BS 5502-52:1991 PDF

What is BS 5502-52 -  Design of buildings and structures for livestock housing about? Agriculture Farming is mainly concerned with the production of plant and animal products. This production process cannot be completely achieved without some major facilities being available on the farm. These basic facilities arc the farm buildings and structures. Farm buildings and structures are of different types. The types that may found on a farm will depend on the amount of capital at the farmer’s disposal, climatic conditions. Materials available for construction. the nature of the farm, the purpose for the construction and others. BS 5502 is a series of British Standard that discusses buildings and structures for agriculture. BS 5502-52 is the 52 nd part of the BS 5502 series that gives recommendations on the design and selection of alarm systems, emergency ventilation and smoke ventilation equipment for the housing of livestock, especially poultry, pigs, calves and rabbits when housed under intensive conditions. The main types of ventilation systems considered are those which provide fan powered and automatically controlled natural ventilation. For manually operated natural ventilation systems, only the warning that temperature is outside pre-set limits is considered. The provision and display of operating instructions and procedures for testing and maintaining the alarm system and the emergency ventilation equipment are also covered. Note: BS 5502-52