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LIST OF APLICABLE CODES &

INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS

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CONTENTS

SCOPE..................................................................................................................................... 2

INSTRUCTIONS ...................................................................................................................... 2

LIST OF APPLICABLE CODES AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS............................................ 3

3.1 PROCESS DESIGN ............................................................................................................ 3
3.2 PRESSURE VESSELS - HEAT EXCHANGERS ................................................................. 3
3.3 HEATERS - BOILERS......................................................................................................... 4
3.4 AIR COOLERS.................................................................................................................... 4
3.5 STORAGE TANKS ............................................................................................................. 4
3.5.1

Storage Tanks Non Refrigerated .............................................................................. 4

3.5.2

Storage Tanks Refrigerated ...................................................................................... 4

3.6 ROTATING EQUIPMENT.................................................................................................... 6

3.7 OVERHEAD CRANES AND HOISTS.................................................................................. 7
3.8 PIPING................................................................................................................................ 7
3.9CIVIL - STRUCTURAL STEEL............................................................................................... 8
3.9.1

Design Codes............................................................................................................. 8

3.9.2

Construction Standards ............................................................................................ 9

3.9.3

Testing, Inspection and acceptance standards....................................................... 9

3.10

BUILDINGS..................................................................................................................... 9

3.10.1 Design codes ............................................................................................................. 9

3.10.2 Construction standards .......................................................................................... 10
3.10.3 Testing inspection and acceptance standards...................................................... 10
3.10.4 Materials................................................................................................................... 10
3.10.5 Acoustics ................................................................................................................. 10
3.10.6 Insulation ................................................................................................................. 10
3.11

HVAC ............................................................................................................................ 10

3.12

ELECTRICAL................................................................................................................ 11

3.13

INSTRUMENTATION - CONTROLS ............................................................................. 11

3.14

SAFETY / FIRE PROTECTION...................................................................................... 13

3.15

NOISE CONTROL......................................................................................................... 14

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3.16

PAINTING ..................................................................................................................... 14

3.17

INSULATION ................................................................................................................ 16

3.18

FIREPROOFING ........................................................................................................... 17

3.19

WELDING / WELDING AND STEEL MATERIAL INSPECTIONS.................................. 17

3.20

TELECOM..................................................................................................................... 19

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SCOPE

This specification provides the list of International Codes and Industry Standards which will
govern the design and construction for NINTH PIPIELINE.

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2.1

INSTRUCTIONS
The project facilities shall be designed, engineered, built, installed and commissioned to the
latest relevant international codes and standards. Other references stated in these standards
shall also apply.

2.2

CONTRACTOR shall be responsible for checking consistency of specified documents and

informing POGC of any interpretation prior to application.

2.3

The list attached concerns only the Codes & Standards, it is understood that compulsory
regulations (local /international) shall be applied.

2.4

The list attached is general and not exhaustive, it shall not restrict the requirement mentioned
in the specifications or other documentation.

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LIST OF APPLICABLE CODES AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS

3.1

PROCESS DESIGN

API (American Petroleum Institute)

API RP 520

Sizing, Selection, and Installation of Pressure-Relieving

Devices in Refineries

API RP 521

3.2

Guide for Pressure-Relieving and Depressurising Systems

PRESSURE VESSELS - HEAT EXCHANGERS

ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)

ASME SECTION VIII

ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, Div. 1 and 2

including Addenda

TEMA

Standards of the Tubular Exchangers Manufacturers

Association

EJMA

Standards of the Expansion Joints Manufacturers

Association, Inc.

BSI (British Standard Institute)

PD 5500

Unfired Fusion Welded Pressure Vessels

Others
UBC

Uniform Building Code - Volume 2

Division III = Wind Design
Division IV = Earthquake Design

EEMUA Publication No143 Recommendations for Tube end Welding

API (American Petroleum Institute)
API 662

Plate Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Services

Welding Research Council

WRC

Bulletin 107

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3.3

HEATERS - BOILERS.

API 530

Calculation of Heater Tube Thickness in Petroleum Refinery

API 535

Burners for Fired Heaters in General Refinery Services

API 560

Fired Heater for General Refinery Service

ASME Section 1

Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

ASME B31.1

Power Piping

ASME B31.3

Chemical Plant and Petroleum Refinery Piping

3.4

AIR COOLERS

API 661

Air Cooled Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Service

EEMUA Publication No143 Recommendations for Tube end Welding

3.5

STORAGE TANKS

3.5.1 Storage Tanks Non Refrigerated

API (American Petroleum Institute)
API 620

Recommended Rules for Design and Construction of large,

welded, low pressure Storage tanks

API 650

Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage

API 2000

Venting Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks

API 2550

Method for Measurement and Calibration of Upright

Cylindrical Tanks

UBC (Uniform Building Code)

UBC

Volume 2 Chapter 16
Division III = Wind Design
Division IV = Earthquake Design.

3.5.2 Storage Tanks Refrigerated

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BSI (British Standard Institute)

BS 7777

Flat Bottomed Vertical Cylindrical Storage Tanks for Low

Temperature Service

BS 8110

Structural Use of Concrete (parts 1 to 13)

BS 5896

Specification for High Tensile Steel Wire and Strand for the
Prestressing of Concrete

API (American Petroleum Institute)

API 620

Design and construction of Large, Welded, Low Pressure Storage

tanks

API 2000

Venting Atmospheric and Low-Pressure Storage tanks

API 2550

Method for Measurement and Calibration of Upright Cylindrical

Tanks

ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)

ASTM A 537

Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat Carbon-ManganeseSilicon Steel

Others
EEMUA No 147

Recommendations for the Design and Construction of Refrigerated

Liquefied Gas storage Tanks

AISI E-I

Steel Plate Engineering Data Series : Useful Information - Design

of Plate Structure, Volume II

FIP-CEB

Report on Method of Assessment of the Fire Resistance of

Concrete Structural Members

FIP-CEB

Model Code 1990

FIP-CEB

Bulletin 174 - Model Code for Fire Design of Concrete Structures

FIP Recommendations

Acceptance and Application of Post-tensioning System

FIP Recommendations

Approval, Supply and Acceptance of Steels for Prestressing

FIP Report

Assesment of Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials for

Cryogenic Applications.

ASME SA 435

Specification for Straight Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Steel

Plates

UBC (Uniform Building Code)

UBC

Volume 2 Chapter 16
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Division III = Wind Design

Division IV = Earthquake Design

3.6

ROTATING EQUIPMENT

API (American Petroleum Institute)

API 610

Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Heavy Duty Chemical &

Gas Industry Services

API 613

Special-Purpose Gear Units for Refinery Petroleum,

Chemical and Gas Industry Services

API 614

Lubrication, Shaft-Sealing, and Control System for Special

Purpose Applications

API 616

Gas Turbines for Refinery Services

API 617

Centrifugal Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas

Service Industries

API 618

Reciprocating Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas

Industry Services

API 670

Vibration, Axial-Position, and Bearing Temperature

Monitoring Systems

API 671

Special-Purpose Couplings for Refinery Service

API 672

Packaged Integrally Geared, Centrifugal Air Compressors

for Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services

API 674

Positive displacement pumps - Reciprocating

API 675

Positive displacement pumps - Controlled volume

API 676

Positive Displacement Pump - Rotary

API 682

Shaft Sealing Systems for Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps

NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)

NFPA 20

Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection

ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).

Power Test Code :
PTC 9 Displacement Compressors
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PTC 10 Compressors and Exhausters

PTC 22 Gas Turbine Power Plant
ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation)
ISO 2548

Acceptance Tests for Centrifugal, Mixed Flow and Axial

Pumps

ISO 1940

Mechanical Balancing of Rotating Bodies

ISO 5199

Industrials Pumps - Technical Specification for Centrifugal Pumps

Others
AGMA 6011

Association of Gear Manufacturers, Practice for High Speed

Helical and Herringbone

3.7

OVERHEAD CRANES AND HOISTS

FEM / I

Rules for the Design of Hoisting Appliances

NFE 52.126

French Norm for Testing Cranes

3.8

PIPING

ANSI/ASME (American National Standards Institute)

ASME B 1.1

Unified Inch Screw Threads

ASME B 1.20.1

Pipe Threads, General Purpose

ASME B 16.5

Steel Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings

ASME B 16.10

Faca to Face and End to End Dimensions of Valves

ASME B 16.34

Steel Valves - Flanged, Threaded and welding End

ASME B 16.47

Large Diameter Steel Flanges - NPS 26 through NPS 60

ASME B 31.1

Power Piping

ASME B 31.3

Process Piping.

ASME B 31.4

Transportation Systems for liquid Hydrocarbons and other

Liquids

ASME B 31.8

Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping System

API (American Petroleum Institute)

API 598

Valve Inspection and Testing

API 600

Steel Gate Valves - Flanged and Butt-Welding Ends

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API 602

Compact Steel Gate Valves

API 5L

Line Pipe

API 6D

Specification for Pipeline Valves

API 6 FA

Specification for Fire Test for Valves

API 15 LR

Low Pressure Fiberglass Line Pipe

MSS (Manufacturers Standardisation Society of the Valve and Fittings Industry, Inc.)
MSS SP6

Standard Finishes for Contact Faces of Pipe Flanges and

connecting ends Flanges of Valves and Fittings

MSS SP25

Standard Marking System for Valves, Fittings, Flanges and

Unions

MSS SP44

Steel Pipe Line Flanges

MSS SP58

Pipe Hangers and Supports - Material and Design

MSS SP69

Pipe Hangers and Supports - Selection and Application

Others
BS 6755

Specification and Test of Steel Valves for the Petroleum,

Petrochemical and Allied Industries

EJMA STD

Standard of the Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association,

Inc. including Addenda

ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)

As described within Project Piping Classes.

3.9CIVIL - STRUCTURAL STEEL

3.9.1 Design Codes

Loading
Uniform Building Code

UBC - 1997

Minimum Design loads for buildings and other

structures

ANSI / ASCE 7-93

Concrete Design
Building Code requirements for structural concrete :
American Concrete Institute (ACI), and more specifically :
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A.C.I. 318 M-95 and commentary,

A.C.I. 318 RM-95 and including all A.C.I. codes and documents in reference,
A.C.I. 305R-91 Hot weather concreting,
A.C.I. 301,
A.C.I. 315.
CIRIA Special publication 31 Guide to concrete construction in the Gulf Region.
Steel structure Design
A.I.S.C. Manual of American Institute for Steel Construction
Foundation
Code of Practice for foundations of machinery (CP 2012).
Welded steel tanks for oil storage API 650 for tank foundations.
Roads design
AASHTO Guide for design of Pavement structures 1993
Overseas Road Note 31 (Fourth Edition)
A guide to the structural design of bitumen-surfaced roads in tropical and sub-tropical
countries.
Specification for Highway works - Highways agency.
The Stationary Office - 1994.

3.9.2 Construction Standards

American Concrete Institute (A.C.I.)
American Institute of Steel Construction (A.I.S.C.)
A.A.S.H.T.O. standards

3.9.3 Testing, Inspection and acceptance standards

A.S.T.M. standards or equal (B.S., N.F....)

3.10

BUILDINGS

3.10.1 Design codes

Uniform Building Code

U.B.C - 1997
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Minimum design loads for buildings and other structures

ANSI / ASCE 7 -93

American Concrete Institute

A.C.I. 318 M-95

American Institute for steel construction

3.10.2 Construction standards

American Concrete Institute (A.C.I.)
American Institute of Steel Construction (A.I.S.C.)

3.10.3 Testing inspection and acceptance standards

A.S.T.M. Standards or equivalent (B.S., NF.)

3.10.4 Materials
A.S.T.M. Standards or equal (B.S. - N.F. ....)

3.10.5 Acoustics
ISO 31/VII

Quantities and Units of Acoustics

ISO 140-9

Room-to-Room Sound Attenuation

ISO 717 : Part 1

Airborne Sound Installation in Buildings and Interior Building

Element.

ISO 717 : Part 2

Airborne Sound Installation of Faade Elements and

aades

3.10.6 Insulation
A.S.T.M. Standards or equivalent (BS, NF,.)
3.11

HVAC

ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers)

ASHRAE Handbooks and Standards
OCMA (Oil Companies Materials Association)
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Oil and Gas Environment

ARI (American Refrigeration Institute)
AFI (American Filtering Institute)
ADC (Air Diffusion Council)
SMACNA (Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association)
Low Pressure Duct Construction Standards

3.12

ELECTRICAL

IEC (International Electrical Commission)

and in particular:
IEC 34/60034

Rotating Electrical Machines

IEC 56

High Voltage Alternating - Current Circuit Breakers

IEC 76/60076

Power Transformers

IEC 79/60079

Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Atmospheres

IEC 298

A.C. Metal-Enclosed Switchgear and Controlgear for Rated

Voltages above 1 kV and Up to and Including 52 kV

IEC 364

Electrical Installations of Buildings

IEC 439

Low-Voltage Switchgear and Controlgear Assemblies

IEC 529

Classification of Degrees of Protection Provided by

Enclosures for Electrical Equipment.

IEC 1024

Protection of Structures against Lightning

Others
CENELEC

European Standards and Publications

NFC 13200

High Voltage Electrical Installation

3.13

INSTRUMENTATION - CONTROLS

ANSI (American National Standards Institute)

B 16 - 34

Valves - Flanged, Threaded and Welding End

FCI 70-2

Control Valve Seat Leakage

MC 96 - 1

Temperature Measurement Thermocouples

API (American Petroleum Institute)

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Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards

API RP 521

Guide for Pressure Relief and Depressurising Systems

API Std 526

Flanged Steel Safety Valves for Use in Petroleum Industry

(including marking)

API Std 527

Commercial Seat Tightness of Safety Relief Valves with

Metal to Metal Seat

API RP 551

Process Measurement Instrumentation

API RP 552

Transmission System

API RP 554

Process Instrumentation

API RP 555

Process Analysers

API Std 598

Valve Inspection and Testing.

ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)

ASME, Div. 1

Flange Rating when Temperature Exceeds the Limits of

Sect. VIII, ap. 2 ANSI B 16-5

ASME, Div. 1

Hydraulic Test for Safety Relief Valve Sect. VIIII

IEC (International Electrical Commission)

IEC 60-068.2

Basic Environmental Testing Procedures for Electronic

Components and Electronic Equipment

IEC 60-079

Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Gas Atmosphere

IEC 60-331

Fire resisting characteristics of electrical cables

IEC 60-332

Tests on electric cables under fire conditions (with part 1

and part 3c)

IEC 60-529

Classification of Degree of Protection Provided by

Enclosures

IEC 60-584

Thermocouples

IEC 60-751

Industrial Platinum Resistance Thermometer Sensors

IEC 60-801

Electromagnetic Compatibility for Industrial-Process

Measurement and Control Equipment

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

IEEE 472

Surge Protection Criteria

ISA (Instrument Society of America)

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ISA S5.1

Instrumentation Symbols and Identification

ISA S75.01

Flow Equations for Sizing Control Valves

ISA S75.03

Uniform Face-to-Face Dimensions for Flanged Globe Style

Control Valve Bodies

ISA S 18.1

Annunciator Sequences and Specifications

Others
EIA RS 232/422/485

Interface between Data Terminal Equipment and Data

Communication Equipment Employing serial Binary Data.

3.14

SAFETY / FIRE PROTECTION

General
IP Code Part 15

Area Classification Code for Petroleum Installations

IP Code part 9

Large Bulk Pressure Storage and Refrigerated LPG

API (American Petroleum Institute)

API 2021

Fighting Fires in and around flammable and combustible liquid

atmospheric storage tanks

NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)

NFPA 10

Portable Fire Extinguishers

NFPA 11

Low-Expansion Foam and Combined Agent Systems

NFPA 11A

Medium- and High-Expansion Foam Systems

NFPA 11C

Mobil Foam Apparatus

NFPA 12

Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing Systems

NFPA 13

Installation of Sprinklers Systems

NFPA 14

Installation of Standpipe Private Hydrants and Hose Systems

NFPA 15

Water Spray Fixed Systems for Fire Protection

NFPA 16

Installation of Deluge Form Water Sprinkler Systems and

Foam-water spray systems

NFPA 17

Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems

NFPA 20

Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection

NFPA 24

Private Fire Service Mains and Their Appurtenances

NFPA 30

Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code

NFPA 45

Fire Protection for Laboratories using Chemicals

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NFPA 58

Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases

NFPA 59

Standard for the Storage and handling of LPG at Utility Gas

NFPA 72

National Fire Alarm Code

NFPA 86

Ovens and Furnaces.

NFPA 101

Life Safety Code

NFPA 325

Fire Hazard Properties of Flammable Liquids, Gases and

Volatile Solids

3.15

NOISE CONTROL

EEMUA (Engineering Equipment and Material Users Association)

Pub. 140

Noise Procedure Specification

(formally OCMA Spec. NWG1, Rev.2, 1980)

ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation)

ISO Standards

Acoustics-Inc : Basic Standards, Methods of Noise

Handbook 35

Measurement, Audiometry & Human exposure to noise

IEC (International Electrical Commission)

IEC 225

Specification for Octave-Band and Fractional-Octave-Band-Analog

and Digital Filters

IEC 651

3.16

Recommendations for Sound-Level Meters

PAINTING

ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation)

ISO 8501

Preparation of Steel Substrates before Application of Paints and

Related Products -- Visual Assessment of Surface Cleanliness -Part 1: Rust Grades and Preparation Grades of Uncoated Steel
Substrates and of Steel Substrated after Overall Removal of
Previous Coatings.

SSPC (Steel Structures Painting Council)

SSPC-PA 2

Measurement of Dry Film Thickness with Magnetic gauges

SSPC-PA 3

A guide to Safety in Paint Application

SSPC-Vis 1

Visual Standard for Abrasive Blast Cleaned Steel

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SP1

Solvent Cleaning

SP3

Power Tool Cleaning

SP5

White Metal Blast Cleaning

SP6

Commercial Blast Cleaning.

SP8

Pickling

SP10

Near-White Blast Cleaning

SP11

Power Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal

ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)

ASTM D3359

Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test

ASTM D4417

Field Measurement of Surface Profile of Blast Cleaned Steel

ASTM D4541

Standard Test Method for Pull-off Strength of Coatings Using

Portable Adhesion

ASTM D4752

Standard Test Method for Measuring MK resistance of Ethyl

Silicate (Inorganic) Zinc Rich Primers by Solvent Rub

BSI (British Standards Institute)

BS 1710

Specifications for Identification of Pipelines and Services

BS 3900

Methods of Tests for Paints

NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers)

NACE RP 0178

Fabrication Details, Surface Finish Requirements and Proper

Design
Considerations for Tanks and Vessels to be Lined for Immersion
Service

NACE RP 0188

Discontinuity (Holiday) Testing of Protective Coatings

NACE RP 288

Inspection of Linings on Steel and Concrete

NP 6 H 189

A State-of-the-Art Report of Protective Coatings for Carbon Steel

and Austenitic Stainless Steel Surfaces Under Thermal Insulation
and Cementious Fireproofing

TM-O1

Visual Standard for Surfaces of New Steel Airblast Cleaned with

Sand Abrasives

Others
NF 30124

Measuring of Dry Film Thickness Non Destructive method with

magnetic flux.

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3.17

INSULATION

ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)

ASTM A167

Stainless Steel and Heat Resisting Chromium - Nickel Steel Plate,

Sheet and Strip

ASTM A463

Steel Sheet, Cold-Rolled, Aluminum-coated, Type 1 and Type 2

ASTM C165

Measuring Compressive Properties of Thermal Insulations

ASTM C167

iberglass Material Density

ASTM C240

Foamglas Density

ASTM C450

Prefabrication and Field Fabrication of Thermal Insulating Fitting

Covers, Adjunct No. 12-304500-00

ASTM C461

Mastics and Coatings Used with Thermal Insulation

(R 1990)

ASTM C518

Steady-Sate Heat Flux Measurements and Thermal Transmission

Properties by Means of The Heat Flow Meter Apparatus

ASTM C547

Mineral Fiber Performed Pipe Insulation

ASTM C552

Cellular Glass Thermal Insulation

ASTM C591

Unfaced Performed Rigid Cellular Polyurethane Thermal

Insulation

ASTM C592

Mineral Fiber Blanket Insulation & Blanket Type Pipe Insulation

(metal meshcovered)

ASTM C612

Mineral Fiber Block and Board Thermal Insulation

ASTM C680

Determination of Heat Gain or Loss and the Surface Temperature

of Insulated pipe and Equipment Systems by the Use of a
Computer Program

ASTM C795

Wicking Type Thermal Insulation for use over austenitic stainless

steel

ASTM C871

Thermal Insulation Materials for Leachable Chloride, Fluoride,

Silicate, and Sodium Ions

ASTM D93

Flash Point by Pensky-Martens Closed Tester

ASTM D1621

Compressive Properties of Rigid Cellular Plastics (R 1979)

ASTM D1622

Apparent Density of Ragid Cellular Plastics

ASTM D1623

Tensile and Tensile Adhesion Properties of Rigid Cellular Plastics

ASTM D2341

Rigid Urethane Foam

ASTM D2856

Open Cell Content of Rigid Cellular Plastics by the Air Pycnometer.

ASTM E84

Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials

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ASTM E90

Measurement of Airborn Sound Transmission Loss in Building

Partitions

ASTM E96

Water Vapour Transmission of Materials

BSI (British Standard Institute)

BS 4735

Laboratory Method of Test for Assessment of the Horizontal

Burning Characteristics of Specimens no longer than 150mm x
50mm x 13mm of Cellular Plastics and Cellular Rubber Materials
when subjected to a Small Flame

BS 5970

Thermal Insulation of Pipe Work and Equipment (in the temperature

range of -100C to +870C)

3.18

FIREPROOFING

UL 1709 Fire Tests on Building Materials and Structures

(Underwriter Laboratories)

3.19

WELDING / WELDING AND STEEL MATERIAL INSPECTIONS

European Norms
EN 10 204

Metallic Products - Types of Inspection Documents

British Standards
BS EN 287

Approval Testing of Welders

BS EN 288

Welding Procedure for Metallic Materials

BS EN 473

Qualification and Certification of Non-destructive Personnel

BS EN 584

Non-destructive testing - Industrial Radiographic Film

BS 2600

Method for Radiographic Examination of Fusion Welded

Buts Joints in Steel

BS 2910

Method for Radiographic Examination of Welded Circumferential

Buts Joints in Steel Pipes

BS 3923

Method for Ultrasonic Examination

BS 3971

Specification for Image Quality Indicators for Industrial

Radiography

BS 4870

Approval Testing of Welding Welding Procedures.

BS 4871

Approval Testing of Welders to Approved Welding Procedures

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BS 5996

Methods for Ultrasonic Testing and Specifying Quality Grades of

Ferritic Steel Grades

BS 6072

Method for Magnetic Particle Flaw detection

BS 6443

Method for Penetrant Flaw Detection

BS 7257

Method for Radiographic Examination of Welded Branch Nozzle

Joints

ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Codes

Section II -Part C :

Welding Rods, Electrodes and Filler Metals

Section V

Non-destructive Examination

Section VIII

Unfired Pressure Vessels, Divisions 1 and 2

Section IX

Welding Qualification

ASTM (American Society for Testing and Material(s) Standards

E92

Test Method for Vichers Hardness of Metallic Materials

E94

Guide for Radiographic Testing

E114

Ultrasonic Pulse-Echo Straight Beam Examination by the

Contact Method

E125

Magnetic Particle Indications on Ferrous Castings

E142

Controlling Quality of Radiographic Testing

E165

Liquid Penetrant Inspection Examination

E709

Magnetic Particle Examination.

A578

Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Plain

and Clad Steel Plates for Special Applications

A833

Indentation Hardness of Metallic Materials by Comparison

Hardness Testers

E110

Standard Test Method for Indentation Gardness of Metallic

Materials by Portable Hardness Testers

E140

Standard Hardness Conversion Tables of Metals

AWS (American Welding Society)

AWS A 4-2

Standard Procedure for Calibrating Magnetic Instruments to

Measure the Delta Ferrite Content of Austenitic and Duplex
Austenitic-Ferritic Stainless Steel Weld Metal.

ASNT (American Society of Non-destructive Testing)

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SNT - TC-1a

Recommended Practice for Non-Destructive Testing Personnel

Qualification and Certification.

3.20

TELECOM

Where there are no equivalent Iranian standards, the appropriate International and European
standards shall be applied to the Telecommunications system Design. These shall include, but not
be limited to, all applicable sections of :
ITU Recommendations, including ITU-R and ILU-T
EIA, IEE, IEEE, ISO and IEC Standards
DTI MPT Specifications
IMO Regulations
ICAO Regulations
CENELEC Standards
EUTELSAT EESS Standards.

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