NEWS from the desk of David Norbury

EN 1997-2 Ground Properties

Those of you who have grown to know and love Eurocode 7 part 2 will be pleased (but not as much as I am) that redrafting of this Standard has just been ‘completed’. I know because we submitted the draft (in accordance with our contract) to NEN (acting on...Read more

Amendment BS 5930:2015

The drafting committee for the BS has completed its work, and the amendment is on its way to being published – very soon we hope. So watch out for BS 5930:2015+A1:2020.Read more

EN ISO Standards

All I know this is a bit of a late catch up, but please all be aware that we have revised BS EN ISO 14699-1 (soil description) and 14688-2 (soil classification) and 14689 (rock description). The new EN standards were published in early 2019. they include some major...Read more

Amendment BS 5930:2015

Well it looks as though we will need to amend the latest version, mainly to accommodate the changes in EN ISO 14688 and 14689 on soil and rock description.  Although I know what was going to appear in the ENs, I could not include those in the BS revision as it was...Read more

Update – BS5930

Well you will all now have had a chance to obtain and read the revision.  I, on behalf of the revision panel, hope you like the changes and updates.  I am not so happy about the purchase price, but there is nothing I can do about that.  The comments I have received...Read more

July 2015

The Revision of BS5930:2015 is being published as I write this news item. Feel free to obtain your copy and read and digest it. IF you provided one or more of the over 1000 comments on the draft and thank you for your input. In parallel, I am also acting as Convenor...Read more