Decoding the Eurocodes

April 2010: the death of British Standards

The Eurocodes and their National Annexes will replace existing British Standards in March 2010. Their use will be mandatory for all public buildings and recommended for private buildings from this date. This talk looks at what happens in April 2010; discusses what we lose and what we gain; describes technical differences between British and European standards; and summarizes the help available to you for this transition.

The talk is being delivered twice over the next two weeks:

Institution of Structural Engineers Peterborough Section

Date: Thursday 15th October 2009, 6pm for 6.30pm
Venue: Orton Hall Hotel and Conference Centre, Orton Longueville, Peterborough, PE2 7DN

ICE Northern Geotechnical Group

Date: Tuesday 20 October 2009, 5.45pm tfor 6.15pm
Venue: Central Square Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3PL

Eurocode Courses at Napier University

Napier University is running two parallel courses on Eurocodes 2 and 7, 1 evening per week (3 hrs) for 6 weeks, starting on 16th April. This is a new initiative between ICE (Scotland) and Napier Univestiy. There is a limit of 25 people on each course. More details can be found on the ICE's website.

BSI publishes final National Annexes for Eurocode 2

British Standards Institution has completed the publication of all the National Annexes to Eurocode 2, the new concrete code. This means that the following Eurocodes are published in their entirety in the UK:

• EN 1990, Basis of structural design
• EN 1992, Design of concrete structures
• EN 1995, Design of timber structures
• EN 1996, Design of masonry structures