Standards for building materials ensure quality, safety, and reliability in construction projects worldwide. They help professionals meet design specifications and ensure sustainable, high-performing buildings.

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Rubber and plastics hoses and hose assemblies — Hydrostatic testing

Plastics piping and ducting systems — Determination of the long-term hydrostatic strength of thermoplastics materials in pipe form by extrapolation

Acoustics — Determination of airflow resistance
Part 1: Static method

Plastics pipes and fittings — Decohesion test of polyethylene (PE) saddle fusion joints — Evaluation of ductility of fusion joint interface by tear test

Non-destructive testing of steel tubes
Part 3: Automated full peripheral flux leakage testing of seamless and welded (except submerged arc-welded) ferromagnetic steel tubes for the detection of longitudinal and/or transverse imperfections

Polyethylene (PE) pipes and fittings — Determination of the tensile strength and failure mode of test pieces from a butt-fused joint

Plastics pipes and fittings — Peel decohesion test for polyethylene (PE) electrofusion assemblies of nominal outside diameter greater than or equal to 90 mm

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