Active Technical Committees

Standardization in the field of animal food stuffs as well as animal propagation materials, in particular terminology, sampling, methods of test and analysis, product specifications and requirements for packaging, storage and transportation

Standardization in the field of African traditional medicine systems with focus on: terminology and documentation; quality and safety of raw materials; manufactured products; medical devices and equipment; monographs of medicinal plants; sustainable collection and cultivation practices; treatments procedures and codes of practice.

Standardization in the field of building and civil engineering, covering:

(a) General rules for the performance requirements for buildings and building elements including the coordination of these with performance requirements of building components to be used in

building and civil engineering;

(b) Common rules for the assessment of the environmental performance of new and existing buildings within the framework of integrated performance of buildings

(c) Construction management, (including safety in construction)

(d) Prevention of crime by urban planning and building design to ensure “a secure and safe town free, as far as possible, from crime, delinquency and aggression”

(e) Building automation, controls and building management

(f) Building environment design, thermal performance and energy use in the built environment

(g) Fire protection and fire fighting

(h) Fire safety (i) fire containment, (ii) Integration of fire resistance tests and calculations with fire

safety engineering, (iii) Fire threat to people and environment, (iv) Fire hazard testing for electrotechnical products

(i) Building and structural codes

(j) Lifts, escalators and moving walks

(k) Bases for design of structures

Standardization of:

(a) the road systems, road and bridge design and construction, road maintenance, road materials and equipment

(b) all systems, products and services specifically related to the railway sector, including design,

manufacture, construction, operation, and maintenance of parts and equipment, methods and

technology, interfaces between infrastructure, vehicles and the environment, including those

electrotechnical and electronic products and services.

(d) design, construction, structural elements, outfitting parts, equipment, methods and technology, and marine environmental matters, used in shipbuilding and the operation of ships, comprising seagoing ships, vessels for inland navigation, offshore structures, ship-to-shore interface and all other marine structures subject to IMO requirements.

(e) materials, components and equipment for construction and operation of aircraft and space vehicles as well as equipment used in the servicing and maintenance of these vehicles

Standardization in the field of building and construction materials including:

(a) Concrete, reinforced concrete and pre-stressed concrete

(b) Cement, building limes and clay products

1. c) Stones and aggregates

(d) Products in fibre reinforced cement

(e) Fibre-concrete and cement matrix products

(f) Refractory products and materials

(g) Masonry and gypsum units and related products

(h) Glass in building

(i) Steel and aluminium

Standardization of tractors, machines, systems, implements and their equipment used in agriculture and forestry as well as gardening, landscaping, irrigation and other related areas in which such equipment is used, including electronic/electrical aspects and electronic identification as well as electronic identification of all categories of animals. Typical areas include:

(i) Common tests

(ii) Safety and comfort

(iii) Tractors

(iv) Equipment for crop protection

(v) Equipment for harvesting and conservation

(vi) Powered lawn and garden equipment

(vii) Operator controls, operator symbols and other displays, operator manuals

(viii) Machinery for forestry

(ix) Manually portable forest machinery

(x) Irrigation and drainage equipment and systems

(xi) Agricultural electronics