• issues British Standards
• coordinates UK input into European standards via CEN
• issues UK guidance documents on how some European Standards can be implemented in the UK

It achieves all this through an extensive range of expert committees often highly technical in nature.

CIHT members who are interested in specific documents or committee activity should register with BSI through the following link:  https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/

This gives visibility of the documents under the control of each committee and allows users to obtain notifications of activity, most specifically when Drafts for Public Comment (DPC) are made available.  This is the stage when documents are reaching the end of their drafting/revision process.  If there is a CIHT representative on the committee then comments can be submitted to them, or alternatively, for any DPC they can be submitted to the committee direct.  These options for contact also apply to comments or queries on the outside of revision activity.

RSTA members include national and local contracting companies, local authority direct labour organisations, material and equipment suppliers. RSTA members are encouraged to register with National Highway Sector Scheme 13 or HAPAS or equivalent Product Certification and Approved Installer Schemes as appropriate. RSTA is recognised by the National Highway Sector Scheme as being the only route through which members’ operatives and supervisors can obtain endorsed CSCS cards as demanded by Sector Scheme 13.