{"id":24419,"date":"2019-11-01T17:17:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T17:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=24419"},"modified":"2019-11-01T17:17:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T17:17:02","slug":"bsis-new-global-standard-bs-en-iso-14090-update-helping-engineering-organisations-organisations-adapt-to-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=24419","title":{"rendered":"BSI\u2019s new global standard (BS EN ISO 14090) update: Helping engineering organisations organisations adapt to climate change.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In July 2019, BSI published a new global standard<\/a> (BS EN ISO 14090) to help organisations adapt to climate change<\/a>, and Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) has posted thoughts from civil engineer<\/a> John Dora, who led the international drafting committee and says everyone involved in infrastructure<\/a> should read it.<\/h3>\n
image: DBW<\/em><\/h6>\n

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John Dora writes:<\/p>\n

Civil engineers<\/a> have always been engaged in designing<\/a>, building<\/a>, operating and maintaining long-life infrastructure<\/a>, some of which lasts for hundreds of years. But\u00a0building<\/a>\u00a0and maintaining long-life infrastructure<\/a> assets<\/a> in the face of a changing climate is a relatively new challenge.<\/p>\n

Design<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0maintenance<\/a>\u00a0standards<\/a>\u00a0for weather\u00a0resilience<\/a>, where they exist, often refer to the past when it comes to weather and climate. Even the\u00a0structural<\/a>\u00a0Eurocodes<\/a>\u00a0do not account for future weather and climate impacts.<\/p>\n

However, with increasingly visible weather impacts \u2013 not least the recent\u00a0damage<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Whaley Bridge Dam<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Dawlish Sea Wall<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0UK<\/a>\u00a0? a growing number of\u00a0engineering<\/a> organisations are now actively\u00a0planning<\/a>\u00a0for the impacts of\u00a0climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In July 2019, BSI published a new\u00a0British Standard<\/a>\u00a0to provide a good-practice<\/a>\u00a0approach to\u00a0climate change<\/a>\u00a0adaptation.<\/p>\n

New global\u00a0standard<\/a><\/p>\n

BS EN ISO 14090 describes principles, requirements and guidelines for adaptation to\u00a0climate change<\/a>\u00a0for organisations and their\u00a0projects<\/a>. These include managing climate\u00a0risks<\/a>, integrating adaptation into \u2018business<\/a>\u00a0as usual\u2019 within or across organisations, and helping organisations to identify and understand impacts and\u00a0uncertainties<\/a>, and how these can be used to inform decisions. Creating a\u00a0good<\/a>\u00a0adaptation plan helps organisations to\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0adaptation actions as well.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0standard<\/a>\u00a0can be used by any organisation with\u00a0activities<\/a>,\u00a0products<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0services<\/a>\u00a0that might be at\u00a0risk<\/a>\u00a0from, or in some cases able to take advantage of,\u00a0climate change<\/a>. Its long-term outlook makes it especially suited to those owning,\u00a0designing<\/a>, operating and maintaining\u00a0infrastructure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0standard<\/a>\u00a0shows how to prioritise and develop effective, efficient and deliverable adaptation plans tailored to specific climate challenges faced. It sets out a consistent, structured and pragmatic approach to preventing or minimising the harm that\u00a0climate change<\/a>could cause. To ensure choice and\u00a0flexibility<\/a>, the content of the\u00a0standard<\/a>\u00a0is pitched at a high\u00a0level<\/a>, allowing\u00a0activities<\/a>\u00a0to be tailored to the needs of an organisation.<\/p>\n

Infrastructure application\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Civil engineers<\/a>\u00a0familiar with BS EN ISO 55001 on\u00a0asset management<\/a>\u00a0or BS EN ISO 31000 on\u00a0risk management<\/a>\u00a0(BSI, 2018) will recognise some of the\u00a0concepts<\/a>\u00a0used in BS EN ISO 14090 and should find it helpful in\u00a0designing<\/a>\u00a0and implementing adaptation actions into policies, strategies, plans and actions related to\u00a0infrastructure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new\u00a0standard<\/a>\u00a0originated from the\u00a0UK<\/a>\u00a0and was convened by the author, a\u00a0civil engineer<\/a>with extensive experience of working on climate adaptation within\u00a0infrastructure projects<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0UK<\/a>, including Network Rail.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0standard<\/a>\u00a0supports the elevated need for climate actions, called for in the Paris Climate\u00a0Agreement<\/a>\u00a0and also in the\u00a0UN\u2019s sustainable development goal 13<\/a>\u00a0on climate actions, one of the key goals identified by the ICE requiring \u2018urgent action to combat\u00a0climate change<\/a>\u00a0and its impacts\u2019.<\/p>\n

The climate is changing and\u00a0buildings<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0infrastructure<\/a>\u00a0need to have adaptation built in to every part of them from\u00a0design<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0materials<\/a>.Having a\u00a0good<\/a>\u00a0adaptation plan for organisations and\u00a0projects<\/a>, using a\u00a0standard<\/a>\u00a0like BS EN ISO 14090, provides assurance of\u00a0good practice<\/a>, not just for organisations but for regulators,\u00a0customers<\/a>\u00a0and investors looking for\u00a0security<\/a>\u00a0into the future.<\/p>\n

About this article\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This article was written by John Dora<\/a>. It is based on his briefing<\/a> article in the 172 CE4<\/a> issue of the ICE Civil Engineering<\/a> journal. The article previously appeared on the ICE website in October 2019 and can be accessed HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read the article on DBW….<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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