Standards: What and Why s tandards are living documents that define specifications, procedures and guidelines. They are designed to ensure products, services and systems are safe, reliable and consistent. As standards are generally based on industrial, scientific and consumer experience and regularly reviewed to ensure they keep pace with new technologies, AWI has answered the challenge of meeting the expectations for advanced Standards writing that reflects true scientifically measured products in the next generation of woodwork Standards. fall 2017 I designsolutions 47