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The new, 42nd edition of ASTM Standards in Building Codes , now available for purchase from ASTM International, provides the tools to design and construct buildings that satisfy international code requirements established by the International Code Council (ICC). ICC is comprised of the Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA), the Southern Building Code Congress…, Special offer: buy the online version and receive the print or CD at 50 percent off., For the online subscriptions to ASTM Standards in Building Codes , online basic users have access only to active ASTM standards documents; online plus users have access to all available ASTM standards documents, including active, redline, historical and withdrawn standards. The online basic subscription for an individual is $1,150 (stock # BLDGSVC); for 2-5 users (single site) $3,050 (stock #…
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The U.S. Department of Defense recently adopted a commercial standard to govern the performance of automated sense and avoid systems it procures for its unmanned aircraft. The standard, ASTM F 2411, Specification for Design and Performance of an Airborne Sense-and-Avoid System, was developed last year by ASTM Internationals F38 Committee on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, whose members represent a…
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Approved and proposed standards under the jurisdiction of ASTM International Committee E53 on Property Management Systems will be the topic of several presentations to be given at the 2005 National Property Management Associations 2005 National Education Seminar (go to www.npma.org for more information). In addition, Committee E53 will hold its annual standards development meeting at the…
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For the first time, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has used consensus standards for aircraft design, manufacturing, and maintenance with the acceptance of 15 standards developed by ASTM International Committee F37 on Light Sport Aircraft. The referenced documents, which have been worked on over the last two years, affect fixed-wing airplanes, powered parachutes, gyroplanes, lighter-…
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ASTM International Subcommittee E06.77 on High Rise Building External Evacuation Devices initiated activity at the October 2004 meeting of Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings, by establishing the following three task groups: Platform Devices - Development of specifications for high-rise external platform devices for evacuation of persons when the primary evacuation routes to a safe zone are…