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Standards Alert MAY 2009 This publication lists current developments in British, European and American Standards, relating to cement and concrete; also news items; and standards acquired by The Concrete Society. You can order any standards from the British Standards Institution: www.bsigroup.com/shop ; Phone:+44 (0)20 8996 9001 ; Email:
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British Standards Cement and concrete standards and activity, recently published by the British Standards Institution
Aggregate BS 812-124:2009, Testing aggregates – Part 124: Method for determination of frost heave (supersedes BS 812-124:1989)
BS EN and DD ENV publications British Standard implementation of European Standards (Euro Norms – ENs)
Aggregate BS EN 933-4:2008, Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates – Part 4: Determination of particle shape. Shape index (supersedes BS EN 933-4:2000) BS EN 1097-7:2008, Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates – Part 7: Determination of the particle density of filler. Pyknometer method (supersedes BS EN 10977:1999) BS EN 1367-6:2008, Tests for thermal and weathering properties of aggregates – Part 6: Determination of resistance to freezing and thawing in the presence of salt (NaCl)
Fresh concrete BS EN 12350-7:2009, Testing fresh concrete – Part 7: Air content. Pressure methods (supersedes BS EN 12350-7:2000) Hardened concrete BS EN 12390-3/-5/-7/-8:2009, Testing hardened concrete – Part 3: Compressive strength of test specimens – Part 5: Flexural strength of test specimens – Part 7: Density of hardened concrete – Part 8: Depth of penetration of water under pressure (supersedes BS EN 12390-3:2002, BS EN 12390-5/-7/-8:2000) Equipment BS EN 12649:2008, Concrete compactors and smoothing machines. Safety
Amendments to British Standards Amendment is free of charge to past purchasers of the standard using the amendment number. Updated standard document requires purchase using the original standard number.
Bridges BS 6779-3:1994 CORRIGENDUM 1, Highway parapets for bridges and other structures – Part 3: Specification for vehicle containment parapets of combined metal and concrete construction
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British Standards withdrawn Blastfurnace slag BS 6699:1992, Specification for ground granulated blastfurnace slag for use with Portland cement (superseded by BS EN 15167-1:2006 and BS EN 15167-2:2006)
Draft British Standards Any comments need to be addressed to the relevant BSI Committee by 31 July 2009, unless otherwise indicated.
Pavements 09/30137914 DC BS 7533-7 AMD1, Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone, or concrete pavers – Part 7: Code of practice for the construction of pavements of natural stone paving units and cobbles and rigid construction with concrete block paving Committee B/507
Compressive strength 09/30201029 DC BS 6089, Assessment of insitu compressive strength in structures and precast concrete components. Complementary guidance to that given in BS EN 13791 Committee B/517/1
Precast 09/30198700 DC BS EN 15037-4, Precast concrete products – Part 4: Expanded polystyrene blocks (comments by 31 Aug. 09) 09/30200445 DC BS EN 15191, Precast concrete products. Classification of glass-fibre reinforced concrete performances (comments by 31 Aug. 09) Committee B/524
Hardened concrete 09/30200044 DC BS EN 12390-6, Testing hardened concrete – Part 6: Tensile splitting strength of test specimens (comments by 31 Aug. 09) Committee B/517/1
CEN European Standards Available in advance of the BS EN implementation; purchasers automatically receive the appropriate BS EN at no extra charge when it is published.
Aggregate EN 933-11:2009, Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates – Part 11: Classification test for the constituents of coarse recycled aggregate Eurocode EN 1994-1-1 CORRIGENDUM 1 April 2009 to EN 1994-1-1:2004, Eurocode 4. Design of composite steel and concrete structures – Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings
Fresh concrete EN 12350-6:2009, Testing fresh concrete – Part 6: Density Hardened concrete EN 12390-2:2009, Testing hardened concrete – Part 2: Making and curing specimens for strength tests Precast EN 15037-2:2009, Precast concrete products. Beam-and-block floor systems – Part 2: concrete blocks
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International Standards BSI supplies UK versions of all adopted ISO Standards, which are published as British Standards, unless otherwise requested.
Fibre cement ISO 8336:2009 (Edition 2), Fibre cement flat sheets. Product specification and test methods (will be implemented as an identical British Standard)
Cement ISO 679:2009 (Edition 2), Methods of testing cements. Determination of strength (will be implemented as an identical British Standard) ISO/TR 18532:2009, Technical report: Methods of testing cement – Report of a test programme – Chemical analysis by x-ray fluorescence
ISO 9125:2009 (Edition 2), Fibre cement slates and fittings. Product specification and test methods (will not be implemented as a British Standard)
American Standards News Modern Construction Building to specification: cement and concrete in modern construction by Bridget Mintz Testa. This article addresses self compacting concrete, pervious concrete, reducing cement’s carbon footprint, use of fly ash and blastfurnace slag, testing (ASTM Standardization News, May/June 2009, pp.30-33)
Virtual training ASTM International conducted a virtual training meeting on concrete on March 5, with more than 135 participants from 11 nations. It included a presentation on non-destructive testing in concrete. For more information email:
[email protected] Books Concrete making materials ASTM has published the revised and updated Significance of Tests and Properties of Concrete and Concrete-Making Materials. For more information visit www.astm.org
Flatness On the level: how flat is flat? How face numbers caused a revolution in floor construction (Article in ASTM Standardization News, May/June 2009, pp.42-45)
Ready mixed ASTM International and the National ReadyMixed Concrete Association have published User’s Guide to ASTM Specification C94 for Ready-Mixed Concrete by D.Gene Daniel and Colin L.Lobo
Fibre reinforced polymers Work is progressing on proposed new standards for fibre reinforced polymers (Article in ASTM Standardization News, May/June 2009, p.61)
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