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BS 0 A standard for standards specifies Development, Structure and Drafting of British Standards themselves. BS 1 Lists of Rolled Sections for Structural Purposes; BS 2 Specification and Sections of Tramway Rails and Fishplates; BS 3 Report on Influence of Gauge Length and Section of Test Bar on the Percentage of Elongation
BS 5400 was a British Standard code of practice for the design and construction of steel, concrete and composite bridges. It was applicable to highway, railway and pedestrian bridges. It was applicable to highway, railway and pedestrian bridges.
BS 8110 is a withdrawn British Standard for the design and construction of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. It is based on limit state design principles. Although used for most civil engineering and building structures, bridges and water-retaining structures are covered by separate standards (BS 5400 and BS 8007).
The standards produced are titled British Standard XXXX[-P]:YYYY where XXXX is the number of the standard, ... BS 5400 for steel, concrete and composite bridges.
BS 5950: British Standard on steel design, ... 2010. BS 8110: British Standard on concrete design, replaced by Eurocode 2 in March, 2010. BS 6399: ...
NBS (National Building Specification) is a UK-based business providing construction specification information used by architects, engineers and other building professionals to describe the materials, standards and workmanship of a construction project. [1] It was launched in 1973 and its information is now used by over 5000 offices. [2]
Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, [1] and is the most widely used building material. [2] Its usage worldwide, ton for ton, is twice that of steel, wood, plastics, and aluminium combined. [3]
Logo of Eurocode 2 An example of a concrete structure. In the Eurocode series of European standards (EN) related to construction, Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures (abbreviated EN 1992 or, informally, EC 2) specifies technical rules for the design of concrete, reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete structures, using the limit state design philosophy.