BS 6579-8:1987
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Safety fences and barriers for highways Specification for concrete safety barriers
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English
30-11-1987
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Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Construction
4 Materials
5 Manufacture and handling or precast units
6 Marking of precast units
Appendices
A Vehicle safety fences and barriers for highways:
type characteristics
B Information to be supplied by the purchaser
Table
1 Safety fences and barriers: type characteristics
Figures
1 Profile type 1: in-situ
2 Profile type 2: in-situ
3 Profile type 3: in-situ split level
4 Profile type 4: precast units installed
5 Profile type 5: precast units installed
6 Profile type 4: precast unit
7 Profile type 5: precast unit
8 Precast 3 m standard length unit
9 Precast 1 m long make-up unit
10 Details of base and end fixings for precast units
11 Precast termination unit
12 Precast transition unit: type 1 (for transition to
double sided open box beam safety fence)
13 Connector for precast transition unit: type 1 to
single sided open box beam safety fence
14 Connector for precast transition unit: type 1 to
double sided open box beam safety fence
15 Precast transition unit: type 2 (for transition to
200 mm x 100 mm tensioned rectangular hollow section
beam safety fence)
16 Connector for precast transition unit: type 2 (for
transition to tensioned rectangular hollow section
beam safety fence)
17 Precast transition unit: type 3 (for transition to
single sided open box beam safety fence)
18 Precast transition unit: type 3 (for transition to
200 mm x 100 mm tensioned rectangular hollow section
beam safety fence)
19 Connector for precast transition unit: type 4 (for
transition to tensioned rectangular hollow section
beam safety fence)
20 Diagrammatical representation of fences and barriers
Methods and materials for the construction of concrete safety barriers and the manufacture of precast units.
| Committee |
B/509
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 86/15254 DC and BS 6579-8(1985) (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2012. (10/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
32
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
This Part of BS 6579 specifies the methods and materials to be used for the construction of concrete safety barriers and the manufacture of precast units.
Basic installation details are included on the figures.
NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.
| BS 4449:1988 | Specification for carbon steel bars for the reinforcement of concrete |
| BS 5075-1:1982 | Concrete admixtures Specification for accelerating admixtures, retarding admixtures and water reducing admixtures |
| BS 4483:1985 | Specification for steel fabric for the reinforcement of concrete |
| BS 5328:1981 | Methods for specifying concrete, including ready-mixed concrete |
| BS 6779-4:1999 | Highway parapets for bridges and other structures Specification for parapets of reinforced and unreinforced masonry construction |
| BS 1014:1975 | Specification for pigments for Portland cement and Portland cement products |
| BS 5075-2:1982 | Concrete admixtures Specification for air-entraining admixtures |
| BS 8110-1:1985 | Structural use of concrete Code of practice for design and construction |
| BS 6779-3:1994 | Highway parapets for bridges and other structures Specification for vehicle containment parapets of combined metal and concrete construction |
| BS 877(1967) : LATEST | |
| BS 499(1965) : LATEST | |
| BS 882:1983 | Specification for aggregates from natural sources for concrete |
| BS 5931:1980 | Code of practice for machine laid in situ edge details for paved areas |
| BS 6779-2:1991 | Highway parapets for bridges and other structures Specification for vehicle containment parapets of concrete construction |
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