BS 7543:2015 – TC:2020 Edition
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Tracked Changes. Guide to durability of buildings and building elements, products and components
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2020 | 127 |
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| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | compares BS 7543:2015 |
| 2 | TRACKED CHANGES Text example 1 — indicates added text (in green) |
| 5 | Contents Annexes List of figures List of tables Summary of pages |
| 6 | Foreword Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. |
| 7 | Supersession Information about this document Presentational conventions Contractual and legal considerations Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. |
| 8 | Introduction |
| 9 | Section 1. General 0 Introduction 1.1 General 1.1 Experience 1.1 Assessment techniques and life cycle costing 1.1 Agents 1.1 Communications |
| 10 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
| 12 | Section 2. Expression of durability 3 Design life A badly stated requirement for design life, can lead to misunderstanding at a later date. When a period for required service life is given the following information is essential |
| 13 | 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations 3.1 agent 3.2 asset 3.3 component 3.4 degradation 3.5 design life (DL) 3.6 durability 3.7 durability limit 3.8 environment 3.9 estimated service life (ESL) 3.10 failure 3.11 life cycle |
| 14 | 3.12 maintenance 3.13 performance 3.14 performance requirement 3.15 predicted service life 3.16 reference service life (RSL) 3.17 service life 3.18 usage conditions |
| 15 | 4 Requirements for durability 4.1 General 4.2 Communication of requirements for durability (client to designer) |
| 17 | 4.3 Communication of requirements to manufacturers and suppliers |
| 18 | 5 Researching and calculating durability 6 Service life assessment 6.1 General 6.2 Modelling of degradation of components 6.2.1 General |
| 20 | 6.2.2 Method 1: Assessments based on past performance data 6.2.3 Method 2: Physical modelling of degradation |
| 21 | 6.2.4 Method 3: Evaluation of national datasets 6.3 Adjusting reference service lives to provide estimated service lives |
| 22 | Figure 2 Approaches to service life planning (based on BS ISO 15686-2) |
| 23 | Figure 3 Decision process in support of categorization of design life |
| 26 | 6.6 Terms associated with communications of durability |
| 28 | A.1 General Temperature |
| 29 | A.3.1 Solar radiation |
| 33 | A.4.Water A.4.1 Water in solid form (snow, ice and hail) A.4.2 Water in fluid form (rain, ground water, melt water leaks and vapour) |
| 35 | A.5 Normal air constituents A.5.1 General effect on materials |
| 36 | A.5.3 Carbon dioxide A.5.4 Sea spray |
| 37 | A.6 Air contaminants A.6.2 Particulates A.6.3 Atmospheric corrosivity values A.7 Freeze/thaw A.7.1 General A.7.2 Conditions for frost damage |
| 38 | A.7.3 Prediction of potential frost damage A.7.4 Requirements for concrete A.7.5 Render A.7.6 Frost heave |
| 39 | A.8 Wind A.8.1 Wind and durability A.8.1 Wind data A.9.1 General A.9.1 Bacteria A.9.1 Insects A.9.1 Fungal and insect attack in timber |
| 40 | A.9.5 Rodents and birds A.9.6 Surface growths A.9.7 Plants and trees A.9 Stress factors A.9.1 Nature of stress factors |
| 41 | A.9.1 Sustained stresses A.9.1 Intermittent stresses A.11 Chemical incompatibility factors A.11.1 General A.11.1 Incompatible materials |
| 42 | A.11.1 Leaching/leachates A.11.1 Solvents A.11.1 Comtaminated land A.11.1 Expansive materials A.12 Use factors A.12.1 Normal wear and tear A.12.1 Abuse by the user |
| 44 | A.1.2 Upland regions A.1.3 Coastal regions A.1.4 Forest regions A.1.5 Urban regions |
| 45 | A.2 Microclimate effects on durability A.2.1 General |
| 46 | A.2.2 Temperature A.2.3 Radiation |
| 47 | A.2.4 Water A.2.5 Gases and pollution |
| 48 | A.2.6 Freeze/thaw cycles and frost A.2.7 Wind |
| 49 | A.2.8 Biological agents |
| 54 | B.1.2.2 Stainless steel B.1.2.3 Copper and its alloys (including bronze and brass) |
| 55 | B.1.2.4 Zinc (including galvanized coatings) B.1.2.5 Lead B.1.2.6 Aluminium |
| 56 | B.2 Timber B.2.1 Durability of timber and timber-based materials B.2.2 Untreated timber |
| 57 | Durability hazard Mitigation measures |
| 58 | Durability hazard Mitigation measures |
| 59 | B.2.3 Treated timber B.2.3.1 General B.2.3.2 Types of preservative treatment |
| 60 | B.2.3.3 Treatment application B.3.1 General B.3.2 Specification for durable concrete |
| 61 | B.4 Sustainability B.4.1 General B.4.2 Cellular PVC Products |
| 62 | Annex C (informative) |
| 69 | D.2 General details D.3 Assumptions |
| 72 | E.1 General E.2 Climate E.3 National Datasets on Service Lives |
| 73 | E.4 Materials data sources E.5 Concrete E.6 Plastic E.7 Stone E.8 Websites |
| 76 | Bibliography Standards publications |
| 77 | Other publications Further reading |
