Committees responsible for this British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the Elements and Components (of Diverse Materials) for Buildings Standards Committee (ECB/-) to Technical Committee ECB/2 upon which the following bodies were represented:

Aluminium Federation

British Woodworking Federation

Concrete Society

Department of Health and Social Security

Department of the Environment, Building Research Establishment, Princes Risborough Laboratory

Department of the Environment, Housing and Construction

Energy Industries Council

Engineering Equipment and Materials Users’ Association

Greater London Council

Health and Safety Executive

Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors

Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Structural Engineers

Joinery Managers’ Association Ltd.

London Transport Executive

Royal Institute of British Architects

Scottish Development Department

Spiral Stair Manufacturers’ Association

The following bodies were also represented in the drafting of the standard, through subcommittees and panels:

Institution of Building Control Officers

Co-opted members

This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Elements and components (of Diverse materials) for Buildings Standards Committee, was published under the authority of the Board of BSI and comes into effect on 31 January 1984

The following BSI references relate to the work on this standard:

Committee reference ECB/2 Draft for comment 82/12150 DC

Amendments issued since publication

Amd. No.	Date of issue	Comments
6076	July 1989	Indicated by a sideline in the margin
	July 2008	Corrigendum to replace poor quality figures
C2	March 2009	Table 2: "Minimum outer going" corrected to "Maximum outer going" This corrigendum corrects an error that appears in some versions of this standard only.
C3	June 2009	Corrigendum to replace incorrect figures including keys and to correct equation in 5.2.

BS 5395-2:1984

Stairs, ladders and walkways - Code of practice for the design of helical and spiral stairs

Current

Published:

31 Jan 1984