BS5606:2022 BSI Standards Publication Accuracy and tolerance in design and construction Guide bsi. BS5606:2022 BRITISH STANDARD Publishing and copyright information The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. @The British Standards Institution 2022 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2022 ISBN9780539031171 ICS91.200 The following BSI references relate to the work on this document: Committee reference B/209 Draft for ment 21/30387674 DC Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Text affected ©THE BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION 2022-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BRITISH STANDARD BS5606:2022 Contents Page Foreword iv Section 1:General 1 1 Scope 1 2 Normative references 2 3 Terms and definitions 2 Section 2:Challenges with accuracy and tolerance associated with the fit of elements and ponents of construction 4 4 Challenges and examples 4 4.1 General Figure 1-Example of dimensional variability aspects in construction of ponents spaces and joints 5 4.2 Strategies for the management of critical issues 5 4.3 Identification 5 4.4 Planning 6 4.5 Communication 6 4.6 Control 6 5 Digital technology considerations 6 5.1 General 6 5.2 Examples 7 Figure 2-Volumes within a tunnel design for spatial co-ordination 8 6 Surveying and setting out 8 6.1 Site survey information 8 6.2 Structural elements 9 Figure 3-Example of interface tolerances between edge beam and cladding 11 6.3 Cladding and facades to external walls 11 6.4 Concrete floors 13 Figure 4-Diagrammatic section showing screed acmodating trunking and range of deviations involved 14 6.5 Flat roofs 14 Figure 5-Sloped floor with tolerance expressed in gradient variation 14 6.6 Lift wells 15 Figure 6-Target sizes of lift well 16 6.7 MEP services 17 6.8 Windows doors and panelling units 18 Figure 7-Window opening and frame to wall interface variations 19 6.9 Prefabricated partitions 19 Figure 8-Example section of deflection head standard head and sole detail 20 6.10 St...