ANSI/ASSP Z359.14-2021: Self-Retracting Devices Safety Requirements
Year after year, fall protection tops OSHA’s top 10 most frequently cited violations. This threat is more than a workplace blunder, however, as falls comprise […]
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Portland Cement Types and Specifications
Portland cement is an incredibly common material. It’s also the basic ingredient of concrete, which is formed when portland cement creates a paste with water […]
Standard for Medical Face Masks, ASTM F2100-21
Some 16 million people work in the healthcare sector, doing the work that keeps the rest of us alive. Personal protective equipment (PPE), such as […]
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2021 for Legionnaires’ Disease Risk Management
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2021: Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems, an American National Standard, aims to minimize the potential for Legionnaires’ disease to spread throughout […]
ISO 639 Codes for Ancient Languages
Thanks to practices in philology and related disciplines, languages subsumed, displaced, or superseded by contemporary languages or otherwise lost to time are accessible today. For […]
ANSI A137.1:2021 – Standard Specifications For Ceramic Tile
The standard for ceramic tile, ANSI A137.1:2021 – American National Standard Specifications For Ceramic Tile, covers quality criteria useful for buyers, specifiers, installers, manufacturers, and […]
Standard Mechanical Testing of Steel Products in ASTM A370-20
Where Can You Find Steel? Steel is in favor. Look to your right, your left, up, down, wherever—odds are that you will catch a glimpse […]
Standard for High-Strength Low-Alloy (HSLA) Structural Steel
Steel is a group effort. The addition of alloying elements or additives heightens the properties of steel, improving its mechanical properties, weldability, and resistance to […]
Jet Fuel Specifications
Due to millions of years of high pressure exerted on the decomposed phytoplankton and algae that once lived in shallow seas, the earth possesses petroleum, a […]
Standard Specification for Flat Glass, ASTM C1036-21
In architecture, glass serves the integral role of acting as part of the building envelope and providing transparent barriers through which individuals inside can maintain […]