air quality – Evaluation of the suitability of a measurement procedure by comparison with a required measurement uncertainty

HB 40.1 – The Australian Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Code of Good Practice – Reduction of emissions of fluorocarbon refrigerants in commercial and industrial refrigeration and air-conditioning applications

ISO 4219: Air quality — Determination of gaseous sulphur compounds in ambient air — Sampling equipment

ISO 4221: Air quality — Determination of mass concentration of sulphur dioxide in ambient air — Thorin spectrophotometric method

ISO 7168: Air quality – Exchange of data

• Part 1: General data format
• Part 2: Condensed data format

ISO 7708: Air quality – Particle size fraction definitions for health-related sampling

ISO 8756: Air quality – Handling of temperature, pressure and humidity data

ISO 9359: Air quality – Stratified sampling method for assessment of ambient air quality

ISO 13964: Air quality – Determination of ozone in ambient air – Ultraviolet photometric method

SS 553: Code of practice for air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation in buildings

Masonry

ASTM C90 – Standard Specification for Loadbearing Concrete Masonry Units

ASTM C270 – Standard Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry

ASTM C1142 – Standard Specification for Extended Life Mortar for Unit Masonry

ASTM C1384 – Standard Specification for Admixtures for Masonry Mortars

BS 8000-0: Workmanship on construction sites. Introduction and general principles

BS EN 846-5: Methods of test for ancillary components for masonry. Determination of tensile and compressive load capacity and load displacement characteristics of wall ties (couplet test)

BS EN 998-1: Specification for mortar for masonry. Rendering and plastering mortar

BS EN 1996: Eurocode 6. Design of masonry structures

• Part 1: General rules for reinforced and unreinforced masonry structures
• Part 2: Design considerations, selection of materials and execution of masonry
• Part 3: Simplified calculation methods for unreinforced masonry structures

BS 4551: Mortar. Methods of test for mortar and screed. Chemical analysis and physical testing

BS 8221-1: Code of practice for cleaning and surface repair of buildings. Cleaning of natural stone, brick, terracotta and concrete

PD 6697: Recommendations for the design of masonry structures to BS EN 1996-1-1 and BS EN 1996-2

SS 271: Concrete masonry units (for non-loadbearing applications)

SS 509: Code of practice for cleaning and surface repair of buildings

• Part 1: Cleaning of natural stone, brick, terracotta, concrete and rendered finishes
• Part 2: Surface repair of natural stones, brick, terracotta and rendered finishes

Coatings

BS 6949: Specification for bitumen-based coatings for cold application excluding use in contact with potable water

BS 7664: Specification for undercoat and finishing paints

Plastering

ASTM C897 – Standard Specification for Aggregate for Job-Mixed Portland Cement-Based Plasters

ASTM C926 – Standard Specification for Application of Portland Cement-Based Plaster

ASTM C1063 – Standard Specification for Installation of Lathing and Furring to Receive Interior and Exterior Portland Cement-Based Plaster

ASTM C1328 / C1328M – Standard Specification for Plastic (Stucco) Cement

ASTM C1506 – Standard Test Method for Water Retention of Hydraulic Cement-Based Mortars and Plasters

ASTM E96 / E96M – Standard Test Methods for Water Vapor Transmission of Materials

BS 8000-0: Workmanship on construction sites. Introduction and general principles

BS EN 197-1: Cement. Composition, specifications and conformity criteria for common cements

BS EN 459-1: Building lime. Definitions, specifications and conformity criteria

BS EN 13139: Aggregates for mortar

BS EN 13279: Gypsum binders and gypsum plasters

• Part 1: Definitions and requirements
• Part 2: Test methods

BS EN 13658: Metal lath and beads. Definitions, requirements and test methods

• Part 1: Internal plastering
• Part 2: External rendering

CP 56: Code of practice for internal plastering

External Rendering

BS EN 998-1: Specification for mortar for masonry. Rendering and plastering mortar

BS 8000-0: Workmanship on construction sites. Introduction and general principles

Paints

AS/NZS 2310: Glossary of paint and painting terms

AS/NZS 2311: Guide to the painting of buildings

ASTM D279 – Standard Test Methods for Bleeding of Pigments

ASTM D1640 / D1640M – Standard Test Methods for Drying, Curing, or Film Formation of Organic Coatings

ASTM D2574 – Standard Test Method for Resistance of Emulsion Paints in the Container to Attack by Microorganisms

ASTM D4258 – Standard Practice for Surface Cleaning Concrete for Coating

ASTM D4541 – Standard Test Method for Pull-Off Strength of Coatings Using Portable Adhesion Testers

ASTM D5098 – Standard Specification for Artists’ Acrylic Dispersion Paints

ASTM D5146 – Standard Guide to Testing Solvent-Borne Architectural Coatings

ASTM D5324 – Standard Guide for Testing Water-Borne Architectural Coatings

ASTM D6237 – Standard Guide for Painting Inspectors (Concrete and Masonry Substrates)

ASTM E1907 – Standard Guide to Methods of Evaluating Moisture Conditions of Concrete Floors to Receive Resilient Floor Coverings

HB 73: Handbook of Australian Paint Standards

• Part 1: General
• Part 2: Test methods

ISO 11503: Paints and varnishes – Determination of resistance to humidity (intermittent condensation)

ISO 11998: Paints and varnishes – Determination of wet-scrub resistance and cleanability of coatings

Screed

ISO 6274: Concrete; Sieve analysis of aggregates

SS EN 197 series – Cement

SS EN 12620: Specification for aggregates for concrete