BRITISH

STANDARDS AND
AMERICAN
STANDARDS
STANDARD

A standard is a published
document that contains a
technical specification or
other precise criteria
designed to be used
consistently as a rule,
guideline, or definition.
STANDARD

Standards all have the same

basic purpose of setting out
agreed principles or criteria
so that their users can
make reliable assumptions
about a particular product,
service or practice.
STANDARD

In essence, a standard is an
agreed way of doing
something.
STANDARD

It could be about making a

product, managing a process,
delivering a service or
supplying materials
standards can cover a huge
range of activities undertaken
by organizations and used by
their customers.
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British
Standards are the
standards produced
by BSI Group
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BSI Group, also known as

the British Standards
Institution (or BSI), is
the national standards
body of the United Kingdom
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BSI is obliged to adopt and

publish all European
Standards as identical
British Standards (prefixed
BS EN) and to withdraw pre-
existing British Standards
that are in conflict
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However, it has the

option to adopt and
publish international
standards (prefixed BS
ISO or BS IEC).
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However, it has the

option to adopt and
publish international
standards (prefixed BS
ISO or BS IEC).
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Formal British Standards are
titled BS (for British Standard)
XXXX[-P]:YYYY where XXXX is
the number of the standard, P
is the number of the part of
the standard (where the
standard is split into multiple
parts) and YYYY is the year of
publication.
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BSI Group currently

has over 30,000
standards.
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BSI Group began in 1901 as
the Engineering Standards
Committee, led by James
Mansergh, to standardize the
number and type
of steel sections, in order to
make British manufacturers
more efficient and
competitive.
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Examples of British Standards

BS 0 A standard for standards specifies Development, Structure and Drafting of

British Standards themselves.
BS 1 Lists of Rolled Sections for Structural Purposes
BS 2 Specification and Sections of Tramway Rails and Fishplates
BS 3 Report on Influence of Gauge Length and Section of Test Bar on the
Percentage of Elongation
BS 4 Specification for Structural Steel Sections
BS 5 Report on Locomotives for Indian Railways
BS 6 Properties of Rolled Sections for Structural Purposes
BS 7 Dimensions of Copper Conductors Insulated Annealed, for Electric Power and
Light
BS 8 Specification for Tubular Tramway Poles
BS 9 Specification and Sections of Bull Head Railway Rails
BS 10 Tables of Pipe Flanges
BS 11 Specifications and Sections of Flat Bottom Railway Rails
BS 12 Specification for Portland Cement
BS 13 Specification for Structural Steel for Shipbuilding
BS 14 Specification for Structural Steel for Marine Boilers
BS 15 Specification for Structural Steel for Bridges, etc., and General Building
Construction
BS 16 Specification for telegraph material (insulators, pole fittings, etc.)
BS 17 Interim Report on Electrical Machinery
BS 18 Forms of Tensile Test Pieces
BS 19 Report on Temperature Experiments on Field Coils of Electrical Machines
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Examples of British Standards

BS 20 Report on *BS Screw Threads

BS 21 Report on Pipe Threads for Iron or Steel Pipes and Tubes
BS 22 Report on Effect of Temperature on Insulating Materials
BS 23 Standards for Trolley Groove and Wire,
BS 24 Specifications for Material used in the Construction of Standards for
Railway Rolling Stock
BS 25 Report on Errors in Workmanship Based on Measurements Carried Out
for the Committee by the National Physical Laboratory
BS 26 Second Report on Locomotives for Indian Railways (Superseding No 5)
BS 27 Report on Standard Systems of Limit Gauges for Running Fits
BS 28 Report on Nuts, Bolt Heads and Spanners
BS 29 Specification for Ingot Steel Forgings for Marine Purposes,
BS 30 Specification for Steel Castings for Marine Purposes,
BS 31 Specification for Steel Conduits for Electrical Wiring
BS 32 Specification for Steel Bars for use in Automatic Machines
BS 33 Carbon Filament Electric Lamps
BS 34 Tables of BS Whitworth, BS Fine and BS Pipe Threads
BS 35 Specification for Copper Alloy Bars for use in Automatic Machines
BS 36 Report on British Standards for Electrical Machinery
BS 37 Specification for Electricity Meters
AMERICAN STANDARDS

American National
Standards Institute (ANSI)

Founded: 1918
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ANSI is a private non-profit

organization that oversees
the development
of voluntary consensus
standards for products,
services, processes,
systems, and personnel in
the United States.
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Prior to 1918, these were the five founding

engineering societies:
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers (AIEE, now IEEE)
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME)
American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE)
American Institute of Mining Engineers
(AIME, now American Institute of Mining,
Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers)
American Society for Testing and
Materials (now ASTM International)
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ANSI's members are

government agencies,
organizations, corporations,
academic and international
bodies, and individuals. In
total, the Institute represents
the interests of more than
125,000 companies and
3500000 professionals.
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Though ANSI itself does not

develop standards, the
Institute oversees the
development and use of
standards by accrediting the
procedures of standards
developing organizations.
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ANSI accreditation signifies

that the procedures used by
standards developing
organizations meet the
Institute's requirements
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Through ANSI, the U.S. has

immediate access to the ISO
and IEC (International electrotechnical
commission) standards
development processes.
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ANSI currently provides a

forum for more than 200 ANSI-
accredited standards
developers representing
approximately 200 distinct
organizations in the private
and public sectors.