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In 1901 the Institutions of Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Naval Architects and the Iron and Steel Institute created a committee to standardize iron and steel sections for bridges, railways and shipping. The Engineering Standards Committee succeeded in cutting the production of different tram rails from 75 down to 5. This saved the industry about £1 million a year.
In 1906 the British Electrotechnical Committee (BEC) was established. The BEC was a founder member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and provided the first General Secretary of IEC, Mr Charles Le Maistre, in 1908. Mr Le Maistre held this position for 40 years, as well as being the first Director of BSI.
By 1929, the Engineering Standards Committee became the British Engineering Standards Association and was granted a Royal Charter, which defined the Association's objectives. A year later the Association became the British Standards Institution (BSI) also incorprating the formal standardisation work of BEC.
In 1946, in the aftermath of the Second World War, BSI was a founder member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and in 1964 was a founder member of the European equivalent, CEN, and its electro-technical sister organization CENELEC.
In 2001 BSI celebrated its Centenary and a year later signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the British Government.
In 2003 BSI, the DTI and the CBI launched the National Standardization Strategic Framework, a three-year initiative to promote the strategic use of standards. Its programme of activity ran from October 2004 to March 2007 and included research into the economic benefits of standards and their role in innovation. In 2006, UKAS joined the NSSF as a partner. Through a wide range of promotional activity, the NSSF's message about standards and their benefits successfully reached approximately 200 million people worldwide.
BSI has been instrumental in helping to establish the national standards infastructures in a number of countries around the globe. Currently BSI has Memoranda of Understanding and Joint Cooperation Agreements with a number of standards bodies including the national standards bodies for China, Japan and Korea.
BSI has participated in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) since its earliest years.
BSI British Standards champions UK interests at home and abroad and is an incubator of many of the world’s leading standards. The most popular standard in the world (ISO 9001) began as a British standard. It is now used by over 670,000 organisations in 154 countries.
Other leading international standards that started as British standards are:
Some of the first publications, which are still going strong today, were the Technical Handbooks (TH). These were originally produced by the Technical Information Group (TIG) and are now managed by the publishing team. Technical Handbooks are written by experts in various subject areas and include free updates throughout the year, providing a service which has always been very popular, particularly for professionals within the construction, manufacturing and services sectors.
BSI’s more traditional book publishing programme is still growing. What started off as small guides in specific subjects with particular attention on ICT now covers a range and depth of subjects and is increasing year on year.
Today, more than 100 years on, BSI British Standards has over 27,000 current standards in its portfolio, with 1,700 new or revised British, European or international standards produced each year.
BSI’s oldest standard still in use today dates from 1927 (BS 275 Dimensions of rivets). BSI's most recently published standards include stem cell research, environmental labelling, business continuity management and web accessibility.
In 1906 the British Electrotechnical Committee (BEC) was established. The BEC was a founder member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and provided the first General Secretary of IEC, Mr Charles Le Maistre, in 1908. Mr Le Maistre held this position for 40 years, as well as being the first Director of BSI.
By 1929, the Engineering Standards Committee became the British Engineering Standards Association and was granted a Royal Charter, which defined the Association's objectives. A year later the Association became the British Standards Institution (BSI) also incorprating the formal standardisation work of BEC.
In 1946, in the aftermath of the Second World War, BSI was a founder member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and in 1964 was a founder member of the European equivalent, CEN, and its electro-technical sister organization CENELEC.
In 2001 BSI celebrated its Centenary and a year later signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with the British Government.
In 2003 BSI, the DTI and the CBI launched the National Standardization Strategic Framework, a three-year initiative to promote the strategic use of standards. Its programme of activity ran from October 2004 to March 2007 and included research into the economic benefits of standards and their role in innovation. In 2006, UKAS joined the NSSF as a partner. Through a wide range of promotional activity, the NSSF's message about standards and their benefits successfully reached approximately 200 million people worldwide.
BSI has been instrumental in helping to establish the national standards infastructures in a number of countries around the globe. Currently BSI has Memoranda of Understanding and Joint Cooperation Agreements with a number of standards bodies including the national standards bodies for China, Japan and Korea.
BSI has participated in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) since its earliest years.
BSI British Standards champions UK interests at home and abroad and is an incubator of many of the world’s leading standards. The most popular standard in the world (ISO 9001) began as a British standard. It is now used by over 670,000 organisations in 154 countries.
Other leading international standards that started as British standards are:
- Environmental Management - BS 7750 which became ISO 14000
- ITC - BS 7799 which became ISO 27000
- ITC - BS 15000 which became ISO 20000
- Service - BS 8600 which became ISO 10000
Some of the first publications, which are still going strong today, were the Technical Handbooks (TH). These were originally produced by the Technical Information Group (TIG) and are now managed by the publishing team. Technical Handbooks are written by experts in various subject areas and include free updates throughout the year, providing a service which has always been very popular, particularly for professionals within the construction, manufacturing and services sectors.
BSI’s more traditional book publishing programme is still growing. What started off as small guides in specific subjects with particular attention on ICT now covers a range and depth of subjects and is increasing year on year.
Today, more than 100 years on, BSI British Standards has over 27,000 current standards in its portfolio, with 1,700 new or revised British, European or international standards produced each year.
BSI’s oldest standard still in use today dates from 1927 (BS 275 Dimensions of rivets). BSI's most recently published standards include stem cell research, environmental labelling, business continuity management and web accessibility.
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