BS 6100-0 is a glossary intended as a basic reference tool for the UK construction industry. It will help your organization promote better understanding between various industry sectors, facilitate trade and provide better tools for the handling of information.
The UK construction industry consists of a diverse range of people and skills and operates in many countries; it brings together many different developing technologies.
Standardizing the formal language used for instructions, specifications, orders etc, helps to improve communications and avoid ambiguity.
Previous glossaries have been written for specialist areas and used only by specialists. This publication brings these glossaries together, removing conflicts and inconsistencies, and supplements them with more general terms.
BS 6100-0 includes:
background information and guidance on using the glossary
information about existing standards; whether it is superseded and (if applicable) the relationship to international and national standards
all topics that the Sector Committee for Building and Civil Engineering are responsible for
alphabetical index of glossaries that have been published at the date of the publication of this part
non-specialist terms relating to general physical properties, testing and standardization
Scottish, local and important regional terms
updating service (free in the first year) as additional sections and subsections are published.
