• BS 4940-2:1994

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    Technical information on construction products and services Guide to content and arrangement

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  15-01-1994

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    Foreword
    Guide
    1 Scope
    2 References
    2.1 Normative references
    2.2 Informative references
    3 Content, structure and presentation
    4 Choice of document
    5 Content of document
    5.1 General information
    5.2 Technical information
    5.3 Sequence of information and headings
    5.4 Decimal markers
    5.5 Quantities, units and symbols
    5.6 Cross-references
    5.7 Footnotes and marginal notes
    5.8 Abbreviations
    6 Structure of document
    6.1 Volumes, parts and sections
    6.2 Document identification
    6.3 Headings
    6.4 Numbering
    7 Copyright
    8 Editing, checking and proof reading
    9 Foreign languages
    Annexes
    A (informative) Use of approved quality and safety
          marks
    A.1 General principles
    A.2 Types of mark
    A.3 Quality management systems
    A.4 Product conformity schemes
    A.5 Product approval schemes
    A.6 Test certificates
    A.7 Safety mark schemes
    A.8 National accreditation
    A.9 European conformity marking
    A.10 Logotypes
    B Checklist for headings
    List of references
    Index
    Tables
    1 Types of document
    2 Headings for arrangement of technical information
    3 Information for front cover, back cover and spine
    4 Example of heading hierarchy
    Figures
    1 Example of part of a contents page for volume 1 of
          a set of volumes
    2 Example of part of an index with references to
          section and clause numbers, tables, diagrams and
          appendices
    3 Hierarchy of subdivisions

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    Details types of technical documents and gives recommendation on content and structure on each document.

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    Committee B/555
    Development Note Together with BS 4940-1(1994) and BS 4940-3(1994), supersedes BS 4940(1973) Supersedes 91/16249 DC (07/2002) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2008. (09/2008)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 7000-4:1996 Design management systems Guide to managing design in construction
    BS 4940-1:1994 Technical information on construction products and services Guide for management
    BS 4940-3:1994 Technical information on construction products and services Guide to presentation

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    BS 5555:1993 Specification for SI units and recommendations for the use of their multiples and of certain other units
    BS 5641:1982 Recommendations for loose-leaf publications
    BS 5775-3:1993 Specification for quantities, units and symbols Mechanics
    BS 1192-1:1984 Construction drawing practice Recommendations for general principles
    BS 5750-2:1987 Quality systems Specification for production and installation
    BS 4940-3:1994 Technical information on construction products and services Guide to presentation
    BS 1000[624]:1981 Universal Decimal Classification. English full edition Civil and structural engineering in general
    BS 3669:1963 Recommendations for the selection, formation and definition of technical terms
    BS 4940-1:1994 Technical information on construction products and services Guide for management
    BS 5750-1:1987 Quality systems Specification for design/development, production, installation and servicing
    BS 5848:1980 Specification for numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents (point-numbering)
    BS 5775-10:1993 Specification for quantities, units and symbols Nuclear reactions and ionizing radiations
    BS 5775-12:1993 Specification for quantities, units and symbols Characteristic numbers
    BS 5775-1:1993 Specification for quantities, units and symbols Space and time
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