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Conservation of cultural heritage : specifications for location, construction and modification of buildings or rooms intended for the storage or use of heritage collections / British Standards Institution.

By: British Standards Institution [author.].Series: B.S. (Series): 16893:2018.Publisher: London : BSI Standards Limited, 2018Description: 55 pages : illustrations (colour).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780580903717.Other title: BS EN 16893:2018 | Specifications for location, construction and modification of buildings or rooms intended for the storage or use of heritage collections.Subject(s): Archive buildings -- Standards -- Europe | Library buildings -- Standards -- Europe | Cultural property -- Protection -- Standards -- EuropeSummary: "BS EN 16893 covers many aspects of the design and construction process for housing heritage collections. These include : Sustainability -- Risk management -- Environmental strategy -- Building specifications -- Hazards identification -- Air quality/ventilation -- Infestation by pests/mould -- Fire protection/prevention -- Protection against water ingress -- Lighting provision. It‘s expected to bring a range of benefits to custodians of cultural heritage collections by defining the criteria and information necessary to make policy relating to conservation, that will in turn influence the outcome of building construction. ... This is a new standard but effectively revises the constructional parts of PD 5454:2012 to bring them up to date." Taken from BSI shop site. https://shop.bsigroup.com/ProductDetail?pid=000000000030324475
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Reference material House of Lords Library - Palace 5 GCS, Room 2-30 Pamphlets PAM 2020/004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 017986

"This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 16893:2018. Together with BS 4971:2017, it supersedes PD 5454:2012 and BS 4971:2002." -- National foreword.

"BS EN 16893 covers many aspects of the design and construction process for housing heritage collections. These include : Sustainability -- Risk management -- Environmental strategy -- Building specifications -- Hazards identification -- Air quality/ventilation -- Infestation by pests/mould -- Fire protection/prevention -- Protection against water ingress -- Lighting provision. It‘s expected to bring a range of benefits to custodians of cultural heritage collections by defining the criteria and information necessary to make policy relating to conservation, that will in turn influence the outcome of building construction. ... This is a new standard but effectively revises the constructional parts of PD 5454:2012 to bring them up to date." Taken from BSI shop site.

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