The Tile Association (TTA)
www.tiles.org.uk/services/technical-publications/
· Adhesives and grouts in internal tiling for TTA members
Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA)
https://www.ciria.org
· Safer surfaces to walk on - reducing the risk of slipping (C652)
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guides
http://www.hse.gov.uk
· Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974: http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm
· Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) reg’s 1992: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l24.htm
· Health and safety in construction: http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/index.htm
· Working at height: http://www.hse.gov.uk/work-at-height/resources.htm
· PPE regulations: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg174.pdf
· PPE: http://www.hse.gov.uk/toolbox/ppe.htm
· PUWER: http://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/puwer.htm
· COSHH: http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh
· RIDDOR: http://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/
· LOLER: http://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/loler.htm
· CDM: http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/2015/index.htm
· Manual handling: http://www.hse.gov.uk/toolbox/manual.htm
· Noise: http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/index.htm
· Hand-arm vibration: www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/index.htm
· Electrical: http://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/hse.htm
· Assessing the slip resistance of flooring: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/geis2.pdf
Legislation
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
· Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
· Workplace (health, safety & welfare) regulations 1992
· The Work at Height Regulations 2005
· Work at Height (Amended) 2007
· Personal Protection Equipment Regulations 2002 (PPE)
· Personal Protection Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (PPE)
· Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (1998 UK 1999 NI) PUWER
· Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
· Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
· Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
· CDM Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 CDM
· Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996
· Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 as amended 2002
· Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
· Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
Building regulations
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
· Building and Buildings, England and Wales: The Building Regulations 2010.
· The Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004
· Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Approved documents (guidance for building regulations)
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents
· Resistance to the passage of sound: Approved Document E
· Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M
Building information modelling (BIM)
www.thenbs.co.uk
· A multi-volume subscription library of clauses covering building construction.
Work at Height Safety Association
http://www.wahsa.org.uk/?s=technical+guidance
The WAHSA Technical Guidance Notes are a free resource, provided and maintained by WAHSA andits members. A reference for: specifiers, managers, and end users of fall protection equipment.
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BS-EN-ISO standards
https: //www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/
Miscellaneous
· BS EN 131- 1 to 7: Ladders. Terms, types, sizes, requirements, testing, marking, user instructions
· BS 8000-0: 2014. Workmanship on construction sites. Introduction and general principles. Note that this standard partially replaces/supersedes BS 8000-1 to 16.
· BS 6093: 2006+A1:2013. Design of joints and jointing in building construction. Guide.
Substrates and screeds
· BS EN 636-3: 2003 Plywood. Specifications
· BS 4483: 2005. Steel fabric for the reinforcement of concrete. Specification.
· BS 8204-1 to 7 Screeds, bases and in situ floorings: Codes of practice. Concrete, cementitious levelling, polymer, terrazzo, mastic asphalt, synthetic resin, pumpable self-smoothing screeds
Wall and floor tiling, design & installation, code of practice
· BS 5385-1: 2018 Ceramic, natural stone and mosaic wall tiling in normal internal conditions
· BS 5385-2: 2015 External ceramic, natural stone and mosaic wall tiling in normal conditions
· BS 5385-3: 2014 Internal and external ceramic and mosaic floor tiling in normal conditions
· BS 5385-4: 2015 Ceramic and mosaic tiling in specific conditions
· BS 5385-5: 2009 Terrazzo, natural stone and agglomerated stone tile and slab flooring
Ceramic tile specifications
· BS EN ISO 10545- 1 to 16: Specifications for ceramic tiles including: dimensions, surface quality, water absorption, porosity, relative density, bulk density, modulus of rupture and breaking strength, impact resistance by measurement of coefficient of restitution, resistance to deep abrasion for unglazed tiles, resistance to surface abrasion for glazed tiles, linear thermal expansion, resistance to thermal shock, moisture expansion, crazing resistance for glazed tiles, frost resistance, chemical resistance, resistance to stains, lead and cadmium given off by glazed tiles, colour differences.
· BS EN 14411: 2016 Definition, class’n, characteristics, assess, verify, performance, marking
· BS EN 14891: 2017 Liquid applied water impermeable products for use beneath ceramic tiling bonded with adhesives. Requirements, tests, assess, verify, performance, class, and marking
Stone products
· BS EN 12057: 2015 Natural stone products. Modular tiles. Requirements
· BS EN 14157: 2017 Natural stone test methods. Determination of the abrasion resistance
· BS EN 14618: 2009 Agglomerated stone. Terminology and classification
· BS EN 15285: 2008. Agglomerated stone. Modular tiles for floor and stairs (internal and external).
· BS EN 14617- 1 to 16 Agglomerated stone. Test methods: flexural strength (bending), apparent density and water absorption, electrical resistivity, chemical resistance, thermal shock resistance, freeze and thaw resistance, dimensional stability, abrasion resistance, resistance to fixing (dowel hole), linear thermal expansion coefficient, compressive strength, dimensions, geometry, surface quality, and impact resistance
Terrazzo tiles
· BS EN 13748- 1 & 2: 2004 Terrazzo tiles for internal use, and external use
Grouts and adhesives
· BS ISO 14448: 2016 Low modulus adhesives for exterior tile finishing.
· BS EN 12004- 1 & 2: 2017 Adhesives for ceramic tiles. Requirements, assessment, verification, performance, classification, marking, and testing
· BS EN 12808- 1 to 5: Grouts for tiles. Determination of: chemical resistance of reaction resin mortars, resistance to abrasion, flexural and compressive strength, shrinkage, and water absorption
· BS ISO 13007- 1 to 5: Ceramic tiles. Grouts and adhesives. Terms, definitions, specifications for adhesives. Test methods for adhesives. Terms, definitions and specifications for grouts. Test methods for grouts. Requirements, tests, conformity, classification and designation of liquid-applied waterproofing membranes for use beneath adhesive-bonded ceramic tiling
· BS EN 13888: 2009 Grout for tiles. Requirements, evaluation of conformity, class and designation
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