BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION (BSI) – The British Standards Institution is now the world’s leading standards and quality services organisation. Formed in 1901 and incorporated under Royal Charter in 1929, BSI is the oldest national standards – making body in the world.
BRITISH BOARD OF AGRÈMENT (BBA) – The BBA is a government – backed organisation which provides assessment of products for construction.
BUILDADVICE – Website designed to educate and empower the public. The site provides background knowledge on all the different types of work that they will need to have carried out on their homes. The aim is to help combat the ‘cowboy builder’ and restore confidence in all areas of the construction trade.
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING (CIOB) – The CIOB is an educational charity, governed by a Royal Charter, which provides a multi-disciplinary technical and management based qualification.
CENTAUR COMMUNICATIONS LTD – Centaur Communications is one of the UK’s largest independent business publishing and information companies.
COMPONENT OBSOLESCENCE GROUP (COG) – was formed in 1997 to provide a forum for industry professionals to discuss issues relating to component obsolescence.
E.S.D.U – ESDU International provide more than 200 volumes of validated engineering design data containing in excess of 1100 design guides with supporting software. These cover some 20 subject areas across the fields of Structural, Mechanical, Aeronautical and Chemical engineering.
HASCOM NETWORK LTD – is a leading International Health and Safety Consultancy whose professional staff have held key positions in national organisations and the largest consultancies in the UK for more than 45 years.
I.C.I.A – networks information providers, service developers and integrators, telecoms operators and hardware and software developers, all of the component players in electronic publishing.
IHS GROUP – Information Handling Services Group Inc. is a leading international publisher of electronic information databases serving the focused information needs of a variety of technical, professional and business markets.
IHS ENGINEERING – IHS Engineering is a worldwide source for technical, engineering, and regulatory information.
IHS REGULATORY – Serving the health, financial, communications, transportation, environmental, and human resources markets, IHS Regulatory focuses on helping organizations understand and comply with rules, regulations, guidelines, and standards.
INDUSTRY.NET – Industry.net, an IHS Group Company, is the world’s largest engineering-related, Internet-based technical information community enabling unparalleled one-to-one marketing of industrial products and services.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES CO-ORDINATING BODY ON FOOD AND TRADING STANDARDS (LACOTS) – LACOTS is a UK local government enforcement coordinating body giving advice, guidance and information on consumer protection, trading standards, food safety and composition and regulatory best practice.
MEDICINES CONTROL AGENCY (MCA) – safeguards public health by ensuring that all medicines on the UK market meet appropriate standards of safety, quality and efficacy.
MRICS.COM – Web hommunity hosting site for Members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
NHS ESTATES (NHSE) are an Executive Agency of The Department of Health that advises and supports Government within healthcare estate management, offers expert advice and guidance to the NHS and encourages the professional development of the estates community to equip them for the future.
NATIONAL BUILDING SPECIFICATION SERVICES (NBS) is a Division of RIBA Companies Limited, owned by the Royal Institute of British Architects. NBS is the de facto industry standard specification system in the UK with more than 4000 subscribing offices.
PAREXEL – is the third largest Contract Research and Medical Marketing Services Organization in the world, providing customised, integrated and expertise-based Product Development and Launch Services to the international pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Parexel currently act as editors for Technical Indexes Pharmaceuticals CD-ROM service.
RAILTRACK – Railtrack owns almost all of Britain’s railway infrastructure; including track, signalling, bridges, tunnels, stations and depots. It ensures that the infrastructure is continually maintained and improved; and provides access to the track and stations for use by Britain’s train operators, both passenger and freight. Railtrack also manages timetabling, train planning and signalling.
THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF IRELAND (RIAI), founded in 1839, is the representative body for professionally qualified architects in Ireland.
SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY (SEPA) – The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is a powerful body which is responsible for the protection of the environment in Scotland.
THAMES VALLEY TECHNOLOGY (TVT) – is a consultancy and business support company, combining broad based marketing and business development capabilities with the skills and experience needed to meet the special demands of technology dependent businesses, directly and as a service provider to local, regional, and national public sector bodies.
ti.WESSEX – ti Wessex is the only "total solution" provider offering a comprehensive range of Construction Information Technology products under one roof, whose scope includes: Price Books, Construction Products, Standards, Regulatory and Health & Safety, DataCost Planning, Bill Preparation, Estimating, Sub Contract & Materials Supplier Comparison, Valuations, Purchasing, Job Costing and Accounts Software.
UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA – UBM are the world’s largest exhibition organiser and a leading international business publisher.