The Construction Information Service (CIS)

Aptly named, Core contains content that is essential to all industry professionals for compliance with the UK legal and regulatory framework, including Building Regulations Approved Documents for England and relative technical guidance for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Through Core, you will have access to critical standards cited within the Building Regulations, legislation and other supporting technical guidance. This includes:

• Design guidance and architectural details
• Contracts – specimen contracts, contract administration and management
• Health and safety – codes of practice, legal updates and topic-specific matters
• Fire – safety engineering, detection, warning and firefighting systems, means of escape
• Site preparation
• Accessibility
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• Materials and craftsmanship
• Healthcare premises design and management

The Building supplement provides information relevant to building control officers, architects and architectural technologists, builders and contractors, landscape architects, building maintenance managers and local authority technical departments. Specifically:

• Historic building conservation
• Modern methods of construction
• Interior design
• Specific building types – schools, sports and leisure facilities, retail, religious
• Internal and external finishes
• Fittings and equipment
• Landscaping

The Construction Management supplement provides useful information for construction professionals who are involved in developing management solutions and policymaking.

• Construction procurement
• Design management
• Managing construction quality
• Operational maintenance
• Contractual claims and disputes
• Project management
• Cost and value management

This supplement includes the more complex information required for engineering services design and execution. Typical users are mechanical and electrical engineers, building services engineers, maintenance managers and those in local authority technical roles. Subjects covered include:

• Building electrical services
• Heating ventilating and air conditioning
• Renewable or low carbon energy technologies
• Building mechanical services
• Energy and water management

This supplement is where you'll find detailed information on structural design, repair and maintenance for civil and structural engineers, designers and contractors.

• Advanced structural design, repair and maintenance not within the usual remit of an architect or contractor
• Highway and bridge design and construction
• Complex groundwork activities
• Marine, coastal, river and flood engineering

This supplement gives access to guidance on legislation and policy related to town and country planning, sustainable development, conservation and the environment, including:

• The sustainable built environment
• Placemaking
• Open space
• Biodiversity and sustainable landscape
• Impacts of climate change Development control
• Spatial planning
• Policy
• Environmental planning and policy guidance
• Infrastructure and construction development

A subscription to BS Extra provides users with short-term access to a wide range of British Standards across the full range of CIS subjects. Here, a user can request to view documents that are niche, specialist-focused, or broader in scope than the other supplements. We rigorously manage BS Extra to ensure a balance between demand and broad subject coverage. Content examples include:

• Test methods to determine performance, quality, defects and durability
• Product and material specifications and documentation
• Highly specialised activities relative to construction