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Interested parties are invited to participate in the development of a proposed new ASTM International standard that will, once approved, facilitate consistent test methods and more reproducible results in hazardous materials package testing. The proposed new standard, ASTM WK32937 , Guide for Determining Acceptable Nonhazardous Filling Substances for Packagings Subjected to the United Nations…
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Subcommittee E06.21 on Serviceability , part of ASTM International Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings , is currently working on several proposed new standards. These include ASTM WK32076 , Guide for Installation of Insulating Concrete Forms, and ASTM WK32398 , Test Method for Measuring Floor Flatness and Pavement Smoothness Using a Straightedge., Installation of Insulating Concrete Forms, While ASTM E2634 , Specification for Flat Wall Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) Systems, serves the function for material compliance in the ICF industry, the next most critical function is proper installation of ICF systems. In order to facilitate the installation function, E06.21 is developing ASTM WK32076 , Guide for Installation of Insulating Concrete Forms. “Once approved, ASTM WK32076 will…, Flatness of Floors/Smoothness of Pavements, A proposed new standard for measuring floor flatness will combine the traditional manual straightedge approach with more recent data collection techniques such as F-numbers ( ASTM E1155 , Test Method for Determining FF Floor Flatness and FL Floor Levelness Number) and the Waviness Index ( ASTM E1486 , Test Method for Determining Floor Tolerances Using Waviness, Wheel Path and Levelness Criteria…
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Adding Another Level of Safety in Patient Care ASTM Subcommittee D10.32 on Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging has recently completed an significant revision to ASTM D4774 , Specification for User Applied Drug Labels in Anesthesiology, and approved a new standard, ASTM D7709 , Test Methods for Measuring Water Vapor Transmission Rate (WVTR) of Pharmaceutical Bottles and Blisters.…
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A new ASTM International standard presents two methods for testing the intumescence, or volume expansion, of firestop products. This testing is important for firestop manufacturers, as well as certification and testing agencies that run product validation programs for firestops. ASTM E2786 , Test Methods for Measuring Expansion of Intumescent Materials Used in Firestop and Joint Systems, was…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently revising its New Source Performance Standards for wood burning heaters. Two new ASTM International standards on particulate matter emissions have been developed by Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings with the goal that they be referenced in the revised NSPS. ASTM E2779 , Test Method for Determining Particulate Matter Emissions from…
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A proposed new ASTM International standard will facilitate coordination between designers and installers of firestop systems in construction projects. ASTM WK30772 , Guide for Installation of Firestop Systems, is being developed by Subcommittee E06.21 on Serviceability, part of ASTM International Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings. “The goal is to have an ASTM document that can become a…
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ASTM International Committee D10 on Packaging will conduct a workshop on Packaging on Oct. 12 from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. CDT at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas. The workshop will be held during the standards development meetings of Committee D10. Following a welcome by Marilyn Baker, senior innovation consultant in global quality, The Coca-Cola Co., and a current member of ASTM…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently revising its New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for Wood Heaters. Every indication is that a proposed ASTM International standard on particulate matter emissions that is being developed by Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings will be included in the revised NSPS. ASTM WK27994 , Test Method for Determining Particulate Matter Emissions…, ASTM Committee E06 Next Meeting:, Oct. 10-13, October Committee Week, San Antonio, Texas, Technical Contact:, Robert Ferguson, Ferguson, Andors and Co., South Royalton, Vt., Phone: 802-763-2339; facomail@sover.net, ASTM Staff Contact:, Stephen Mawn, Phone: 610-832-9726; smawn@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #8610
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A new ASTM International standard can now be used to better measure construction productivity at three levels: task, project and industry. The new standard, ASTM E2691, Practice for Job Productivity Measurement, was developed by Subcommittee E06.81 on Building Economics, part of ASTM International Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings. “Productivity cannot be improved to be at par with the…
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