National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 12059:2008+A1 2011. It supersedes BS EN 12059:2008, which is withdrawn.

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The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/545, Natural stone.

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

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 cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 March 2008

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 January 2008 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 13 November 2011.

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 CEN-CENELEC 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 CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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Foreword

This document (EN 12059:2008+A1:2011) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 246 “Natural stones”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2012.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2011-11-13.

This document supersedes EN 12059:2008.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags .

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

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies requirements for the following stone units:

Structural solid stone units:
1. Load bearing stone elements, typically subject to prevailing compression stresses, such as solid columns, arches and similar;
2. Solid stone elements used for parapets, handrails, balustrades, copings and the like, intended to withstand horizontal live loadings in addition to any dead load.
Finishing solid stone units:
1. Curved cladding panels, for the external finishing of walls, columns or pilasters;
2. Stone elements for framing one or more side openings in building walls or floors, such as sills, jambs, architraves and similar.

This European Standard does not include stone masonry units, as defined in EN 771‑6, stone which is a ‘cast-on’ finish to pre-cast concrete or agglomerated stones. Moreover it does not cover commemorative or funeral stones and sculptures, when they do not show the above mentioned characteristics.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Requirements

4.1 Requirements for geometric characteristics

4.2 Requirements of natural stone for dimensional work

5 Marking, packaging

6 Evaluation of conformity and factory production control

6.1 Evaluation for conformity

6.2 Initial type testing

6.3 Factory production control

Bibliography

BS EN 12059:2008+A1:2011

Natural stone products. Dimensional stone work. Requirements

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Mar 2008