ANSI A108/A118/A136.1:2019 – Installation of Ceramic Tile
Ceramic tile looks good. Of course it does—skilled professionals utilize the best knowledge so you see only the aesthetically-pleasing 3 billion square feet of ceramic […]
ANSI A137.1:2019 – Standard Specifications For Ceramic Tile
The standard for ceramic tile has a new revision—ANSI A137.1:2019 – American National Standard Specifications For Ceramic Tile. Ceramics is an ancient art. Dating back […]
Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Nobel Prize Win You Use Everyday
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three scientists who developed lithium-ion batteries: John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley […]
NFPA 58-2020: Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code
NFPA 58-2020 is the 2020 edition of the liquefied petroleum gas code. It’s also an American National Standard. Propane, meet propylene—and butate and butylene. Together, […]
NFPA 25-2020: Water-Based Fire Protection Systems Standard
Today, fires of all sizes are extinguished with various media—foam, gas, chemicals—containing a range of substances. However, water still does its thing—as H20 is a […]
ISO/IEC 27701:2019 – Privacy Management Systems
Like a shadow of pixels, your digital presence is an extension of you. Unfortunately in the first six months of 2019 alone, there were over […]
OSHA Top 10 Violations of 2019
Every autumn, after the sun goes down and our minds drift from pumpkin spice and falling leaves, we begin to entertain the thought of ghosts, […]
NFPA 654-2020, Prevention of Fire and Dust Explosions
With the invention of the steam engine, humankind made a shift from human labor to machine labor for the production of goods. With this change […]
ANSI/ASSP Z10.0-2019: Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
Accidents happen, and people get sick—even in the workplace. Workers can be injured, equipment can be destroyed, production can fall, and staff absences can become […]
BACnet: Building Automation Control Network, ANSI/ASHRAE 135
A building is like an organism, with distinct systems and intricacies aligned in overarching purpose to assure efficiency, comfort, and even safety for the many […]