European Construction Standard

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IWE - TÜV Rheinland Technical Responsible

17/05/2011

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European Construction Standard

- Basic information

- European regulation

- EN 1090 series and tasks

-Comparisons

-Implementation into national

construction regulations

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Construction Products Directive – The Basis

Free trade with construction products in the European Market.

For this purpose the Construction Products Directive

CPD - 89/106/EEC
was passed in the European Community in1998 .

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Construction Products Directive – The Target

Safety of buildings and structures

Prevention of danger to life and health

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Construction Products Directive – The Requirements

The CPD specifies the essential requirements for the

construction, or the construction product. These include:

safety in use fire protection

hygiene,
healthiness,
saving of energy enviromental protection
heat protection

noise control
mechanical strength,
stability

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Construction Products Directive – System 2+

The conformity assessment “System 2+” is used to verify the conformity
of the products!

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Construction Products Directive – Implementation
Construction Products Directive (CPD)

No mandate Mandate in ETA Mandate in CEN

National technical European technical Harmonised European

specification approval standards

CE-Mark

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Construction Products Directive – Implementation

Construction Products Directive (CPD)

No mandate Mandate in ETA Mandate in CEN

National technical European technical Harmonised European

specification approval standards

List of Building Regulations

Part A Part B

Ü-sign

CE-Mark
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Construction Products Directive - Standards

Design Codes in European Building Legislation
EN 1090
Basis of structural design
- with national appendix, national stipulated parameters
EN 1091 - series
General actions on structures
EN 1092 - series
General rules and rules for buildings
EN 1093 - series
Design and construction of steel structures
- steel construction/ steel bridges/ steel chimneys/ crane runways…

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EN1090 - Series
Execution of Steel and Aluminium Structures
EN 1090-1
In Germany implemented through DIN EN 1090-1:2010-07
Requirements for conformity assessment (CE-marking) of structural components

EN 1090-2: (replacement for DIN 18800-7)

In Germany implemented through DIN EN 1090-2:2008-12
Technical requirements for steel structures

EN 1090-3: (replacement for DIN V 4113-3)

In Germany implemented through DIN EN 1090-3:2008-09
Technical requirements for aluminium structures

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EN1090-1

- Released as a white paper with the version of October 2009

- Due to translation errors re-issued as DIN in July 2010
- Contains an Appendix ZA on CE-marking
- Was “harmonised” through citation in the EU-Official Journal on 17.12.2010
- Is included in the List of Building Regulations B
- Basis for the recognition and approval of certification, inspection and testing
bodies
It regulates “placing on the market”,
not utilisation of the construction product!!!

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EN1090-1 - NEW
New:
“Special Processes”:
- Dimensioning
- Welding
- Durability (corrosion protection)
- Assembly

Requirements:
- Documented procedures
- Introduction and continuous monitoring of procedures
- Corresponding documentation

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EN1090-1 - FPC

Factory Production Control (FPC)

The manufacturer must set up, document and maintain a system in
order to ensure that the products placed on the market comply with
the essential requirements.

Verification of the technically correct manufacture and compliance

with the product requirements is given by:

- Initial testing
- Declaration of conformity
- CE-conformity marking

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EN1090-1 - CE-Marking

- Serves as pre-requisite for the marketing of a

construction product in the European market.
- Explains to the manufacturer that all principal
requirements of the directive for the product are
complied with.
- Confirms conformity of the construction products
with the harmonised standard.
-Is placed on the product, the delivery note or the
packaging.

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EN1090-1 - CE-Marking – Details

- CE-mark
- ID-number of the notified body

- Name or pictorial trademark and address of the manufacturer

- Last two figures of the year in which the mark was affixed
- Number of EC-certificate on in-house quality control

- Harmonised standard EN 1090-1

- Component designation

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EN1090-1 - CE-Marking – Details
- Performance characteristics (properties) acc. to EN 1090-1
- Geometric tolerances: EN 1090-2
- Weldability: base material: S355J2
- Fracture toughness: notch impact energy: 27J at-20°C
- Fire behaviour: Class A1 (non-combustible)
- Release of dangerous substances. NPD (no performance determined)
- Durability: surface protection / coating

- Load capacity characteristics:

- Load capacity: EN 1993-1
- Fatigue strength: -
- Fire resistance: Calculated value “R30”
- Manufacture: Execution Class according to EN 1090-2
Component specification

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EN1090-2 - Definition “CC”

Consequence Category „CC“
Describes the foreseeable consequences of the failure of the construction for:
human life, economy or environment (according to EN 1990)

Failure
Consequence class Examples
consequences
no regular person occurrence:
CC1 low
agricultural buildings, barn, greenhouses

public buildings with a middle person occurrence:

CC2 middle
residential and office buildings, industrial facilities

public buildings with high person occurrence:

schools, kindergarten, concert hall, sports stadiums
CC3 high
based on the meaning:
hospitals, industrial facilities, power stations

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EN1090-2 - Definition “SC”

Service Category „SC“

Category which characterises the construction with regards to the
operating conditions:

wing units and parts of a building

service category example
under
SC1 mainly resting loads buildings

SC2 not mainly resting loads bridges

(Specification of dynamic load according to application regulations)

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EN1090-2 - Definition “PC”

Production Category „PC“
Category regarding the kind of production and the material used

production category characteristic

not welded products

PC1 production in a repair and assembling shop
material < S355

production on the construction site

PC2
material ≥ S355

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EN1090-2 - Definition “EXC”
Execution Class „EXC“
Requirements which are specified for the execution of the construction component:

Consequence class CC1 CC2 CC3

Service category SC1 SC2 SC1 SC2 SC1 SC2
Procuction PC1 EXC1 EXC2 EXC2 EXC3 EXC3 EXC3
category PC2 EXC2 EXC2 EXC2 EXC3 EXC3 EXC4

- The requirements increase from EXC1 to EXC4

- A support frame can contain several execution classes
- EXC4 only applies to extraordinary support frames
- If no execution class is specified, then EXC2 applies
- For EXC 1 the certification is obligatory!

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EN1090-2 – Welding supervisor

Qualification level of welding coordination personnel:

Dependent on
- The execution class
- The material
- The dimensions

Dimensions
Execution class Material
t ≤ 25 25 < t ≤ 50 t > 50
S235 – S355 B S C
EXC2
S420 – S700 S C C
S235 – S355 S C C
EXC3
S420 – S700 C C C
EXC4 S235 – S700 C C C

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EN1090-2 – Welding supervisor
Welding coordination personnel:
welding coordination
required knowledge International Institute of
personnel
acc. to ISO 14731 Welding (IIW)
acc. to EN 1090-2
„B“ welding coordination personnel with international
basic technical knowledge basic technical knowledge welding expert

„S“ welding coordination personnel with international

specific technical knowledge special technical knowledge welding technican

„C“ welding coordination personnel with internationale

comprehensive technical knowledge comprehensive technical knowledge welding engineer

- Are not required in execution class EXC1

- Must be sufficiently qualified with EXC2, EXC3 and EXC4
- Must have experience, as stipulated in EN ISO 14731
- Must have technical knowledge
- No details regarding absence management/ part-time employment of WCP

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EN1090-2 – Quality Requirements

Dependent on Execution Class:
- Quality requirements in accordance with EN ISO 3834
- Scope of documentation
- Qualification of welding procedure instruction
- Acceptance criteria
- Scope of NDT

Quality Requirements
Execution Class
acc. to EN ISO 3834
EXC1 Part 4
elementary quality requirements

EXC2 Part 3
standard quality requirements

EXC3 / EXC4 Part 2

comprehensive quality requirements

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EN1090-2 –
Quality Requirements

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EN1090-2 –
Quality Requirements

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EN1090-2 –
Quality Requirements

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EN1090-2 – DIN 18800-7-NTC: Comparison

dimensions
execution class material
t ≤ 25 25 < t ≤ 50 t > 50
S235 – S355 B S C
EXC2
S420 – S700 S C C
S235 – S355 S C C
EXC3
S420 – S700 C C C
EXC4 S235 – S700 C C C

DIN 18800-7 DIN EN 1090-2

manufacturer qualification execution class
class D EXC2
welding coordination: welding coordination:
welding engineer welding expert

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 EN1090-2 – DIN 18800-7- NTC: Comparison

Comparison of manufacturer's qualification DIN 18800-7 with certification

in accordance with EN 1090-2 taking ISO 3834, ISO 14731 and NTC into
consideration:

EN 1090-2 ISO 3834 ISO 14731 ~ DIN 18800-7 ~ DM 14.01.2008

EXC1 Part 4 - Class A A

EXC2 Part 3 B, S, C Class A, B, C, (D) B

EXC3 Part 2 S, C Class A – E C

EXC4 Part 2 „+“ C Class E „+“ D

But … a direct comparison is not possible!

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DM 14.01.2008 [NTC]

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EN 1090 - Series – Tasks Manufacturer

Tasks of the Manufacturer

- Establishment of an in-house quality control (IQC)
- nomination of a person responsible for IQC
- suitable qualified specialised personnel
- suitable production and test facilities
- suitable documentation
(product evaluation: recording and evaluation of test results)
- certification of IQC by a notified body
- Initial testing
- CE-mark and declaration of conformity awarded for the construction product

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EN 1090 - Series – Tasks Notified Body

Tasks of the notified body
Certification of IQC is performed on the basis of

Initial inspection in manufacturer’s works

By Inspection Body
Evaluation and approval of IQC
(welding, dimensioning, subcontracting, durability, assembly)

By Certification Body
Issue of EC-certificate on the IQC
and the welding certificate

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 EN 1090 - Series – Tasks Notified Body
Continuous Monitoring
- Maintenance of certification
(Inspection of compliance of IQC)

-Specified inspection intervals

execution class period of inspection

(years)
EXC1 / EXC2 1-2-3-3
EXC3 / EXC4 1-1-2-3-3

- Each year the manufacturer has to send a written confirmation to the Inspection Body
- Only valid when there are no essential modifications with regard to manufacture
(e.g.: new welding procedure, change in welding supervisor,…)
- Divergent regulations apply when manufacturer’s qualification in accordance with DIN18800-7
is already on hand

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EN 1090 - Series – Certification Process

Certification procedure:
- Application to the notified body
- with completed checklist with enclosures
- Contract with the Certification Body and Inspection Body
- Initial inspection by the Inspection Body
- On the day of the audit – „confidential report“
- Signed by member of Inspection Body and head of IQC
- Report on the initial inspection with checklist
- Evaluation of results by the head of the Inspection Body

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 EN 1090 - Series – Certification Process
- Certification
- Report forwarded by the Inspection Body to the Certification Body
- Examination and approval of the report
- Issue of EC-certificate and the welding certificate
EC Certificate

- The EC-certificate is valid for an unlimited period!

Prerequisite:
No change in the conditions under
which the certificates were issued:
- Change in welding coordination personnel
- New manufacture or welding procedure
- Change in base materials
- Change to important equipment or facilities

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European Construction Standard – EN 1090-1

EN 1090 Part 1
- has the Appendix ZA regulate the conformity assessment of components made of
steel and aluminum with the CE-Mark
- is published (harmonized) in the official EU information sheet on December 17, 2010
- will be listed in the “Official Construction Rule List part B”

- The producer must implement a FPC (Factory Production control) system

- This FPC will be checked and certified by the Notified Body
- The producer sign the conformity with the CE-Sign

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European Construction Standard – EN 1090-2/-3
EN 1090
Part 2 Steel construction (replaced DIN 18800-7) and
Part 3 Aluminum construction (replaced DNN V 4113-3)

- will not be harmonized

- it will be published the in the “Official List of Technical Regulations for Buildings”
- it is more a "construction compendium"
- in the focus is not only “Welding“!
also include: Design / Subcontracting / Corrosion protection / Assembling
- more documentation will be necessary
- also EXC1 needs to be certified! (Class A acc. DIN18800-7)

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European Construction Standard – Short summery

- The series of the EN1090 is the future of welded construction in compliance with the
CPD (Construction Products Directive) in Europe.

- CE-marking is obligatory in Germany, in Italy at present “optional”

- In the coexistence period (ends in June 2012) EN 1090-1 and national regulations
[Ü-sign (DE), DM 14.01.2008 (IT) and CE-marking] are possible.

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 In Summary

EN1090 is the future of building structures for Europe!

Are black
clouds
forming
over
Europe?

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