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Cold-Formed Steel Codes and Standards

 

This wiki (editable page) was created so that a large group of people could contribute to developing a list of the cold-formed steel codes and standards that are in use around the world. To aid in the development of this list Ben Schafer (schafer@jhu.edu) sent an initial email to members of the following organizations: CFSEI, SSRC TG 13, ASCE-SEI CFS, AISI-COS, AISI-COFS.

 

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Please add information about any country that you know information about the current cold-formed steel specifications in use below. The following divisions for countries is based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries, any such division is flawed to begin with, but provides a means to organize the results. Feel free to add any notes you would like as well. Some countires which are listed below were of particular interest to the initial group forming this list. Your help is much appreciated.
 

Africa

Ethiopia

 

(Added by C. van Zandwijk M.Sc.) 

Specification: Unknown - (I visited the Ministry of Works & Urban Development in Addis Ababa but they couldn't help me with any code about Cold Formed Steel)

Building Codes: 

  • EBCS-1   Basis of design and actions on structures
  • EBCS-3   Design of steel structures

 

 

 South Africa

 

(Added by Dr Hennie de Clercq, SA Institute of Steel Construction)

Specification: SANS 10162 - The Structural Use of Steel: Part 2 - Limit-state design of cold-formed steelwork

Building code: National Building Regulations of South Africa

 

Americas

United States

Specification: North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members. American Iron and Steel Institute (http://tinyurl.com/yq5wzo) latest version now numbered as AISI-S100-07, 2007 version nearing final approval as of June 2007.

Building Code: International Building Code, International Code Council (http://www.iccsafe.org/) local building codes and/or NFPA may also be enforced, but the IBC is as close to a national building code as exists in the United States, both IBC and NFPA reference AISI.

Canada

Specification: S136, full details needed (http://www.csa-intl.org/onlinestore/GetCatalogItemDetails.asp?mat=000000000002415602)

Building Code: National Building Code of Canada (http://www.nationalcodes.ca/nbc/index_e.shtml)

Puerto Rico

Specification: Unknown

Building Code: Unknown - but the ICC has a Puerto Rico field office (http://www.iccsafe.org/government/international.html) so likely one can use ICC for the building code. If so, then this means the U.S. Spec. would be applicable for cold-formed steel.

Mexico

Specification: North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members, full details needed

Building Code: Unknown - (some sort of arrangement with ICC in 2005, don't know what came of it)

www.construccionenacero.com/normas_mexico.asp

Brazil

Specification: NBR 14762:2001 Dimensionamento de estruturas de aço constituídas por perfis formados a frio - Procedimento (Cold-formed steel design - Procedure, last update 2001) and NBR 6355:2003 Perfis estruturais de aço formados a frio - Padronização (Cold-formed steel structural profiles, last update 2003)

Building Code: ABNT - Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (www.abnt.org.br)

Chile

NCH 427 - suspended because it was written in the 1970's. Cold-formed steel sections were based in part on AISI (U.S). The local Institute for Building code INN has specified in recent Codes for seismic design that designers must use the last edition of the AISI Specification for cold formed steel and the AISC for hot rolled , in their original versions in english until some traduced adaption will be issued here .

Argentina

CIRSOC 303 for Light Steel Structures where cold formed steel is included. That Specification, now more than 20 years old , is being replaced by a new one , which will be , in general , an adaption of the current AISI one. The former CIRSOC 303 was an adaption of the Canadian code of that time. At this time CIRSOC 303 was very old, now CIRSOC 301 is in revition to be aligned with the american codes (LRFD design). In the near future both codes will be alligned also in designations and therminology.

Colombia 

See www.construccionenacero.com/normas_colombia.asp for more information

Venezuela

See www.construccionenacero.com/normas_venezuela.asp for more information

 
 

Asia

India

Specification:IS:801, Indian standard code of practice for use of cold-formed light gauge steel structural members in general building construction, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi (1975). (currently under revision)

Building Code : see - model code National Building Code of India (http://www.bis.org.in/sf/nbc.htm)

Above information on India by B. Schafer from web research needs verification.

China

(Added by Gaoning Wang) 

Specification: Technical Code of Cold-formed Thin-wall Steel Structures

Building Code: GB 50018-2002 (current version)

Japan

Specification: Design Manual of Light-gauge Steel Structures

Building Code: Technical standard notification No.1641 concerning light-gauge steel structures

Singapore

Based on informal discussion it is currently believed that no cold-formed steel Specification nor Building Code exists in Singapore, instead British Standards are in current use.

Malaysia

(added by C.C. Choo - 7th March 2008)

Cold formed steel design in Malaysia uses the BS5950 as the standard especially BS5950:Part 5.

Also, AS4600 (from Australia) is referenced.

 

(contribution from Dzulkarnain Ahmad posted by Ben Schafer)

Currently (July 2007) Malaysia uses British Standards as references. It is unknown when and if Malaysia will have their own standards. With introduction of Eurocodes in the UK it seems the Malaysian goverment will likely go towards that approach.

Middle East (Asia)

 

Europe 

EU Countries

(Added by C. van Zandwijk M.Sc.) 

Specification:  

  • EN 1993-1-3 (same as Eurocode 3 part 1-3), Design of steel structures - Cold formed thin gauge members and sheeting
  • Each European country will get it's own National Annex Documents (NAD) 

Finland

Specification: Unknown

Building Code: Unknown 

France

Specification: Unknown

Building Code: Unknown 

Germany

Specification: Unknown

Building Code: Unknown 

Italy

(Added by R. Landolfo)

Specification:

UNI CNR 10022 (National Document)

EN 1993-1-3 (Not compulsory)

Building Code: Unknown 

The Netherlands

(Added by C. van Zandwijk M.Sc.) 

Specification:  

  • NEN 6773 - Steel Structures, Basic requirements and rules for calculations of thin gauge sections. (NEN means "Nederlandse Norm")
  • All NEN codes will be replaced by Eurocodes in the next few years. Assumption: Januari 2008 introduction of Eurocode, (NEN also allowed). Januari 2010 only Eurocodes allowed
  • Alternatively use for Eurocode: NEN-EN or NEN-ENV which means "Europese Norm" (European Code) and "Europese Norm Voorlopig (pre European Code) 

Building Codes: 

  • NEN-EN 1993-1-1   Technical building principles for building structures (replaces NEN 6770, NEN 6771)
  • NEN-EN 1993-1-2   Determination by calculation of fire resistance of building elements (replaces NEN 6072)
  • NEN-EN 1993-1-3   Cold formed thin gauge members and sheeting (replaces NEN 6773)
  • NEN-EN 1993-1-4   Rules and requirements for stainless steels
  • NEN-EN 1993-1-5   Stiffened plating subjected to in plane loading
  • NEN-EN 1993-1-6   Strenght and stabiliy of steel shells
  • NEN-EN 1993-1-7   Stiffenend plating subjected to out plane bending
  • NEN-EN 1993-1-8   Rules and requirements for connections (replaces NEN 6772, NEN 2062)
  • NEN-EN 1993-1-9   Fatigue
  • NEN-EN 1993-1-10 Requirements for steel quality i.r.t. brittle fracture of statical loaded structures (replaces NEN 6774)
  • NEN-EN 1993-1-11 Rules and requirements for tensional loaded elements 

United Kingdom

Specification: BS5950 - x? believed to still be current.

Building Code: Unknown

Eurocode for Cold-formed steel in the UK...

BS EN 1993-1-3:2006: Eurocode 3. Design of steel structures. General rules. Supplementary rules for cold-formed members and sheeting (BSI link)

Eurocode adoption and publicaton schedules: (BSI link)

Hungary

Specification: Unknown

Building Code: Unknown 

Turkey

Specification: Unknown

Building Code: Unknown

Portugal

Specification: Eurocode 3 Part 1.3 (info from D. Camotim)

Building Code: Unknown

 

Oceania

Australia

Specification: AS/NZS 4600 

AS/NZS 4600:2005  Similar to NAS 2007  but includes high strength steels such as G550 for all sections. (Greg Hancock)

Building Code: Building Code of Australia  (National document) calls AS/NZS 4600:2005

NewZealand

Specification: AS/NZS 4600  (same as Australia)

Building Code: Unknown 

 

Contributors

Ben Schafer, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States (schafer@jhu.edu)

Luiz Vieira, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States (luizvieirajr@gmail.com)

Cor van Zandwijk, CFP Engineering, Nieuw-Beijerland, The Netherlands (info@CFPengineering.com)

Dinar Camotim, Portugal

Gregory Hancock, Australia

Raffaele Landolfo, Italy

Roger Laboube, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, United States

Ben Young, Hong Kong

Gustavo Monteiro de Barros Chodraui, Codeme Engenharia, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil (gchodraui@rocketmail.com)

Roberto Dannemann, Chile

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