British/European standards for reference: steel structures, steel materials, welding consumables, steel sheets

The following British/European standards are published by the British Standards Institution, London, United Kingdom.


British/European standards on design of steel structures

• BS 5950-1:2000 Structural use of steelwork in building — Part 1: Code of practice for design— Rolled and welded sections
• BS 5950-2:2001 Structural use of steelwork in building — Part 2: Specification for materials, fabrication and erection — Rolled and welded sections
• BS 5950-3.1:1990 Structural use of steelwork in building — Part 3: Design in composite construction —Section 3.1 Code of practice for design of simple and continuous composite beams
• BS 5950-4:1994 Structural use of steelwork in building — Part 4: Code of practice for design of composite slabs with profiled steel sheeting
• BS 5950-5:1998 Structural use of steelwork in building — Part 5: Code of practice for design of cold-formed thin gauge sections
• BS 5950-6:1995 Structural use of steelwork in building — Part 6. Code of practice for design of light gauge profiled steel sheeting
• BS 5950-7:1992 Structural use of steelwork in building — Part 7: Specification for materials and workmanship: cold formed sections
• BS EN 1993-1-1:2005 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures — Part 1-1: General rules and rules for
• buildings
• BS EN 1993-1-3:2006 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures — Part 1-3: General rules — Supplementary rules for cold-formed members and sheeting
• BS EN 1993-1-8:2005 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures — Part 1-8: Design of joints
• BS EN 1993-1-12:2007 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures — Part 1-12: Additional rules for the extension of EN 1993 up to steel grades S 700

 British/European standards on steel materials

• BS 7668:2004 Weldable structural steels — Hot finished structural hollow sections in weather resistant steels — Specification
• BS EN 10020:2000 Definition and classification of grades of steel
• BS EN 10021:1993 General technical delivery requirements for steel and iron products
• BS EN 10025-1:2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels — Part 1: General technical delivery conditions
• BS EN 10025-2:2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels — Part 2: Technical delivery conditions for non-alloy structural steels
• BS EN 10025-3:2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels — Part 3: Technical delivery conditions for normalized/normalized rolled weldable fine grain structural steels
• BS EN 10025-4:2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels — Part 4: Technical delivery conditions for thermomechanical rolled weldable fine grain structural steels
• BS EN 10025-5:2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels — Part 5: Technical delivery conditions for structural steels with improved atmospheric corrosion resistance
• BS EN 10025-6:2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels — Part 6: Technical delivery conditions for flat products of high yield strength structural steels in the quenched and tempered condition
• BS EN 10027-1:2005 Designation systems for steels — Part 1: Steel names
• BS EN 10079:2007 Definition of steel products
• BS EN 10149-1:1996 Specification for hot-rolled flat products made of high yield strength steels for cold forming — Part 1: General delivery conditions
• BS EN 10149-2:1996 Specification for hot-rolled flat products made of high yield strength steels
• for cold forming — Part 2: Delivery conditions for thermomechanically rolled
• steels
• BS EN 10149-3:1996 Specification for hot-rolled flat products made of high yield strength steels for cold forming — Part 3. Delivery conditions for normalized or normalized rolled steels
• BS EN 10164:2004 Steel products with improved deformation properties perpendicular to the
• surface of the product — Technical delivery conditions
• BS EN 10210-1:2006 Hot finished structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels — Part 1: Technical delivery conditions
• BS EN 10219-1:2006 Cold formed welded structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels —  Part 1: Technical delivery conditions
• BS EN 10326:2004 Continuously hot-dip coated strip and sheet of structural steels — Technical delivery  conditions

British/European standards on manufacturing tolerances

• BS EN 10024:1995 Hot rolled taper flange I sections — Tolerances on shape and dimensions
• BS EN 10029:1991 Specification for tolerances on dimensions, shape and mass for hot rolled steel plates 3 mm thick or above
• BS EN 10034:1993 Structural steel I and H sections — Tolerances on shape and dimensions
• BS EN 10051:1992 Continuously hot-rolled uncoated plate, sheet and strip of non-alloy and alloy steels — Tolerances on dimensions and shape
• BS EN 10055:1996 Hot rolled steel equal flange tees with radiused root and toes — Dimensions and tolerances on shape and dimensions
• BS EN 10056-2:1993 Specification for structural steel equal and unequal leg angles — Part 2: Tolerances on shape and dimensions
• BS EN 10210-2:2006 Hot finished structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels — Part 2: Tolerances, dimensions and sectional properties
• BS EN 10219-2:2006 Cold formed welded structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels — Part 2: Tolerances, dimensions and sectional properties
• BS EN 10279:2000 Hot rolled steel channels — Tolerances on shape, dimension and mass

British/European standards on bolting assemblies
General information

• BS EN 20898-2:1994 Mechanical properties of fasteners — Part 2: Nuts with specified proof load values — Coarse thread
• BS EN ISO 898-1:1999 Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel — Part 1: Bolts, screws and studs
• BS EN ISO 16426:2002 Fasteners — Quality assurance system

Non-preloaded assemblies

• BS 4190:2001 ISO metric black hexagon bolts, screws and nuts — Specification
• BS 4320:1968 Specification for metal washers for general engineering purposes metric series
• BS 7419:1991 Specification for holding down bolts
• BS EN ISO 4014:2001 Hexagon head bolts — Product grades A and B
• BS EN ISO 4016:2001 Hexagon head bolts — Product grade C
• BS EN ISO 4017:2001 Hexagon head screws — Product grades A and B
• BS EN ISO 4018:2001 Hexagon head screws — Product grade C
• BS EN ISO 4032:2001 Hexagon nuts, style 1 — Product grades A and B
• BS EN ISO 4033:2001 Hexagon nuts, style 2 — Product grades A and B
• BS EN ISO 4034:2001 Hexagon nuts — Product grade C
• BS EN ISO 7091:2000 Plain washers — Normal series — Product Grade C

Preloaded assemblies

• BS 4395-1:1969 Specification for high strength friction grip bolts and associated nuts and washers for structural engineering metric series — Part 1: General grade
• BS 4395-2:1969 Specification for high strength friction grip bolts and associated nuts andwashers for structural engineering metric series — Part 2: Higher grade bolts and nuts and general grade washers
• BS 4604-1:1970 Specification for the use of high strength friction grip bolts in structural steelwork metric series — Part 1: General grade
• BS 4604-2:1970 Specification for the use of high strength friction grip bolts in structural steelwork metric series — Part 2: Higher grade (parallel shank)
• BS 7644-1:1993 Direct tension indicators — Part 1: Specification for compressible washers
• BS 7644-2:1993 Direct tension indicators — Part 2: Specification for nut face and bolt face washers
• BS EN 14399-1:2005 High-strength structural bolting assemblies for preloading — Part 1: General requirements
• BS EN 14399-2:2005 High-strength structural bolting assemblies for preloading — Part 2: Suitability test for preloading
• BS EN 14399-3:2005 High-strength structural bolting assemblies for preloading — Part 3: System HR — Hexagon bolt and nut assemblies
• BS EN 14399-4:2005 High-strength structural bolting assemblies for preloading — Part 4: System HV — Hexagon bolt and nut assemblies
• BS EN 14399-5:2005 High-strength structural bolting assemblies for preloading — Part 5: Plain washers
• BS EN 14399-6:2005 High-strength structural bolting assemblies for preloading — Part 6: Plain chamfered washers

British/European standards on welding consumables

• BS EN 440:1995 Welding consumables — Wire electrodes and deposits for gas shielded metal arc welding of non alloy and fine grain steels — Classification
• BS EN 756:2004 Welding consumables — Solid wires, solid wire-flux and tubular cored electrode- flux combinations for submerged arc welding of non alloy and fine grain steels— Classification
• BS EN 758:1997 Welding consumables — Tubular cored electrodes for metal arc welding with and without a gas shield of non-alloy and fine grain steels — Classification
• BS EN 1668:1997 Welding consumables — Rods, wires and deposits for tungsten inert gas welding of non alloy and fine grain steels — Classification
• BS EN ISO 2560:2005 Welding consumables — Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of non-alloy and fine grain steels — Classification

British/European standards on profiled steel sheets

• BS EN 10326:2004 Continuously hot-dip coated strip and sheet of structural steels — Technical delivery conditions
• BS EN 10143:2006 Continuously hot-dip coated steel sheet and strip — Tolerances on dimensions and shape

British/European standards on stud shear connectors

• BS EN ISO 13918:1998 Welding — Studs and ceramic ferrules for arc stud welding

British/European standards on material testing

• BS EN 1597-1:1997 Welding consumables — Test methods — Part 1. Test piece for all-weld metal
• test specimens in steel, nickel and nickel alloys
• BS EN 10002-1:2001 Metallic materials — Tensile testing — Part 1: Method of test at ambient temperature
• BS EN 10045-1:1990 Charpy impact test on metallic materials — Part 1: Test method (V-and U-notches)
• BS EN 20898-2:1994 Mechanical properties of fasteners — Part 2: Nuts with specified proof load values — Coarse thread
• BS EN ISO 2566-1:1999 Steel — Conversion of elongation values — Part 1: Carbon and low alloy steels
• BS EN ISO 6506-1:2005 Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test — Part 1: Test method
• BS EN ISO 6507-1:2005 Metallic materials — Vickers hardness test — Part 1: Test method
• BS EN ISO 6508-1:2005 Metallic materials — Rockwell hardness test — Part 1: Test method (scales A,B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, T)
• BS EN ISO 14284:2002 Steel and iron — Sampling and preparation of samples for the determination of chemical composition

British/European standards on inspection documents

• BS EN 10168:2004 Steel products — Inspection documents — List of information and description
• BS EN 10204:2004 Metallic products — Types of inspection documents