BSRIA

Any profits made are invested in its research programme, producing best practice guidance.

As the industry became increasingly linked with other services so its research association and professional body saw the need to widen their remit.

As the Association's activities developed to meet the needs of an integrated construction industry and to provide more than just research and information, the full name became less relevant.

When new government rules required it to split research and other activities into two companies, BSRIA started formal use of the abbreviation.

Trading activities, including research, are now managed through a trading company, BSRIA Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Building Services Research and Information Association, which is a company limited by guarantee.