Azerbaijan, Baku, April 19 / Trend A.Akhundov /
The Azerbaijani State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents approved a number of interstate standards in construction which were proposed by the State Committee for Architecture and Urban Planning, the State Committee said on Tuesday.
The State Committee has approved the following standards: State Standard 7473-2010 "Concrete Mixtures: Specifications", State Standard 12248-2010 "Soils: Laboratory methods for determining the solidity and deformability", State Standard 23499-2009 "Materials and construction sound-absorbing and soundproof articles: Classification and general technical requirements", State Standard 31424-2010 "Non-metallic construction materials from siftings of crushing rubble of rocks: Specifications ", State Standard 31426-2010 "Friable rock for production of sand, gravel and crushed stone for construction work: Technical requirements and test methods".
The Committee has also approved the methodology instructions, the MT 005-2011 "GİA system for evaluating diamonds", prepared jointly with the State Service on Control over Precious Metals and Precious Stones under the Azerbaijani Finance Ministry.
These standards will be applied starting on April 20, 2011.