ASTM

Also American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTM International (ASTM), originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials, is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services.

ASTM International has no role in requiring or enforcing compliance with its standards. The standards, however, may become mandatory when referenced by contract, corporation, or government.

Standards

• The standards produced by ASTM International fall into six categories:
• the Standard Specification, that defines the requirements to be satisfied by subject of the standard.
• the Standard Test Method, that defines the way a test is performed and the precision of the result. The result of the test may be used to assess compliance with a Standard Specification.
• the Standard Practice, that defines a sequence of operations that, unlike a Standard Test Method, does not produce a result.
• the Standard Guide, that provides an organized collection of information or series of options that does not recommend a specific course of action.
• the Standard Classification, that provides an arrangement or division of materials, products, systems, or services into groups based on similar characteristics such as origin, composition, properties, or use.
• the Terminology Standard, that provides agreed definitions of terms used in the other standards.

List of construction standards developed by ASTM:

• Adhesive Standards
• Building Standards
• Cement Standards and Concrete Standards
•  Fire Standards and Flammability Standards
• Geotechnical Engineering Standards
• Masonry Standards
• Road Standards and Paving Standards
• Roofing Standards
• Thermal Insulation Standards
• Wood Standards