National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12810‑2:2003.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee B/514, Access and support equipment, to Subcommittee B/514/21, Access and working scaffolds, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This standard is published with National annex NA, which gives further information on the use of EN 12810‑2:2003 in the UK.

Cross-references

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Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 28, an inside back cover and a back cover.

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This European Standard was approved by CEN on 4 September 2003.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 12810‑2:2003) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 53 “Temporary works equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2004, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2004.

Annexes A, B and C are normative.

This European Standard will supersede the European Harmonisation document HD 1000:1988 "Service and working scaffolds made of prefabricated elements; Materials, dimensions, design loads and safety requirements".

This European Standard is one of a series of standards as listed below.

EN 12810‑1, Façade scaffolds made of prefabricated elements — Part 1: Product specifications.

EN 12810‑2, Façade scaffolds made of prefabricated elements — Part 2: Particular methods of structural design.

EN 12811‑1, Temporary works equipment — Part 1: Scaffolds — Performance requirements and general design.

prEN 12811‑2, Temporary works equipment — Part 2: Information on materials.

EN 12811‑3:2002, Temporary works equipment — Part 3: Load Testing.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This European standard applies to façade scaffold systems conforming with EN 12810‑1. It defines rules for the structural analysis and design of these systems by calculation and testing, in addition to those defined in EN 12811‑1, prEN 12811‑2, EN 12811‑3 and EN 12810‑1.

Basic requirements are given in ENV 1993‑1‑1 and ENV 1999‑1‑1.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Structural design

4.1 General

4.2 Models for structural analysis

4.3 Tests on configurations and connection devices

4.4 Tests on a representative section of a system configuration

Bibliography

National bibliography

BS EN 12810-2:2003

Facade scaffolds made of prefabricated components - Particular methods of structural design

Current

Published:

16 Jun 2004