Ways to get involved in BSI national and

industry expert focus committees

Tracey Wilkins
BSI Programme Manager in the Built
Environment Team

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The UK National Standards Body

• A Memorandum of Understanding is in
place between BSI and the British
government, establishing it as the
National Standards Body for the United
Kingdom.
• It is a business contract not a legal
requirement
• Contract is managed by the Business
Enterprise and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
• BSI was formed in 1901 and was the
world’s first National Standards Body.

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BSI Group structure

National
Assessment
Policy, Standards Compliance
and
Engagement Body Certification
support

Information
Standards Solutions Advisory
Training
Services
Market Development, Sales, Membership,
Committee management ICT Platforms

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As the UK National Standards Body (NSB)

• BSI represents UK social and economic

interests
• BSI is a member of the international
standards organizations, ISO and IEC, CEN
and CENELEC
• BSI is able to:
• Coordinate and facilitate development
of national standards
• Represent the national interest in
regional and international
standardization arenas
• Adopt European and international
standards as national standards
• BSI can propose national standards as
basis for international/European work

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 BSI – the UK national standards body
Employees 344

Subscribing members 14,000

Committee members 12,200+

Organisations 2,200

Technical and Subcommittees 1,200

International/European secretariats 200
International and European Standards work 95%

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Representation on Technical Committees
Consumer
bodies
Standards
Chairman users

Secretary Institutions

BSI
Committee

Trade
Research
associations
organizations
and unions

Enforcement
and Education
certification and Academia
bodies
Government
departments

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Standards development

34,000 7,500 2,500

New or revised every

Current standards In development
year

• BSI coordinates and facilitates development of national standards

• BSI adopts European and International standards as national standards
• National Standard Bodies can propose national standards as the basis for European and
International work

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Development stages of a standard

Approval Publication
Development
of final text
Public
Consultation

Drafting
and
Consensus
Building
New
work
proposed

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How to get involved with standards

• BSI welcomes all stakeholders with significant interest in particular

standards

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How to get involved with standards

• BSI welcomes all stakeholders with significant interest in particular

standards
• All participation is on a voluntary basis, and there are a number of
different ways that you can be involved in helping to develop standards

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How to get involved with standards

• BSI welcomes all stakeholders with significant interest in particular

standards
• All participation is on a voluntary basis, and there are a number of
different ways that you can be involved in helping to develop
standards:
Suggest an idea for a new standard

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How to get involved with standards

• BSI welcomes all stakeholders with significant interest in particular

standards
• All participation is on a voluntary basis, and there are a number of
different ways that you can be involved in helping to develop
standards:
Suggest an idea for a new standard
View and comment on proposals for new standards

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How to get involved with standards

• BSI welcomes all stakeholders with significant interest in particular

standards
• All participation is on a voluntary basis, and there are a number of
different ways that you can be involved in helping to develop
standards:
Suggest an idea for a new standard
View and comment on proposals for new standards
View and comment on draft standards (Drafts for Public Comment)

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How to get involved with standards

• BSI welcomes all stakeholders with significant interest in particular

standards
• All participation is on a voluntary basis, and there are a number of
different ways that you can be involved in helping to develop
standards:
Suggest an idea for a new standard
View and comment on proposals for new standards
View and comment on draft standards (Drafts for Public Comment)
Become a standards-maker

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How to get involved with standards

• BSI welcomes all stakeholders with significant interest in particular

standards
• All participation is on a voluntary basis, and there are a number of
different ways that you can be involved in helping to develop
standards:
Suggest an idea for a new standard
View and comment on proposals for new standards
View and comment on draft standards (Drafts for Public Comment)
Become a standards-maker
• Engage with your Professional Organisation or Institution represented
on a BSI Committee.
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What do BSI Committees do?

• Responsibilities include:
• Technical content of standards
• UK input to International and European standardization
• Regulatory and legal implications of standards
• Balanced stakeholder representation

• Activities include:
• Review membership of the committee
• Review currency of standards
• Votes on International and European standards
• Approves standards for publication
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BSI Committee Member

• One of the most important aspects of being a BSI committee member is

communication

• This means acting as a link between the committee and the organisation they
represent, putting forward their views to the committee and making colleagues
in the industry aware of the activities in the committee

• BSI is looking for people with sector expertise to shape and develop the
standards of tomorrow – get involved!
Email standardsmakers@bsigroup.com
Call +44 (0) 20 8996 7306

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BSI Eurocode technical committee
• B/525 Building and civil
engineering structures is
responsible for the preparation
and maintenance of British
Standards in the area of
building and civil engineering
structures.
• Provides national input to
CEN/TC 250 Structural
Eurocodes.
• B/525 has a large number of
subcommittees and panels,
including CB/203 and B/526
which mirror the work
programme of CEN/TC 250
subcommittees and working
groups.

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BSI committees mirroring CEN/TC 250 SCs and WGs

• B/525/1 Actions (Loadings) & Basis of design • B/525/12 Design of offshore structures
• B/525/2 Structural Use of Concrete • B/525/-/32 Eurocodes Structural Fire Design
• CB/203 Design and execution of steel structures
• B/525/-/3 Assessment and Retrofitting of Existing
• B/525/4 Composite Structures Structures
• B/525/5 Structural Use of Timber • B/525/-/11 Structural Glass
• B/525/6 Use of Masonry
• B/525/-/4 Fibre reinforced polymer structures
• B/526 Geotechnics
• B/525/-/5 Tensile Membrane Structures
• B/525/8 Structures in Seismic Regions
• CB/502 Maritime Works
• B/525/9 Structural Use of Aluminium
• B/525/10 Bridges
Many institutions are represented on the UK Technical Committee and Sub-Committees that
work on the Eurocodes.
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B/525/2 Structural use of concrete

New Eurocode
BS EN 1992-4:2018
Design of fastenings

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Stay informed about the status of a standard through British
Standards Online (BSOL)

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Stay informed with BSOL E-mail Alerts

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Stay informed with BSOL E-mail Alert

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Why do standards makers get involved

• Highest rated motivations

• - keep informed about what’s happening
in my sector As reported to
• - the public benefit BSI by standards
• - giving something back makers
• - intellectual stimulation
themselves
• - interest in standards-making

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Useful links

British Standards Online Database: https://bsol.bsigroup.com

BSI Standards Development Site: https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/
Copy of BS 0:2011 A Standard for Standards – Principles of
standardization:
Becoming a Committee member – link for details

Already a BSI committee member?

Useful resources
Log in to BSI eCommittees
Find out more about free BSI committee member training

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Thank you for your time.

Contact:
Tracey Wilkins
Lead Programme Manager in the Built Environment Team
Tracey.Wilkins@bsigroup.com
+44 208 996 7420

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