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Considering contracting - question about Standards

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timsch

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Oct 27, 2009
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When a person works for a large company, frequently a collection of the standards used in the industry will be maintained for use as needed. These standards can be somewhat extensive; ASME BPVC (and standards referenced by it) and ASTM come to mind. When one goes into contracting or consulting on their own, the needs for these standards is still there, but availability is not.

Most standards I use would add up very quickly if I needed to purchase all of them. Are there any other options, such as a subscription service, community collection, etc., where periodic access is an option? I'm not aware of any, but I may just be ignorant. Not looking to be cheap, just trying to understand my options.
 
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I'm not all that familiar with mechanical requirements, but I believe ASME does have an online subscription (a previous large employer had one) and I know ASTM does.
 
Yes, ASTM has a subscription process. You can pick the areas of your concentration and pay only for those.

 
Thank you both for your replies. I'll look into it.
 
Generally speaking standards are expensive...

--- Best regards, Morten Andersen
 
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