General

  1. AMA Aluminium curtain wall design manual
  2. AAMA Metal curtain wall, window, storefront and entrance — Guide specification manual
  3. AAMA Curtain wall manual # 10 — Care and handling of architectural aluminium from shop to site

Windloads

  1. BS 6399.2 Code of practice for wind loads
  2. BS CP3 Ch5 Part 2:1972 Wind loads

Aluminium

  1. ASTM B209 Aluminium and aluminum-alloy sheet and plate
  2. ASTM B221 Aluminum-alloy extruded bars, rods wire, shapes, and tubes
  3. ASTM B308 Aluminium-alloy 6061-T6 standard structural shapes, rolled or extruded
  4. BS 1470 Specification for wrought aluminium and aluminium alloys-plate, sheet and strip
  5. BS 1474 Specification for wrought aluminium and alum. Alloys bars, extruded tubes and sections
  6. 1358118 Specification for the structural use of aluminium

Glass and Glazing

  1. ANSI Z97.1 Specifications and methods of test for safety glazing material used in buildings
  2. ASTM C1036 Specification for flat glass
  3. ASTM C1048 Specification for heat treated flat glass
  4. ASTM C1172 Specification for laminated architectural glass
  5. ASTM E773 Test method for seal durability of sealed insulating glass units
  6. ASTM E774 Sealed insulating glass units
  7. ASTM E1300 Standard practice for determining load resistance of glass in buildings
  8. FGMA-Flat glass marketing association: Glazing manual
  9. BS 952 Glass and glazing
  10. BS 6206 Spec. for impact performance requirements for flat safety glass and plastics for use in buildings
  11. BS 6262 Code of practice for glazing of buildings

Sealants

  1. ASTM C794 Test methods for adhesion-in peel of elastomeric
  2. Joint sealants
  3. ASTM C920 Elastomeric joint sealants. BS 5889 Specification for one part gun grade Silicone based sealants

Gaskets

  1. ASTM C509 Cellular elastomeric preformed gaskets
  2. ASTM C864 Dense preformed gaskets
  3. ASTM C1115 Silicone Gaskets
  4. BS 4255 Rubber for use in preformed gaskets for weather exclusion from buildings

Protective Coatings

  1. AAMA 2605 Voluntary specification for high performance organic coatings on architect Toral extrusions and aluminum
  2. AAMA607.1 Spec. and inspection methods for clear anodic finishes for architectural aluminium
  3. AAMA608.1 Specification and Inspection methods for electrolytically Deposited Color Anodic finishes for architectural aluminium
  4. BS3987 Spec. for anodic oxidation coatings on wrought alum. For external architectural applications
  5. BS4842 Specification for liquid organic coatings application on aluminium alloy extrusions, sheet and performed sections for external architectural purposes
  6. BS6161 method of test for anodic oxidation coatings on aluminium alloys
  7. BS6496 Specification for powder organic coatings on aluminium extrusion, sheet and performed sections for external architectural purposes
  8. BS6497 Specification for powder organic coatings on hot dip galvanized sections and sheet for external architectural purposes

Fire Protection

  1. BS476 Fire tests on building materials and structures

Performance Testing

  1. ASTM E283 Rate of air leakage through exterior windows, curtain walls, and doors
  2. ASTM E330 Structural performance of exterior windows, curtain walls, and doors by uniform static air pressure difference
  3. ASTM E331 Test method for water penetration of exterior windows, curtain walls, and doors by uniform static air pressure difference
  4. AAMA 501 Method of testing for exterior walls
  5. AAMA 501.1 Standard test method for exterior windows, and curtain walls for water penetration using dynamic pressure
  6. AAMA 501.1 Field check of metal curtain walls for water leakage.BS5368 Methods of testing windows. BS6375 Performance of windows

Steel

  1. ASTM A36 Structural steel
  2. ASTM Al23 Zinc (hot-dip galvanized) coatings on iron and steel products
  3. ASTM A525 GEN requirements for steel sheet, zinc-coated (galvanized) by the hot-dip process
  4. ASTM A526 Sheet steel, zinc coated (galvanized) by the hot-dip process, commercial quality
  5. BS729 Specification for hot dip galvanized coatings on iron and steel

Fasteners

  1. BS4190 Specification for ISO metric black hexagon bolts, nuts and screws

Miscellaneous

  1. BS6651 Code of practice for protection of structures against lightning