National foreword

This British Standard is the English language version of EN 1337‑11:1998published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee B/522, Structural bearings, which has the responsibility to:

aid enquirers to understand the text;
present to the responsible 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 committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

Cross-references

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

Additional information

Contrary to the advice given in paragraph 4 of the European foreword, this Part will come into effect before Parts 1 and 2.

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

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 1 to 11, and a back cover.

This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Sector Board for Building and Civil Engineering, was published under the authority of the Standards Board and comes into effect on 15 March 1998

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 24 October 1997.

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 Central Secretariat 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 Central Secretariat 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, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This European Standard has been prepared by Working Group 1 of Technical Committee CEN/TC 167, Structural bearings, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

This European Standard EN 1337Structural bearings consists of the following 11 Parts:

Part 1: General design rules
Part 2: Sliding elements
Part 3: Elastomeric bearings
Part 4: Roller bearings
Part 5: Pot bearings
Part 6: Rocker bearings
Part 7: Spherical and cylindrical PTFE bearings
Part 8: Guided bearings and restrained bearings
Part 9: Protection
Part 10: Inspection and maintenance
Part 11: Transport, storage and installation

This Part 11: Transport, storage and installation includes annex A (informative) and annex B (informative).

Further to CEN/TC 167’s decision, Part 1 and Part 2 form a package of standards and they come into force together, while the other Parts come into force separately after the publication of Part 1 and Part 2.

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 May 1998, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 1998.

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, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

1 Scope

This standard is applicable to the transport, storage and installation of bearings used in the construction of bridges or of structures requiring comparable bearing systems.

2 Normative references

3 General requirements

4 Bearing installation drawing

5 Inspection after delivery

6 Installation

6.1 General

6.2 Placing of bearings

6.3 Mounting of superstructure or structural component on the bearing

6.4 Height correction

6.5 Installation tolerances

6.6 Mortar joints¹⁾

6.7 Formwork for mortar joints

6.8 Release of structure onto bearings

7 Records

7.1 General

7.2 Prior to installation

7.3 Installation

7.4 Start of function (release)

7.5 Temporary fixed points

8 Final finish

9 Attestation of conformity

BS EN 1337-11:1998

Structural bearings - Transport, storage and installation

Current

Published:

15 Mar 1998