National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 14992:2007+A1:2012. It supersedes BS EN 14992:2007, which is withdrawn.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags. Tags indicating changes to CEN text carry the number of the CEN amendment. For example, text altered by CEN amendment A1 is indicated by .

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/524, Precast concrete products.

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

EN 14992 is a candidate “harmonized” European standard and fully takes into account the requirements of the European Commission mandate M/100, Products related to precast concrete, given under the EU Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC), and is intended to lead to CE marking. The date of applicability of EN 14992 as a harmonized European Standard, i.e. the date after which this standard may be used for CE marking purposes, is subject to an announcement in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

The Commission in consultation with Member States has agreed a transition period for the co-existence of harmonized European Standards and their corresponding national standard(s). It is intended that this period will comprise a period, usually nine months, after the date of availability of the European Standard, during which any required changes to national regulations are to be made, followed by a further period, usually of 12 months, for the implementation of CE marking. At the end of this co-existence period, the national standard(s) will be withdrawn.

EN 14992 is the subject of transitional arrangements agreed under the Commission mandate. In the UK, there are no corresponding national standards.

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 29 June 2007

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 17 February 2007 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 7 April 2012.

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.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of 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, Turkey and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 14992:2007+A1:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 229 “Precast concrete products”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR and was examined by and agreed with a joint working party appointed by the Liaison Group CEN/TC 229‑TC250, particularly for its compatibility with structural Eurocodes.

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 December 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2012.

This document supersedes EN 14992:2007.

This document includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 2012-04-07.

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

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Construction Products Directive(s) (89/106/EEC).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

This document is one of a series of product standards for precast concrete products.

For common aspects reference is made to EN 13369: Common rules for precast concrete products, from which also the relevant requirements of the EN 206‑1: Concrete — Part 1: Specification, performance, production and conformity are taken.

The references to EN 13369:2004 by CEN/TC 229 product standards are intended to make them homogeneous and to avoid repetitions of similar requirements.

Eurocodes are taken as a common reference for design aspects. The installation of some structural precast concrete products is dealt with by EN 13670, Execution of concrete structures. deleted text

The programme of standards for structural precast concrete products comprises the following standards, in some cases consisting of several parts:

EN 1168, Precast concrete products — Hollow core slabs.

EN 12794, Precast concrete products — Foundation piles.

EN 12843, Precast concrete products — Masts and poles.

EN 13224, Precast concrete products — Ribbed floor elements.

EN 13225, Precast concrete products — Linear structural elements.

EN 13693, Precast concrete products — Special roof elements.

EN 13747, Precast concrete products — Floor plates for floor systems.

EN 13978, Precast concrete products — Precast concrete garages.

EN 14843, Precast concrete products — Stairs.

EN 14844, Precast concrete products — Box culverts.

EN 14991, Precast concrete products — Foundation elements.

EN 14992, Precast concrete products — Wall elements.

EN 15037, Precast concrete products - Beam-and-block floor systems.

EN 15050, Precast concrete products — Bridge elements.

EN 15258, Precast concrete products — Retaining wall elements.

This standard defines in Annex ZA the application methods of CE marking to products designed using the relevant EN Eurocodes (EN 1992‑1‑1 and EN 1992‑1‑2). Where, in default of applicability conditions of EN Eurocodes to the works of destination, design Provisions other than EN Eurocodes are used for mechanical strength, the conditions to affix CE marking to the product are described in ZA.3.4.

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, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

The evaluation of conformity given in this standard refers to the completed precast elements which are supplied to the market and covers all the production operations carried out in the factory.

For design rules reference is made to EN 1992‑1‑1. Additional complementary rules are provided where necessary.

1 Scope

This European Standard applies to prefabricated walls, made of normal weight or lightweight concrete with dense structure. Also fibre reinforced concrete (steel, polymer or other fibres covered by European Standards) may be used. These wall elements may have external wall functions (see 3.11) or not, have facing functions (see 3.12) or not or have a combination of these functions.

External wall functions could be:

thermal insulation (see 3.11.1);
sound insulation (see 3.11.2);
hygrometric control (see 3.11.3);

or a combination of these.

They may be plain, reinforced or prestressed. They may be loadbearing or not.

These include:

solid walls;
composite walls;
sandwich walls;
lightened walls;
claddings.

The wall element may also work as a column or beam.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Requirements

4.1 Material requirements

4.2 Production requirements

4.3 Finished product requirements

5 Test methods

5.1 General

5.2 Water vapour permeability

5.3 Water impermeability

6 Evaluation of conformity

6.1 General

6.2 Type testing

6.3 Factory production control

7 Marking

8 Technical documentation

Bibliography

BS EN 14992:2007+A1:2012

Precast concrete products. Wall elements

Current

Published:

29 Jun 2007