Using Construction Standards Maintains Your Competitive Edge

At a time when budgets are tight and margins are low, your construction projects can’t afford re-work. Your planning, budgeting, and design all need to meet standards and requirements from the start. Construction standards protect the project owner, those working the project, construction inspectors, and regulatory authorities.

Whether you need construction standards for 

• road construction
• bridge design
• safety factors for high-rise construction
• materials testing and specification
• electrical safety requirements

Standards collections from national and international standards development organizations (SDOs) contain the information you need.

IHS works with SDOs and customers to comply with copyright restrictions while assuring that users have the critical information they need. To assure that your company stays current with the latest applicable standards in a cost-effective manner, purchase your construction standards from IHS.

Construction standards and specifications are included in IHS collections from these standards development organizations:

AASHTO - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
AISC
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers
ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers
ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASSE - American Society of Safety Engineers
ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials
AWS - American Welding Society
AWWA - American Water Works Association