Across the wider field of building and construction, international standards provide essential guidance for quality, safety, and sustainability. They support professionals in delivering reliable solutions, fostering innovation, and meeting global benchmarks across diverse projects.

Insights

Building a sustainable path to ESG reporting

The drive towards a more sustainable future has propelled ESG considerations – or environment, social and governance in its full form – to the forefront of Board meetings in companies worldwide.

Quality management principles: The foundation for success

At the heart of organizational excellence lies quality management, a systematic approach that has transformed how businesses operate, compete and thrive. The ISO quality management principles serve as a fundamental framework that guides organizations from proficiency to peak performance.

Solar panels surrounded by greenery in a modern city centre.

By Clare Naden on

Constructing a better future – A sector that holds all the cards

We often think of planes and cars as the biggest polluters, but did you know the construction industry, which designs the buildings we live and work in, is one of the most polluting in the world? It therefore offers enormous potential to make our environment more sustainable. Progress is being made – but more can be done.

Sample standards

Light and lighting — Lighting of work places
Part 1: Indoor

Cranes and hoists — Selection of wire ropes, drums and sheaves

Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM) — Information management using building information modelling
Part 6: Health and safety information

Cranes — Wire ropes — Care and maintenance, inspection and discard

Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM) — Information management using building information modelling
Part 1: Concepts and principles

Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM) — Information management using building information modelling
Part 2: Delivery phase of the assets