Public Enquiry I.S. 398 Reactive pyrite
The National Standards Authority of Ireland wishes to announce the launch of a period of public enquiry from the 27th of November 2012 until the 17th December 2012 on the following 2 Standards:
These two Standards were developed in response to Recommendations 1,2,3 and 4 made in the recent "Report of the Pyrite Panel" published by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, June 2012.
The Report of the Pyrite Panel (June 2012) commissioned by the Minister of the Environment, Community and Local Government [www.environ.ie], made a number of recommendations for the development of technical documents. The Report recognised the need for a standardised, accurate and reliable protocol to establish whether or not a building is or may be affected by reactive pyrite in the sub-floor hardcore material. It also emphasised the need for the protocol to be undertaken in a cost effective , efficient and competent manner.
Submit your comments
Full details on these draft Standards and the mechanism for submitting comments is available from the NSAI Your Standards, Your Say on the following links:- Draft I.S. 398 - Part 1
- Draft I.S. 398 - Part 2
Background and scopes
These two Standards were developed in response to Recommendations 1,2,3 and 4 made in the recent "Report of the Pyrite Panel" published by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, June 2012.The Report of the Pyrite Panel (June 2012) commissioned by the Minister of the Environment, Community and Local Government [www.environ.ie], made a number of recommendations for the development of technical documents. The Report recognised the need for a standardised, accurate and reliable protocol to establish whether or not a building is or may be affected by reactive pyrite in the sub-floor hardcore material. It also emphasised the need for the protocol to be undertaken in a cost effective , efficient and competent manner.
I.S. 398: Reactive pyrite in sub-floor hardcore material – Part 1: Testing and categorisation protocol
The Scope of this Standard is to:
- establish a comprehensive structured protocol for assessing and determining whether or not a building has been damaged by reactive pyrite or is likely to be in the future
- categorises buildings, in accordance with the risk categorised as defined in the standard
I.S. 398: Reactive pyrite in sub-floor hardcore material – Part 2: Methodology for remediation works
The Scope of this Standard is to:
- specify a methodology for remediation by the complete removal of subfloor hardcore affected by reactive pyrite
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