What is BS EN 13252 - Geotextiles and geotextile-related products about?

BS EN 13252 is a European standard on geotextiles and geotextile related products that discusses the features of geotextile products providing strength and stability to the building structure.

BS EN 13252 specifies the relevant characteristics of geotextiles and geotextile-related products used in drainage systems and the appropriate test methods to determine these characteristics.

The intended use of these geotextiles or geotextile-related products is to fulfil one or more of the following functions: filtration, separation and drainage. The separation function is always used in conjunction with filtration or drainage. Accordingly, separation will never be specified alone.

BS EN 13252 provides for the assessment and verification of constancy of performance of the product to this European Standard and for factory production control procedures.

BS EN 13252 defines requirements to be met by manufacturers and distributors with regard to the presentation of product properties.

BS EN 13252 may be used to derive design values by taking into account factors within the context of the definitions given in EN 1997-1 (Eurocode 7), e.g., factors of safety.

The design life of the product should be determined, since its function may be temporary, as construction expediency, or permanent, for the lifetime of the structure.

Note: BS EN 13252 is not applicable to geosynthetic barriers.

Who is BS EN 13252 - Geotextiles and geotextile-related products for?

BS EN 13252 on geotextiles is useful for:

Builders
Civil engineers
Contractors
Textile professionals
Manufacturers of geotextile related products
Workers of water supply and waste disposal systems

Why should you use BS EN 13252 - Geotextiles and geotextile-related products?

Geotextiles are synthetic and permeable materials used in civil construction projects to improve soil characteristics as they have the ability to separate, filter, reinforce, protect and drain soils.

BS EN 13252 navigates you through the required characteristics and corresponding methods of test on geotextiles and geotextile-related products used in drainage systems.

Functions, function-related characteristics and test methods are described in BS EN 13252 on filtration, separation and drainage.

BS EN 13252 provides the physical ad mechanical characteristics of geotextile products relevant to specific conditions of use (S-coded characteristics).

Verification and declaration on the release of dangerous substances when constructing the products are specified in BS EN 13252.

BS EN 13252 provides Assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP) with the compliance of geotextiles and geotextile-related products with the requirements and determination of products by type testing and factory production control.

Overall, BS EN 13252 leads you through the process of developing and producing geotextile products for use in construction, such as wrapping them around drainage pipes to promote soil stability, providing erosion control and or aiding in drainage to make an effective and long-lasting drainage system.

In this way, geotextile products allow groundwater to pass through the drainage cores while preventing the drainage system from closing and trapping the adjacent soil.

BS EN 13252:2016

Geotextiles and geotextile-related products. Characteristics required for use in drainage systems

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Oct 2016