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Marking of
Structural Steel
UKCA Marking of structural steel
BS EN 1090-1/2
The Factory Production Control system
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BS EN 1090-1
Companies placing (selling) structural steel products onto the UK market must put in place a Factory Production Control system certified to BS EN 1090-1. This is a legal requirement under the Construction Products Regulations (CPR) and has been since 1 July 2014. Once certified to BS EN 1090-1 you can UKCA Mark your product, thus allowing you to legally sell your product.
The UKCA Marking standard for fabricated steelwork is BS EN 1090-1 and is supported by the fabrication standard BS EN 1090-2 and the Welding Quality Management standard BS EN ISO 3834. The Factory Production Control system must be certified by an authorised Notified Body.
The UKCA Marking standard, BS EN 1090-1, introduces the concept of Execution Class. Execution Class establishes the required quality of fabrication and can be applied to the whole structure, an individual member or particular details. There are four Execution Classes with Execution Class 4 being the highest level of quality control and Execution Class 1 the lowest.
In general they apply to the following structures:-
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Execution Class 1 - farm building (structures where the consequence of failure is deemed to be low)
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Execution Class 2 - the majority of buildings
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Execution Class 3 - bridges and most structures subject to fatigue
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Execution Class 4 - long-span bridges (structures where the consequence of failure is deemed to be particularly high)
It is the Design Engineers responsibility to select the Execution Class and recommendations for determining Execution Class are given in BS EN 1090-2. Steelwork fabricators must have in place the correct certified FPC system for the correct Execution Class.
To find out how DBQC Ltd can help your business with UKCA Marking, contact DBQC Ltd on 07519628936 or via the contact page
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