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New code of practice for recording data on underground utilities

BSI, the business standards company, has launched a new code of practice to transform the way data on underground utilities – such as water pipes, telephone lines, and fibre optic cables – is captured, recorded, maintained and shared.

Accurate mapping of underground utilities – also known as “buried assets” – is vital for those undertaking excavations in order to maintain service, minimize costs and comply with health and safety legislation. There are in excess of 3 million highway excavations each year – yet there is scant industry guidance for asset owners on how they might best manage and maintain these data records. This results in unnecessary excavations, causing needless environmental disturbance and inconvenience for the public. 

PAS 256, Buried assets – Capturing, recording, maintaining and sharing of location information and data – Code of practice, was created to address the variable quality, reliability and availability of existing data. Sponsored by the Institution of Civil Engineers, the PAS provides recommendations and guidance to improve the capturing, recording and maintaining of data related to buried assets, and the security-minded sharing of asset information relating to utilities’, local authorities’ and other providers’ infrastructure.

The vast network of buried assets in the UK, typically owned by utility companies and local authorities, form a key part of the UK’s critical national infrastructure. The PAS applies to buried assets located in private and public land, and the code of practice covers:

–          transition of spatial data, using relative accuracy as a minimum and moving towards absolute accuracy, (including depth) together with supporting evidence such as photographs or tagging

–         inclusion of decommissioned or abandoned assets when sharing data

–          the use of warning and protection devices to aid the final location of the buried asset

–          a target number of days to make data available for sharing from installation

–          the capture of data emanating from works carried out under s50 license or equivalent 

–          compatibility with Geography Markup language (GML)

–          the inclusion of local authority and other organizations’ buried assets

–          movement from paper or microfiche records to a structured, accessible digital format

–          symbology, typology, colour coding and layering

–          a data glossary

Ant Burd, Head of Market Development for Built Environment at BSI, said: “Needless digging wastes time and money. PAS 256 was created to make it easier for organizations to capture, record, maintain and share the location of their excavation work. Access to data is a win-win for the industry, the environment, and local residents subjected to repeated digging outside their homes or businesses.”

PAS 256 is intended to be used alongside PAS 128, Specification for underground utility defection, verification and location. PAS 128 applies to active, abandoned, redundant or unknown underground utilities and the location of their associated surface features. It specifies requirements for the detection, verification and location of existing and new underground utilities.

In addition to the Institution of Civil Engineers, the following organizations were also involved in the development of PAS 256: A Luck Associates; Aberdeenshire County Council Atkins; Centriforce Products Ltd; Civil Engineering Contractors Association; Enfield Council; Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd; Les Guest Associates; LinesearchbeforeUdig Ltd; National Joint Utilities Group; Ordnance Survey Ltd; Pitney Bowes Software; Premier Energy Services Ltd; Subscan Technology Ltd; Thames Water; TPS Consult; Transport for London; University of Birmingham, School of Engineering; and a co-opted member.

A proposed ASTM International standard will help characterize the quality of diesel fuels and biodiesel blends. The proposed standard (WK51775) is being developed by the committee on petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants (D02).

The proposed standard will be used to separate and determine the content of aromatics, nonaromatics, and fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) in middle distillates, including biodiesel blends with up to 20 percent by volume of FAME.

“The knowledge of total content of saturates and aromatics in middle distillates is useful to investigate the effects of petroleum processing on production of various finished fuels,” said ASTM International member Yang Tingting a senior engineer at the SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing in China. Tingting notes that the method described in the standard is time-saving and environmentally friendly.

The proposed method could be used by refinery plants, diesel fuel producers, and analytical laboratories.

The next meeting of Committee D02 is December 3-7, 2017, in Houston, Texas, USA.

Seeking comments on early-stage analysis of the impacts associated with draft changes to AS 3959, Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas

In accordance with the Australian Building Codes Board’s (ABCB) Protocol for NCC Referenced Documents, Standards Australia’s technical committee FP-020 has developed an early-stage analysis of the impacts associated with draft changes to AS 3959, Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas in the form of a draft Preliminary Impact Analysis (PIA).

The ABCB’s PIA process is a requirement to make changes to documents referenced by the National Construction Code (NCC). AS 3959 is a current referenced document in NCC Volumes One and Two. The PIA requires the identification of the nature and extent of the problem, consideration of all feasible options that address the problem, and a cost-benefit analysis of all options considered. Also, it will be used to support the proposal to reference when considered by the ABCB’s Building Codes Committee.

Standards Australia is seeking responses from all interested parties on the ‘Consultation Questions’ contained in the PIA. This will assist in establishing the nature and extent of the problem and the likely impacts of Option 2. See PIA below. Responses to the questions are invited until 22 November 2017 and can be emailed to Damith Rupasinghe, Project Manager at Damith.Rupasinghe@standards.org.au. All responses will be used to inform the final PIA.

The public comment process remains subject to Standards Australia’s public commenting procedures. Access the AS 3959 draft and submit comments through our Public Comment portal. All comments must be received by 22 November 2017. Contact Ron Pulido Stakeholder Engagement Manager 02 9237 6077

BSI certifies first MRO site in the world against newly revised MRO aircraft Quality Management System standard

UTC Aerospace Systems’ maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Prestwick, Scotland, is the first site in the world to obtain certification against the revised quality and risk management standard, AS9110C Requirements for aviation maintenance organizations. The site, which provides comprehensive nacelle systems repairs, was independently assessed by BSI (British Standards Institution).

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The revised international standard was published in 2016 and is applicable for both the civilian and military sectors. The standard specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving a Quality Management System (QMS) for aerospace MRO organizations.

 “UTC Aerospace Systems has demonstrated its leadership and commitment to safety by carrying out and achieving prompt certification to AS9110C,” said Todd VanderVen, President, BSI America Inc. “As a result of this industry first, UTC Aerospace Systems has further cemented its status as a progressive leader in aerospace quality management.”

The AS9110C certification represents the latest aerospace industry best practice to manage and monitor quality across all operations, requiring rigorous audits to ensure correct procedures and processes are developed and followed to ensure flight safety.

AS9110C builds on the revised Quality Management Systems Standard, ISO 9001 which was updated in 2015 to include a high level structure (HLS) – featuring terms, definitions, headings and text common to all management system standards, allowing easier integration when implementing multiple management systems.

First global organizations certified to new BIM Kitemark™ for Asset Management

-Atkins, ENGIE and RTA are the first global organizations to achieve new BSI Kitemark™ for the effective management of asset data- 

BSI, the business standards company, has today launched a new Kitemark™ for BIM (Building Information Modelling) to help the asset management industry demonstrate that they have integrated BIM into their processes. 

The first organizations to achieve the BSI Kitemark for PAS 1192-3 are Atkins, a respected design, engineering and project management consultancy, ENGIE, a leading energy and services group and RTA, the Roads & Transportation Authority of Dubai, a major government agency.

Asset managers have a significant challenge in managing information around the maintenance, performance and legal compliance requirements of assets, particularly where they own or manage assets across multiple sites.

The BSI Kitemark for PAS 1192-3 Specification for information management for the operational phase of assets using building information modelling validates that any data and information held about an asset (buildings and infrastructure assets), commonly known as the AIM (Asset Information Model) has been defined and managed in accordance with BIM Level 2. BIM is all about collaboration and therefore sharing this asset data brings a number of benefits including improving the management of assets in order to save operating costs, enhancing customer satisfaction and increasing the value of the asset.

It also ensures that asset information requirements are clearly defined with the asset owner and continue to be maintained in line with these requirements. This would typically include operation, maintenance, safety and legal requirements e.g. building regulations, which are all critical to the performance, compliance and safety of an asset.

Neil Thompson at Atkins said: “This BSI Kitemark adds to our ISO certification and demonstrates the importance we place in understanding our clients’ data-rich assets. Through the development of a number of BIM standards globally and our group-wide focus on digital asset management, we’re fully committed to reducing costs, controlling risks and improving the whole-life performance of our clients’ existing infrastructure.”

James Spires, Strategy Director – Services at ENGIE UK said: “The use of data-enriching, 3D information brings buildings digitally to life. BIM enables the digitalisation of our services to customers throughout the entire lifecycle of their building. The new Kitemark for BIM provides reassurance from a trusted accreditor of a robust approach to digital asset management and service quality, bringing multiple benefits to our customers. ENGIE is proud to be amongst the first organizations globally and the first business in the facilities management industry to achieve the new Kitemark certification.”

Wajdi Mereb, Chief Specialist – BIM Manager at RTA said: “We’re delighted to be the first assets owner in the globe to achieve the new BSI Kitemark for Asset Management. This will absolutely help us to demonstrate to our supply chain that the industry recognized processes and procedures for BIM are fully embedded into our organization.”

Andy Butterfield, Director of Built Environment, Product Certification at BSI said: “BIM is fast becoming a game-changer for the construction industry, with governments around the world starting to make it a condition of contract.

 “Its main purpose is to help companies to carry out more efficient methods of design and construction, ultimately driving out waste and inefficiency. Subsequently, owners of large properties, estates or portfolios of assets need to be confident that their assets are maintained effectively and cost efficiently for operational and maintenance purposes. We’ve developed this scheme to provide the asset management industry with that assurance.”

Achieving this Kitemark will also ensure that organizational and strategic decisions are better informed, which is particularly important for commercial and public buildings or infrastructure assets which need to be fully operational at all times. In addition, having this evidence will benefit asset owners should they choose to sell the asset in the future.

In order to achieve the BSI Kitemark for PAS 1192-3, organizations will be assessed against the requirements of the standard by BSI’s technical BIM experts. As with other Kitemarks, organizations holding the Kitemark will be routinely assessed. The BSI Kitemark for Asset Management is available to all asset managers that have a quality management system equivalent to ISO 9001, the Quality Management Systems standard and can demonstrate effective client satisfaction management.

PAS 1192-3 provides guidance to Asset Managers on how to integrate the management of information across the longer term activity of asset management with the shorter term activity of asset construction for a portfolio of assets.

The Kitemark for Asset Management builds on the BSI Kitemark for PAS 1192-2 Information management for the capital/delivery phase of construction projects which launched in December 2016. It provides the most robust measurement of a company’s delivery of BIM projects, certifying businesses for their diligence in design and construction, supply chain management and delivery of customer service excellence.

For more information, please visit www.bsigroup.com/BIM-UK

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ETSI releases test methods to improve QoS in the presence of background noise

Background noise is an issue for telecommunications and needs to be taken into account in terminal design. The higher the intended speech quality as e.g. in wideband or super-wideband telephony, the more critical the terminal optimization is.

To tackle this problem, ETSI’s technical committee on Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (TC STQ) has just published testing methods to objectively evaluate the performance of super-wideband and fullband terminals for speech communication in the presence of background noise. ETSI TS 103 281 provides testing methods and models to evaluate conversational services for teleconferences and audio-visual applications. It includes state-of-the-art codecs, typical communication packet loss and jitter conditions and recordings in handset, headset, hands-free and car hands-free mode.

To analyse the various parameters influencing speech quality, the new ETSI specification considers the speech quality, the background noise transmission quality and the overall quality. The objective models described in TS 103 281 are based on a huge subjective study conducted with American English, German, and Chinese (Mandarin) speakers. The prediction accuracy of the models is higher than most models currently on the market which is proven by the validation results also provided in the ETSI standard.

“The mobile industry was in demand of these testing methods.” says Hans Wilhelm Gierlich, chairman of the ETSI STQ technical committee.

The STQ committee continues work to develop methodologies, test arrangements and requirements for evaluating the performance of wearable devices for speech communication. The performance evaluation of voice assistant devices e.g. for use in IoT as well as the simulation of room and background noise characteristics in laboratory environments is progressing, new specifications are expected in 2018. The group is also working on a specification aimed at improving listening quality for people with impaired hearing. The specification will define requirements and measurement methods to assess the impact of different transmission impairments on intelligibility as well as a model to assess speech intelligibility objectively. It is expected to be published later this year.

ETSI releases test methods to improve QoS in the presence of background noise

Background noise is an issue for telecommunications and needs to be taken into account in terminal design. The higher the intended speech quality as e.g. in wideband or super-wideband telephony, the more critical the terminal optimization is.

To tackle this problem, ETSI’s technical committee on Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (TC STQ) has just published testing methods to objectively evaluate the performance of super-wideband and fullband terminals for speech communication in the presence of background noise. ETSI TS 103 281 provides testing methods and models to evaluate conversational services for teleconferences and audio-visual applications. It includes state-of-the-art codecs, typical communication packet loss and jitter conditions and recordings in handset, headset, hands-free and car hands-free mode.

To analyse the various parameters influencing speech quality, the new ETSI specification considers the speech quality, the background noise transmission quality and the overall quality. The objective models described in TS 103 281 are based on a huge subjective study conducted with American English, German, and Chinese (Mandarin) speakers. The prediction accuracy of the models is higher than most models currently on the market which is proven by the validation results also provided in the ETSI standard.

“The mobile industry was in demand of these testing methods.” says Hans Wilhelm Gierlich, chairman of the ETSI STQ technical committee.

The STQ committee continues work to develop methodologies, test arrangements and requirements for evaluating the performance of wearable devices for speech communication. The performance evaluation of voice assistant devices e.g. for use in IoT as well as the simulation of room and background noise characteristics in laboratory environments is progressing, new specifications are expected in 2018. The group is also working on a specification aimed at improving listening quality for people with impaired hearing. The specification will define requirements and measurement methods to assess the impact of different transmission impairments on intelligibility as well as a model to assess speech intelligibility objectively. It is expected to be published later this year.

ETSI Multi-access Edge Computing group releases a first package of APIs

Facilitating interoperability to advance MEC deployment

Today, the ETSI Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) Industry Specification Group (ISG) has achieved a major milestone with the release of a first package of standardized Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to support edge computing interoperability.

The five ETSI Group Specifications – GS MEC 009, GS MEC 010-2, GS MEC 011, GS MEC 012 and GS MEC 013 – address general principles for mobile edge service APIs, application lifecycle management, mobile edge platform application enablement, Radio Network Information API and Location API.

The MEC application enablement framework is a generic framework which is applicable to every environment aimed at opening up the network and exposing information towards authorized third-party applications. Utilizing a unique application enablement (API) framework across the industry ensures common practices and interoperability for developers when interfacing their applications with the operator’s system. This promotes innovation and accelerates development of third-party applications, enabling operators to further capitalize on their network investments.

The MEC API principles specify a generic set of API design principles and patterns, as well as guidance for their documentation. Compliance with these principles ensures consistency across APIs. The work was inspired by TM Forum and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) work, as well as approaches currently used in developer communities.

The release also includes APIs for two key value-adding MEC services: Radio Network Information Service (RNIS) and Location Service (LS). The RNIS is a service that provides radio network related information to MEC applications and to MEC platforms. Such information may be used to optimize existing services and used as an input to new types of services utilizing the real-time access to radio conditions and related events. The LS leverages the Zonal Presence service developed by Small Cell Forum (SCF) and is built upon the OMA specification

About ETSI

ETSI produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, aeronautical, broadcast and internet technologies and is officially recognized by the European Union as a European Standards Organization. ETSI is an independent, not-for-profit association whose over 800 member companies and organizations, drawn from 68 countries, determine its work programme and participate directly in its work.

ETSI Multi-access Edge Computing group releases a first package of APIs

Facilitating interoperability to advance MEC deployment

Today, the ETSI Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) Industry Specification Group (ISG) has achieved a major milestone with the release of a first package of standardized Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to support edge computing interoperability.

The five ETSI Group Specifications – GS MEC 009, GS MEC 010-2, GS MEC 011, GS MEC 012 and GS MEC 013 – address general principles for mobile edge service APIs, application lifecycle management, mobile edge platform application enablement, Radio Network Information API and Location API.

The MEC application enablement framework is a generic framework which is applicable to every environment aimed at opening up the network and exposing information towards authorized third-party applications. Utilizing a unique application enablement (API) framework across the industry ensures common practices and interoperability for developers when interfacing their applications with the operator’s system. This promotes innovation and accelerates development of third-party applications, enabling operators to further capitalize on their network investments.

The MEC API principles specify a generic set of API design principles and patterns, as well as guidance for their documentation. Compliance with these principles ensures consistency across APIs. The work was inspired by TM Forum and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) work, as well as approaches currently used in developer communities.

The release also includes APIs for two key value-adding MEC services: Radio Network Information Service (RNIS) and Location Service (LS). The RNIS is a service that provides radio network related information to MEC applications and to MEC platforms. Such information may be used to optimize existing services and used as an input to new types of services utilizing the real-time access to radio conditions and related events. The LS leverages the Zonal Presence service developed by Small Cell Forum (SCF) and is built upon the OMA specification

About ETSI

ETSI produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, aeronautical, broadcast and internet technologies and is officially recognized by the European Union as a European Standards Organization. ETSI is an independent, not-for-profit association whose over 800 member companies and organizations, drawn from 68 countries, determine its work programme and participate directly in its work.