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
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
BS 38 Report on British Standards Systems for Limit Gauges for Screw Threads
BS 39 Combined Report on BS Screw Threads
BS 40 Specification for Spigot and Socket Cast Iron Low Pressure Heating Pipes
BS 41 Specification for Spigot and Socket Cast Iron Flue or Smoke Pipes
BS 42 Report on Reciprocating Steam Engines for Electrical Purposes
BS 43 Specification for Charcoal Iron Lip-welded Boiler Tubes
BS 44 Specification for Cast Iron Pipes for Hydraulic Power
BS 45 Report on Dimensions for Sparking Plugs (for Internal Combustion Engines)
BS 46 Specification for Keys and Keyways
BS 47 Steel Fishplates for Bullhead and Flat Bottom Railway Rails,
Specification and Sections of
BS 48 Specification for Wrought Iron of Smithing Quality for Shipbuilding
(Grade D)
BS 49 Specification for Ammeters and Voltmeters
 BS 50 Third Report on Locomotives for Indian Railways (Superseding Nos. 5 and
26)
BS 51 Specification for Wrought Iron for use in Railway Rolling Stock (�Best
Yorkshire� and Grades A, B and C)
BS 52 Specification for bayonet lamp-caps lampholders and B.C. adaptors
(lampholder plugs)
BS 53 Specification for Cold Drawn Weldless Steel Boiler Tubes for Locomotive
Boilers
BS 54 Report on Screw Threads, Nuts and Bolt Heads for use in Automobile
Construction
BS 55 Report on Hard Drawn Copper and Bronze Wire
BS 56 Definitions of Yield Point and Elastic Limit
BS 57 Report on heads for Small Screws
BS 58 Specification for Spigot and socket Cast Iron Soil Pipes
BS 59 Specification for Spigot and Socket Cast Iron Waste and Ventilating Pipes
(for other than Soil Purposes)
BS 60 Report of Experiments on Tungsten Filament Glow Lamps
BS 61 Specification for Copper Tubes and their Screw Threads (primarily for
domestic and similar work)
BS 62 Screwing for Marine Boiler Stays,
BS 63 Specification for Sizes of Broken Stone and Chippings,
BS 64 Specification for Fishbolts and Nuts for Railway Rails
BS 65 Specification for Salt-Glazed Ware Pipes,
BS 66 Specification for Copper-Alloy Three-Piece Unions (for Low and Medium
Pressure Screwed Copper Tubes)
BS 67 Specification for Two and Three-Plate Ceiling Roses
BS 68 Method of Specifying the Resistance of Steel Conductor Rails,
BS 69 Report on Tungsten Filament Glow Lamps (Vacuum Type) for Automobiles
BS 70 Report on Pneumatic Tyre Rims for Automobiles, Motor Cycles and Cycles
BS 71 Report on Dimensions of Wheel Rims and Tyre Bands for Solid Rubber Tyres
for Automobiles
BS 72 British Standardisation Rules for Electrical Machinery,
BS 73 Specification for Two-Pin Wall Plugs and Sockets (Five-, Fifteen- and
Thirty-Ampere)
BS 74 Charging Plug and Socket, for Vehicles Propelled by Electric Secondary
Batteries, Specification for
BS 75 Steels for Automobiles, Specification for Wrought
BS 76 Report of and Specifications for Tar and Pitch for Road Purposes
BS 77 Specification. Voltages for a.c. transmission and distribution systems
BS 78 Specification for Cast Iron Pipes and Special Castings for Water, Gas and
Sewage
BS 79 Report on Dimensions of Special Trackwork for Tramways
BS 80 Magnetos for Automobile Purposes
BS 81 Specification for Instrument Transformers
BS 82 Specification for Starters for Electric Motors
BS 83 Standard of Reference for Dope and Protective Covering for Aircraft
BS 84 Report on Screw Threads (British Standard Fine), and their Tolerances
(Superseding parts of Reports Nos. 20 and 33)
BS 86 Report on Dimensions of Magnetos for Aircraft Purposes
BS 87 Report on Dimensions for Airscrew Hubs
BS 88 Specification for cartridge fuses for voltages up to and including 1000 V
a.c. and 1500 V d.c. Originally titled: �Specification for Electric Cut-Outs (Low
Pressure, Type O)�
BS 89 Specification for Indicating Ammeters, Voltmeters, Wattmeters, Frequency
and Power-Factor Meters
BS 90 Specification for Recording (Graphic) Ammeters, Voltmeters and Wattmeters
BS 95 Tables of Corrections to Effective Diameter required to compensate Pitch
and Angle Errors in Screw Threads of Whitworth Form
BS 98 Specification for Goliath Lamp Caps and Lamp Holders
 BS 103 Specification for Falling Weight Testing Machines for Rails
BS 104 Sections of Light Flat Bottom Railway Rails and Fishplates
BS 105 Sections of Light and Heavy Bridge Type Railway Rails
BS 107 Standard for Rolled Sections for Magnet Steel
BS 196 for protected-type non-reversible plugs, socket-outlets cable-couplers
and appliance-couplers with earthing contacts for single phase a.c. circuits up to
250 volts
BS 308 a now deleted standard for engineering drawing conventions, having been
absorbed into BS 8888.
BS 317 for Hand-Shield and Side Entry Pattern Three-Pin Wall Plugs and Sockets
(Two Pin and Earth Type)
BS 336 for fire hose couplings and ancillary equipment
BS 372 for Side-entry wall plugs and sockets for domestic purposes (Part 1
superseded BS 73 and Part 2 superseded BS 317)
BS 381 for colours used in identification, coding and other special purposes
BS 476 for fire resistance of building materials / elements
BS 499 Welding terms and symbols.
BS 546 for Two-pole and earthing-pin plugs, socket-outlets and socket-outlet
adaptors for AC (50�60 Hz) circuits up to 250V
BS 857 for safety glass for land transport
BS 970 Specification for wrought steels for mechanical and allied engineering
purposes
BS 987C Camouflage Colours[7]
BS 1088 for marine plywood
BS 1192 for Construction Drawing Practice. Part 5 (BS1192-5:1998) concerns
Guide for structuring and exchange of CAD data.
BS 1361 for cartridge fuses for a.c. circuits in domestic and similar premises
BS 1362 for cartridge fuses for BS 1363 power plugs
BS 1363 for mains power plugs and sockets
BS 1377 Methods of test for soils for civil engineering.
BS 1572 Colours for Flat Finishes for Wall Decoration[8]
BS 1881 Testing Concrete
BS 1852 Specification for marking codes for resistors and capacitors
BS 2660 Colours for building and decorative paints
BS 2979 Transliteration of Cyrillic and Greek Letters
BS 3262 Hot-applied thermoplastic road marking materials
BS 3506 for unplasticized PVC pipe for industrial uses
BS 3621 Thief resistant lock assembly. Key egress.
BS 3943 Specification for plastics waste traps
BS 4142 Methods for rating and assessing industrial and commercial sound
BS 4293 for residual current-operated circuit-breakers
BS 4343 for industrial electrical power connectors
BS 4573 Specification for 2-pin reversible plugs and shaver socket-outlets
BS 4800 for paint colours used in building construction
BS 4900 for vitreous enamel colours used in building construction
BS 4901 for plastic colours used in building construction
BS 4902 for sheet / tile floor covering colours used in building construction
BS 4960 for weighing instruments for domestic cookery
BS 4962 for plastics pipes and fittings for use as subsoil field drains
BS 5252 for colour-coordination in building construction
BS 5400 for steel, concrete and composite bridges.
BS 5499 for graphical symbols and signs in building construction; including
shape, colour and layout
BS 5544 for anti-bandit glazing (glazing resistant to manual attack)
BS 5750 for quality management, the ancestor of ISO 9000
BS 5759 Specification for webbing load restraint assemblies for use in surface
transport
BS 5837 for protection of trees during construction work
BS 5839 for fire detection and alarm systems for buildings
 BS 5930 for site investigations
BS 5950 for structural steel
BS 5993 for Cricket balls
BS 6008 for preparation of a liquor of tea for use in sensory tests
BS 6312 for telephone plugs and sockets
BS 6651 code of practice for protection of structures against lightning;
replaced by BS EN 62305 (IEC 62305) series.
BS 6701 installation, operation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment
and telecommunications cabling
BS 6879 for British geocodes, a superset of ISO 3166-2:GB
BS 7430 code of practice for earthing
BS 7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations, The IEE Wiring Regulations,
produced by the IET.
BS 7799 for information security, the ancestor of the ISO/IEC 27000 family of
standards, including 27002 (formerly 17799)
BS 7901 for recovery vehicles and vehicle recovery equipment
BS 7909 Code of practice for temporary electrical systems for entertainment and
related purposes
BS 7919 Electric cables. Flexible cables rated up to 450/750V, for use with
appliances and equipment intended for industrial and similar environments
BS 7910 guide to methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic
structures
BS 7925 Software testing
BS 7971 Protective clothing and equipment for use in violent situations and in
training
BS 8110 for structural concrete
BS 8233 Guidance on sound insulation and noise reduction in buildings
BS 8484 for the provision of lone worker device services
BS 8485 for the characterization and remediation from ground gas in affected
developments
BS 8494 for detecting and measuring carbon dioxide in ambient air or extraction
systems
BS 8546 Travel adaptors compatible with UK plug and socket system.
BS 8888 for engineering drawing and technical product specification
BS 15000 for IT Service Management, (ITIL), now ISO/IEC 20000
BS 3G 101 for general requirements for mechanical and electromechanical
aircraft indicators
BS EN 12195 Load restraining on road vehicles.
BS EN 60204 Safety of machinery
BS EN ISO 4210 - Cycles. Safety Requirements for Bicycles

List of BS Codes
BS 648: 1964 Schedule of weights of building materials
BS 1377: Part 2: 1990 Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes -
Classification tests
BS 1449: SEC 1-1: 1991 Steel plate, sheet and strip - Carbon, carbon-manganese
plate, sheet and strip, Sect 1.1, General specification
BS 4076: 1989 Specification for steel chimneys
BS 4211: 2005 Specification for permanently fixed ladders
BS 4604: Part 1: 1970 Use of high strength friction bolts in structural
steelwork. Metric series. General grade
BS 4604: Part 2: 1970 Use of high strength friction bolts in structural
steelwork. Metric series. Higher grade
BS 5268: Part 2: 2002 Structural use of timber - Code of practice for permissible
stress design, materials and workmanship
BS 5268-3: 2006 Structural use of timber - Code of practice for trussed rafter
roofs
BS 5268: Part 4.1: 1978 Structural use of timber. Fire resistance of timber
structures Recommendations for calculating fire resistance of timber members
BS 5268: Part 4.2: 1990 Structural use of timber. Fire resistance of timber
structures. Recommendations for calculating fire resistance of timber stud walls
and joisted floor constructions
BS 5268: Part 6.1: 1996 Structural use of timber. Code of practice for timber
frame walls. Dwellings not exceeding four storeys (Section 6.1)
BS 5268: Part 6.2: 2001 Structural use of timber. Code of practice for timber
frame walls. Buildings other than dwellings not exceeding four storeys.
BS 5268: Part 7.1: 1989 Structural use of timber. Recommendations for the
calculation basis for span tables. Domestic floor joists
BS 5268: Part 7.2: 1989 Structural use of timber. Recommendations for the
calculation basis for span tables. Joists for flat roofs
BS 5268: Part 7.3: 1989 Structural use of timber. Recommendations for the
calculation basis for span tables. Ceiling joists
BS 5268: Part 7.4: 1989 Structural use of timber. Ceiling binders
BS 5268: Part 7.5: 1990 Structural use of timber. Recommendations for the
calculation basis for span tables. Domestic rafters
BS 5268: Part 7.7: 1990 Structural use of timber. Recommendations for the
calculation basis for span tables. Purlins, supporting sheeting or decking
BS 5395: Part 2: 1984 Stairs, ladders and walkways - Code of practice for the
design of helical and spiral stairs
BS 5395: Part 3: 1985 Stairs, ladders and walkways - Code of practice for the
design of industrial type stairs, permanent ladders and walkways
BS 5400: Part 1: 1988 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. General statement
BS 5400: Part 2: 2006 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Specification for
loads
BS 5400: Part 3: 2000 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for
design of steel bridges
BS 5400: Part 4: 1990 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for
design of concrete bridges
BS 5400: Part 5: 2005 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for
design of composite bridges
BS 5400: Part 7: 1978 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Specification for
materials and workmanship, concrete, reinforcing and prestressing tendons
BS 5400: Part 8: 1978 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Recommendations for
materials and workmanship, concrete, reinforcing and prestressing tendons
BS 5400: Part 10: 1980 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for
fatigue
BS 5502-22: 2003 Buildings and structures for agriculture. Code of practice for
design, construction and loading
BS 5502-50: 1993 Buildings and structures for agriculture. Code of practice for
design, construction and use of storage tanks and reception pits for livestock
slurry
BS 5628-1: 2005 Code of practice for use of masonry - Structural use of
unreinforced masonry
BS 5628-2: 2005 Code of practice for use of masonry - Structural use of
reinforced and prestressed masonry
BS 5628-3: 2005 Code of practice for use of masonry - Materials and components,
design and workmanship
BS 5930: 1999 Code of practice for site investigations
BS 5950: Part 1: 2000 Structural use of steelwork in building - Code of practice
for design. Rolled and welded sections
BS 5950: Part 2: 2001 Structural use of steelwork in building - Specification for
materials, fabrication and erection. Rolled and welded sections
BS 5950: Part 3: 1990 (Section 3.1) Structural use of steelwork in building -
Design in composite construction - Code of practice for design of simple and
continuous composite beams
BS 5950: Part 4: 1994 Structural use of steelwork in building - Code of practice
for design of composite slabs with profiled steel sheeting
BS 5950: Part 5: 1998 Structural use of steelwork in building - Code of practice
for design of cold formed thin gauge sections
BS 5950: Part 6: 1995 Structural use of steelwork in building - Code of practice
for design of light gauge profiled steel sheeting
BS 5950: Part 7: 1992 Structural use of steelwork in building - Specification for
materials and workmanship: cold-formed thin gauge sections
BS 5950: Part 8: 2003 Structural use of steelwork in building - Code of practice
for fire resistant design
BS 5950: Part 9: 1994 Structural use of steelwork in building - Code of practice
for stressed skin design
BS 6229: 2003 Flat roofs with continuously supported coverings. Code of
practice
BS 6399: Part 1: 1996 Loading for buildings - Code of practice for dead and
imposed loads
BS 6399: Part 2: 1997 Loading for buildings - Code of practice for wind loads
BS 6399: Part 3: 1988 Loading for buildings - Code of practice for imposed roof
loads
BS 6461: Part 1: 1984 Installation of chimneys and flues for domestic appliances
burning solid fuel (including wood and peat) - Code of practice for masonry
chimneys and flue pipes
PD 6688-1-1: 2011 Recommendations for the design of structures to BS EN 1991-
1-1
BS 6717: 2001 Precast, unreinforced concrete paving blocks. Requirements and
test methods
BS 7533: Part 2: 2001 Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete
pavers - Guide for the structural design of lightly trafficked pavements
constructed of precast paving blocks
BS 7566: Part 1: 1992 Installation of factory-made chimneys to BS4543 for
domestic appliances - Method of specifying installation design information
BS 7566: Part 2: 1992 Installation of factory-made chimneys to BS4543 for
domestic appliances - Specification for installation design
BS 7566: Part 3: 1992 Installation of factory-made chimneys to BS4543 for
domestic appliances - Specification for site installation
BS 7566: Part 4: 1992 Installation of factory-made chimneys to BS4543 for
domestic appliances - Recommendations for installation design and installation
BS 8002: 1994 Code of practice for earth retaining structures
BS 8004: 1986 Code of practice for foundations
BS 8102: 1990 Code of practice for protection of structures against water from
the ground
BS 8103: Part 3: 2009 Structural design of low rise buildings. Code of practice
for timber floors and roofs for housing
BS 8104: 1992 Code of practice for assessing exposure of walls to wind-driven
rain
BS 8110: Part 1: 1997 Structural use of concrete - Code of practice for design
and construction
BS 8110: Part 2: 1985 Structural use of concrete - Code of practice for special
circumstances
BS 8110 Part 3: 1985 Structural use of concrete - Design charts for singly
reinforced beams, doubly reinforced beams and rectangular columns
BS 8118: Part 1: 1991 Structural use of aluminium - Code of practice for design
BS 8118: Part 2: 1991 Structural use of aluminium - Specification for materials,
workmanship and protection
BS 8200: 1985 Code of practice for design of non-loadbearing external vertical
enclosures of buildings
BS 5400 consists of ten main parts:

BS 5400-1:1988 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. General statement.

BS 5400-2:2006 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Specification for loads.
BS 5400-3:2000 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for
design of steel bridges. (This part of standard is being partially replaced)
BS 5400-4:1990 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for
design of concrete bridges.
BS 5400-5:2005 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for
design of composite bridges
BS 5400-6:1999 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Specification for
materials and workmanship, steel. (This part of standard is replaced by BS EN 1090-
2 (EN 1090-2) but remains current)
BS 5400-7:1978 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Specification for
materials and workmanship, concrete, reinforcement and prestressing tendons.
BS 5400-8:1978 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Recommendations for
materials and workmanship, concrete, reinforcement and prestressing tendons.
BS 5400-9.1:1983 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Bridge bearings. Code
of practice for design of bridge bearings. (This part of standard is partially
replaced by BS EN 1337-2 (EN 1337-2), BS EN 1337-3 (EN 1337-3), BS EN 1337-5 (EN
1337-5) and BS EN 1337-7 (EN 1337-7), and replaced by BS EN 1337-4 (EN 1337-4) and
BS EN 1337-6 (EN 1337-6) but remains current)
BS 5400-9.2:1983 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Bridge bearings.
Specification for materials, manufacture and installation of bridge bearings. (This
part of standard is partially replaced by BS EN 1337-2 (EN 1337-2), BS EN 1337-3
(EN 1337-3), BS EN 1337-5 (EN 1337-5) and BS EN 1337-7 (EN 1337-7))
BS 5400-10:1980 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for
fatigue.
BS 5400-10C:1999 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Charts for
classification of details for fatigue.