BS-EN-15498-2008.pdf
BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 15498:2008 Precast concrete products Wood-chip concrete shuttering blocks Product properties and performance ICS 91.100.30 ? Copyright British Standards Institution Provided by IHS under license with BSI - Uncontrolled Copy Licensee=Boeing Co/5910770001 Not for Resale, 08/14/2008 20:58:41 MDTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- BS EN 15498:2008 This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 May 2008 © BSI 2008 ISBN 978 0 580 56734 6 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15498:2008. 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. 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. Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication DateComments Copyright British Standards Institution Provided by IHS under license with BSI - Uncontrolled Copy Licensee=Boeing Co/5910770001 Not for Resale, 08/14/2008 20:58:41 MDTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM EN 15498 April 2008 ICS 91.100.30 English Version Precast concrete products - Wood-chip concrete shuttering blocks - Product properties and performance Produits préfabriqués en béton - Blocs de coffrage en béton utilisant des copeaux de bois comme granulat - Propriétés et performances des produits Betonfertigteile - Holzspanbeton-Schalungssteine - Produkteigenschaften und Leistungsmerkmale This European Standard was approved by CEN on 18 March 2008. 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 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 Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 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. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels © 2008 CENAll rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN 15498:2008: E Copyright British Standards Institution Provided by IHS under license with BSI - Uncontrolled Copy Licensee=Boeing Co/5910770001 Not for Resale, 08/14/2008 20:58:41 MDTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- EN 15498:2008 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword5 1 Scope 6 2 Normative references6 3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations.7 3.1 Terms and definitions .7 3.2 Symbols and abbreviations8 4 Requirements.11 4.1 Material requirements .11 4.1.1 Wood-chip concrete 11 4.1.2 Supplementary thermal insulation materials11 4.2 Finished product requirements11 4.2.1 Geometric characteristics.11 4.2.2 Density12 4.2.3 Moisture movement.12 4.2.4 Reaction to fire.12 4.2.5 Water vapour permeability13 4.2.6 Mechanical strength13 4.2.7 Acoustic properties.13 4.2.8 Thermal properties 14 4.2.9 Durability 14 5.1 Principle15 5.2 Procedure .15 5.2.1 Geometric characteristics.15 5.2.2 Density16 5.2.3 Moisture movement.16 5.2.4 Reaction to fire.16 5.2.5 Water vapour permeability16 5.2.6 Mechanical strength16 5.2.7 Acoustic properties.17 5.2.8 Thermal properties 17 5.2.9 Durability 18 6.1 General18 6.2 Demonstration of conformity .18 6.3 Assessment of conformity18 6.4 Initial type testing 19 6.5 Factory production control.19 6.5.1 General19 6.5.2 Equipment 20 6.5.3 Materials .20 6.5.4 Production process.20 6.5.5 Product testing.20 6.5.6 Stock control20 7 Marking and labelling20 7.1 Marking and labelling on product20 7.2 Marking and labelling on delivery documentation.21 Annex A (normative) Filling pressure of concrete infill22 Annex B (normative) Determination of tensile strength of web.24 B.1 Principle24 BS EN 15498:2008 Copyright British Standards Institution Provided by IHS under license with BSI - Uncontrolled Copy Licensee=Boeing Co/5910770001 Not for Resale, 08/14/2008 20:58:41 MDTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- EN 15498:2008 (E) 3 B.2 Apparatus.24 B.3 Procedure.25 B.4 Determination of tensile strength28 B.4.1 Principle .28 B.4.2 Calculation of the minimum required tensile strength of the web.29 B.4.3 Measurement of the web tensile failure load and calculation of the tensile strength of webs29 B.5 Test report30 Annex C (normative) Determination of flexural strength of shells31 C.1 Principle .31 C.2 Apparatus.31 C.3 Procedure.31 C.4 Determining the flexural strength of shells32 C.4.1 General .32 C.4.2 Calculation of the minimum required flexural strength of shells.33 C.4.3 Measurement of the flexural failure load and calculation of the flexural strength of shells.34 C.5 Test report35 Annex D (normative) Test methods for determination of specific heat capacity.36 D.1 Principle .36 D.2 Test device.36 D.3 Specimen36 D.4 Procedure.36 D.4.1 Core temperature measurement36 D.4.2 Core temperature calculation.37 D.4.3 Comparison of measured and calculated core temperature 38 D.5 Determination of specific heat capacity38 D.6 Test report38 D.7 VBA-Routine for calculation of core temperature (informative).38 Annex E (normative) Sampling for initial type testing40 E.1 General .40 E.2 Sampling procedure40 E.2.1 Random sampling .40 E.2.2 Representative sampling40 E.2.3 Dividing the sample.41 E.2.4 Number of shuttering blocks required for testing .42 E.3 Place and dates of inspection and acceptance testing.42 Annex F (normative) Compliance criteria for initial type testing and for independent testing of consignment 43 Annex G (informative) Example of an inspection scheme44 G.1 Equipment inspection.44 G.1.1 Testing and measuring equipment44 G.1.2 Storage and production equipment.44 G.2 Materials inspection45 G.2.1 All materials .45 G.2.2 Materials not submitted to an assessment of conformity before delivery 2)45 G.3 Production process inspection46 G.4 Product inspection46 G.4.1 Product testing 46 G.4.2 Marking, storage, delivery46 G.5 Switching rules47 G.5.1 Normal inspection.47 G.5.2 Normal to reduced inspection47 G.5.3 Reduced to normal inspection.47 G.5.4 Tightened inspection 47 G.5.5 Tightened to normal inspection.47 G.5.6 Stopped production 47 BS EN 15498:2008 Copyright British Standards Institution Provided by IHS under license with BSI - Uncontrolled Copy Licensee=Boeing Co/5910770001 Not for Resale, 08/14/2008 20:58:41 MDTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- EN 15498:2008 (E) 4 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive Constructions products48 ZA.1 Scope and relevant characteristics .48 ZA.2 Procedure(s) for attestation of conformity of wood-chipconcrete shuttering blocks49 ZA.2.1 System(s) of attestation of conformity49 ZA.2.2 EC Certificate and Declaration of conformity.50 ZA.3 CE marking and labelling51 Bibliography53 BS EN 15498:2008 Copyright British Standards Institution Provided by IHS under license with BSI - Uncontrolled Copy Licensee=Boeing Co/5910770001 Not for Resale, 08/14/2008 20:58:41 MDTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- EN 15498:2008 (E) 5 Foreword This document (EN 15498:2008) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 229 “Precast concrete products”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR. 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 October 2008, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by January 2010. 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 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 (89/106/EEC). For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document. It also takes into account the EN 13369:2004 Common rules for precast concrete products. 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, 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 the United Kingdom. BS EN 15498:2008 Copyright British Standards Institution Provided by IHS under license with BSI - Uncontrolled Copy Licensee=Boeing Co/5910770001 Not for Resale, 08/14/2008 20:58:41 MDTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- EN 15498:2008 (E) 6 1 Scope This European Standard specifies the properties, performance and test methods of factory made, non-load-bearing hollow wood-chip concrete shuttering blocks, which may include factory installed thermal insulation. These blocks are intended to be used for external and internal walls and partitions when filled with concrete. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 772-14, Methods of test for masonry units - Part 14: Determination of moisture movement of aggregate concrete and manufactured stone masonry units EN 772-16, Methods of test for masonry units - Part 16: Determination of dimensions EN 772-20, Methods of test for masonry units - Part 20: Determination of flatness of faces of aggregate concrete, manufactured stone and natural stone masonry units EN 1607, Thermal insulating products for building applications Determination of tensile strength perpendicular to faces EN 1793-1, Road traffic noise reducing devices Test method for determining the acoustic performance Part 1 : Intrinsic characteristics of sound absorption EN 1793-2, Road traffic noise reducing devices Test method for determining the acoustic performance Part 2 : Intrinsic characteristics of airborne sound insulation EN 1934, Thermal performance of buildings Determination of thermal resistance by hot box method using heat flow meter Masonry EN 12524, Building materials and products Hygrothermal properties Tabulated design values EN 12664, Thermal performance of building materials and products Determination of thermal resistance by means of guarded hot plate and heat flow meter methods Dry and moist products of medium and low thermal resistance EN 12390-5, Testing hardened concrete Part 5 : Flexural strength of test specimens EN 13162, Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made mineral wool (MW) products - Specification EN 13163, Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made products of expanded polystyrene (EPS) - Specification EN 13164, Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made products of extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) - Specification EN 13165, Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made rigid polyurethane foam (PUR) products - Specification EN 13166, Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made products of phenolic foam (PF) - Specification BS EN 15498:2008 Copyright British Standards Institution Provided by IHS under license with BSI - Uncontrolled Copy Licensee=Boeing Co/5910770001 Not for Resale, 08/14/2008 20:58:41 MDTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- EN 15498:2008 (E) 7 EN 13167, Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made cellular glass (CG) products - Specification EN 13168, Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made wood wool (WW) products - Specification EN 13169, Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made products of expanded perlite (EPB) - Specification EN 13170, Thermal insulation products for buildings - Factory made products of expanded cork (ICB) - Specification EN 13171, Thermal insulating products for buildings - Factory made wood fibre (WF) products - Specification EN 13238, Reaction to fire tests for building products Conditioning procedures and general rules for selection of substrates EN 13501-1, Fire classification of construction products and building elements - Part 1: Classification using data from reaction to fire tests EN 14474, Precast concrete products Concrete with wood-chips as aggregate Requirements and test methods EN ISO 140-3, Acoustics - Measurement of sound insulation in buildings and of building elements - Part 3: Laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of building elements (ISO 140-3:1995) EN ISO 354, Acoustics - Measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room (ISO 354:2003) EN ISO 6946, Building components and building elements - Thermal resistance and thermal transmittance - Calculation method (ISO 6946:2007) EN ISO 10456, Building materials and products - Hygrothermal properties -Tabulated design values and procedures for determining declared and design thermal values (ISO 10456:2007) EN ISO 12572, Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products - Determination of water vapour transmission properties (ISO 12572:2001) 3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbre
