Eurocodes are a set of harmonized technical rules developed by the
European Committee for Standardisation for the structural design of
construction works in the European Union.
The purposes of the Eurocodes are: a means to prove compliance with the
requirements for mechanical strength and stability and safety in case of fire
established by European Union law. a basis for construction and engineering
contract specifications. a framework for creating harmonized
technical specifications for building products.
By March 2010 the Eurocodes are mandatory for the specification of
European public works and are intended to become the de facto standard for the
private sector. The Eurocodes therefore replace the existing national building
codes published by national standard bodies, although many countries had a
period of co-existence. Additionally, each country is expected to issue a
National Annex to the Eurocodes which will need referencing for a particular
country. At present take up of Eurocodes is slow on private sector projects and
existing national codes are still widely used by engineers.
§List The Eurocodes are published as a
separate European Standards, each having a number of parts. By 2002, ten sections
have been developed and published: EN 1990: Basis of structural design
EN 1991: Actions on structures EN 1992: Design of concrete structures
EN 1993: Design of steel structures EN 1994: Design of composite steel and
concrete structures EN 1995: Design of timber structures
EN 1996: Design of masonry structures EN 1997: Geotechnical design
EN 1998: Design of structures for earthquake resistance
EN 1999: Design of aluminium structures §See also
BS 5950: British steel design standard, replaced by Eurocode 3 in March, 2010.
BS 8110: British concrete design standard, replaced by Eurocode 2 in
March, 2010. Geotechnical Engineering
Limit state design List of EN standards
Structural Engineering Structural robustness
§References ^ a b EN 1990:2002 E, Eurocode - Basis
of Structural Design, CEN, November 29, 2001
^ European Council Directive 89EEC §External links
law.resource.org 'Eurocodes' 'Eurocodes: Building the Future' The
European Commission Website on the EN Eurocodes
'Eurocode.info' Information about the EN Eurocodes
'eurocode-resources' Portal with eurocode resources with focus on the
design of steel structures 'Eurocodes Expert' UK construction
industry website with information and support resources for implementation of
the BS EN Eurocodes. The site is a joint initiative of the Institution of Civil
Engineers and Institution of Structural Engineers and is supported by the UK
Government, BSI British Standards, The Steel Construction Institute, The
Concrete Centre, the Timber Research and Development Association, the
International Masonry Society, the Brick Development Association and the
Association for Structural Engineers of London Boroughs.
'Eurocodes Online: Structural Design Expertise' Website with a lot of
interesting information on the eurocodes: implementation, principles,
national annexes, etc. 'Eurocodes in Poland' Find out
information about Eurocodes in Poland. Examples, articles, books and much more
information. 'Digital Eurocodes standards library'
CodeProof is a digital library of EUROCODE standard implemented in
CodeForm. In this library is integrated each article from each part of EC and it
is designed so that you can easily locate relevant articles.
'National Annexes & Eurocodes', European standards institutes and links to
download national annexes.