Modern Construction Materials: Standards Promote Advances in Construction Technologies

For almost any product, standards are a critical step along the way from research and development to adoption in the marketplace. Without standardization to streamline production processes, ensure quality and safety, and provide benchmarks for regulators, the marketplace and public acceptance of new products would be difficult to achieve. Many industries today are faced not only with managing the march of technological developments, but with pressures to do so efficiently, cost-effectively, and with public and environmental safety in mind. The appearance, component materials, energy efficiency, and environmental impact of habitable structures has changed dramatically over recent years due in large part to the successful standardization of new materials, processes, and technologies. This article provides a sampling of some more recently developed construction technologies and shows where ASTM International's technical committees have provided needed standards that have swept new construction technologies off the drawing board and into the built environment.

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• Publication Date: 2007-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 22-25
• Serial:
  • ASTM Standardization News
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: ASTM International
  • ISSN: 1094-4656
  • Serial URL: http://www.astm.org/SNEWS/archive.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Construction engineering; Construction industry; Standards
• Identifier Terms: American Society for Testing and Materials
• Uncontrolled Terms: Standards development
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01076832
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 24 2007 9:14AM