Codes, Standards & Regulations
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Spec: a four-letter word
The following article was originally presented nearly 40 years ago at the 1978 American Society of Plumbing Engineers Convention in New Orleans, USA. It has been ... -
ABCB publishes consultation RIS
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has published a Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) for consultation titled ‘Application of Temperature Control Requirements for Heated Water’. The consultation ... -
ASSE publishes scald awareness white paper
ASSE International has published its fourth scald awareness white paper, ‘Guidelines for Temperature Control Devices in Domestic Hot Water Systems’, which is now available for free ... -
Australia adopts International Standard for BIM Data Sharing
Standards Australia recently published AS ISO 16739:2017 Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) for data sharing in the construction and facility management industries, which is an identical adoption ... -
Pods from Pudong
With imports of non-compliant bathroom pods on the rise, it may be time to take another look at the regulations that apply to them. Plumbing Connection ... -
Changes at Standards Australia
Today Standards Australia announced changes to the functional structure of its operations and its executive team effective immediately. As a result of the new structure, the ... -
Building Ministers’ Forum
The Building Ministers’ Forum (BMF) met in Perth on 14 December 2016 and agreed on a range of significant measures that will benefit the Australian building, ... -
US Senate passes Bill calling for WaterSense authorisation
The United States Senate has passed a USD9.4 billion Water Resources Development Act. The measures in the Act include a provision long supported by Plumbing Manufacturers ... -
MPA CEO takes out Construction Professional of the Year Award 2016
Penny Cornah, Executive Director of the Master Plumbers’ Association of Queensland has taken out the Civil Contractors Award for Construction Professional of the Year at the ... -
What is the future for Standards’ development?
I took a call last week from a colleague who had recently seen a report in the financial press that the publicly listed SAI Global had ...
