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Standard & Codes that need to be followed while Designing or Manufacturing any Piping System



There are certain standard codes that need to be followed while designing or manufacturing any piping system. Organizations that promulgate piping standards include:

  • ASME - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers - B31 series
  • ASME B31.1 Power piping (steam piping etc.)
  • ASME B31.3 Process piping
  • ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids and oil and gas
  • ASME B31.5 Refrigeration piping and heat transfer components
  • ASME B31.8 Gas transmission and distribution piping systems
  • ASME B31.9 Building services piping
  • ASME B31.11 Slurry Transportation Piping Systems (Withdrawn, Superseded by B31.4)
  • ASME B31.12 Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines
  • ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials
  • ASTM A252 Standard Specification for Welded and Seamless Steel Pipe Piles.
  • API - American Petroleum Institute
  • API 5L Petroleum and natural gas industries—Steel pipe for pipeline transportation systems.
  • CWB - Canadian Welding Bureau
  • EN 13480 - European metallic industrial piping code
  • EN 13480-1 Metallic industrial piping - Part 1: General
  • EN 13480-2 Metallic industrial piping - Part 2: Materials
  • EN 13480-3 Metallic industrial piping - Part 3: Design and calculation
  • EN 13480-4 Metallic industrial piping - Part 4: Fabrication and installation
  • EN 13480-5 Metallic industrial piping - Part 5: Inspection and testing
  • EN 13480-6 Metallic industrial piping - Part 6: Additional requirements for buried piping
  • PD TR 13480-7 Metallic industrial piping - Part 7: Guidance on the use of conformity assessment procedures
  • EN 13480-8 Metallic industrial piping - Part 8: Additional requirements for aluminium and aluminium alloy piping.
  • GOST, RD, SNiP, SP - Russian piping codes
  • RD 10-249 Power Piping
  • GOST 32388 Process Piping, HDPE Piping
  • SNiP 2.05.06-85 & SP 36.13330.2012 Gas and Oil transmission piping systems
  • EN 1993-4-3 Eurocode 3 — Design of steel structures - Part 4-3: Pipelines
  • AWS - American Welding Society
  • AWWA - American Water Works Association
  • MSS – Manufacturers' Standardization Society
  • ANSI - American National Standards Institute
  • NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
  • EJMA - Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association
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