What is BS 8500-1:2023 - Method of specifying concrete about?
The UK construction sector increasingly wants access to lower carbon concretes to meet net zero targets, especially as the availability of GGBS (ground granulated blast-furnace slag) may diminish towards the end of the decade. BS 8500-1:2023 complements the European concrete specification standard, BS EN 206 by giving UK specific guidance which incorporates provisions relating to lower carbon compositions.
Who is BS 8500-1:2023 - Method of specifying concrete for?
It will be used in the built environment, infrastructure, road building, house building and commercial premises building industries. Users will be:
cement producers
concrete producers (ready-mixed, precast, volumetric)
larger contractors (concrete frame, infrastructure)
consultants (engineers, architects, National Highways, Environment Agency etc.)
What does BS 8500-1:2023 - Method of specifying concrete cover?
BS 8500-1:2023 describes methods of specifying concrete and gives guidance for the specifier.
Annex A gives guidance on the concrete quality to be specified for selected exposure classes, intended working life and nominal cover to normal carbon steel reinforcement.
BS 8500-1:2023 complements BS EN 206 by providing United Kingdom national provisions where required or permitted by BS EN 206. It also covers materials, methods of testing and procedures that are outside the scope of BS EN 206, but within national experience.
NOTE: BS 8500-1:2023 does not gi...
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