National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12810‑1:2003. It supersedes BS 1139‑5:1990 which is withdrawn.

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 12810‑1:2003 in the UK.

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 16 June 2004

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 23 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 12810‑1:2003) 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.

This document also contains an informative annex ZB.

This European Standard supersedes 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 components — Part 1: Product specifications.

EN 12810‑2, Façade scaffolds made of prefabricated components — 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, Temporary works equipment — Part 3: Load Testing.

Annexes A, B and C are informative.

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.

Introduction

Based on the requirements specified, a manufacturer proposes a façade scaffold system and puts it forward for assessment and certification of conformity with the requirements of this European Standard. The structural design and assessment is carried out using the standard set of system configurations chosen by the manufacturer, taking account of the requirements of this standard.

Many of the detailed requirements are given in EN 12811‑1, prEN 12811‑2 and EN 12811‑3 with which this European Standard should be read, EN 12810‑2 gives requirements for particular methods of structural design. A façade scaffold system, which has been successfully assessed will also satisfy the corresponding requirements of EN 12811‑1, prEN 12811-2 and EN 12811‑3. It may be used without any further calculation within the scope of the standard set of system configurations. If the performance requirements are more onerous, or if the application is outside the standard set of system configurations, then further calculations may be needed in order to show that sufficient resistance and stiffness is provided.

It is anticipated that some systems will be able to conform to the requirements of several classes.

This conversion of HD 1000 into a European Standard is intended to create a common technical base for design. This standard has a narrower scope than HD 1000 because much has been transferred to EN 12811‑1, prEN 12811‑2 and EN 12811‑3.

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies the performance requirements and the general requirements for structural design and assessment for prefabricated façade scaffold systems. The façade scaffolds are intended for use while connected to the façade with ties. Scaffold systems are classified by six criteria, see Table 1.

It is limited to façade scaffold systems that have standards made of steel or aluminium alloy and have other elements made of these materials or timber based materials.

It defines a standard set of system configurations under which the structural design is carried out. Other configurations may be possible with some systems, but they are outside the scope.

This standard should be read in conjunction with EN 12811‑1, prEN 12811‑2, EN 12811‑3 and EN 12810‑2 which specify certain of the requirements.

This standard does not specify requirements for protection fans. It does not give information about erection, use, dismantling or maintenance.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Classification

5 Designation

6 Materials

6.1 General

6.2 Specific material requirements

6.3 Inspection documents

7 General requirements

7.1 Completeness of the range of components of the scaffold system

7.2 The standard set of system configurations

7.3 Further requirements

8 Requirements for structural design

8.1 Actions

8.2 Resistances, stiffnesses

8.3 Application of wind loads

8.4 Drop tests for platforms

8.5 Durability

8.6 Vibration tests

8.7 Deflections

9 Manuals

9.1 General

9.2 Content of a product manual

9.3 Content of the instruction manual

10 Marking

11 Assessment

Bibliography

BS EN 12810-1:2003

Facade scaffolds made of prefabricated components - Product specifications

Current

Published:

16 Jun 2004