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as required. Common construction code/application stan-
dards covering vessels, piping and pipelines are as follows:
. ASME VIII: Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels
One of the major construction codes used throughout the
world is the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel (BPV)
code. It is divided into 12 different sections, but when
referring to a section within the ASME BPV code it is
normal to just preface the section number with ASME.
Therefore, Section V of the ASME BPV code is normally
just referred to as ASME V, Section VIII as ASME VIII,
Section IX as ASME IX and so on.
. BS EN 13445: Unfired Pressure Vessels
This is the European harmonised standard for the
construction of unfired pressure vessels. It superseded BS
5500 Manufacture of Unfired Pressure Vessels, which had
such good technical information within it that the BSI
reissued it as a Published Document (PD 5500) for
reference purposes.
. ASME B31.1: Design and construction rules for power
piping
. ASME B31.3: Design and construction rules for process
piping
These are the two most commonly used piping construc-
tion codes from the ASME B31 series and are used
worldwide.
. BS EN 13480: Metallic Industrial Piping
. API 1104: Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities
This is a very common standard used throughout the
world for pipeline construction.
. BS 4515-1:2009: Specification for Welding of Steel
Pipelines on Land and Offshore
This is the specification for carbon and carbon manganese
steel pipelines.

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