ASTM International Committee E54 on Homeland Security Applications invites all interested parties to participate in the development of a proposed new standard, WK8908, Guide for School Preparedness and All-Hazard Response.

An important standard that is used to help protect the health of workers where there may be occupational exposure to quartz dust has recently been revised.

A project originally intended to develop a uniform template for the language within a series of standards has resulted in the approval of a new standard, B 949, Specification for General Requirements for Zinc and Zinc Alloy Products.

While poured-in-place playground surfacing is a very promising form of playground surface construction, its use has not been without problems. In order to address these issues, ASTM International Committee F08 on Sports Equipment and Facilities has developed F 2479, Guide for Specification, Purchase, Installation and Maintenance of Poured-in-Place Playground Surfacing.

ASTM International Committee D19 on Water will host a workshop on turbidity during the June Committee Week in Norfolk, Va. Subcommittee D19.07 on Sediment, Geomorphology and Open Channel Flow will present the workshop from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on June 26, 2007.
 

While the polymer-based siding industry developed around the use of polyvinyl chloride, the last two decades have seen the introduction and rise in use of polypropylene as a siding material. Because of this, siding producers and polypropylene suppliers began to discuss the need for an ASTM standard for this type of siding. These discussions have resulted in the development and recent approval of D 7254, Specification for Polypropylene (PP) Siding.

All interested parties are invited to contribute to the ongoing development of WK11541, Specification for Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) Adhesives for Bonding Oriented Strand Board (OSB) Facers to Rigid Cellular Polystyrene Thermal Insulation Core Materials.

A new ASTM International standard is focused on equipment that will allow for the emergency evacuation of people who are not able to use standard exit facilities in high-rise buildings.

Municipalities, specifying engineers and piping system owners are now requiring tighter criteria for piping products. ASTM International Committee F17 on Plastic Piping Systems has responded by developing two new standards that answer the call for more detailed criteria within the industry.

Two proposed new ASTM standards will serve as guides for laboratories around the world in establishing a minimum basis of practice for validation and sampling of seized drugs.