ECCS TC9 Manufacturing and Erection Standards Guide to the CE Marking of Structural Steelwork 1 st Edition, 2012
Guide to the CE Marking of Structural Steelwork Nº128, 1 st edition, 2012 Published by: ECCS European Convention for Constructional Steelwork publications@steelconstruct.com www.eccspublications.eu All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys-tem, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, re-cording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner ECCS assumes no liability regarding the use for any application of the material and information contained in this publication. Copyright 2012 ECCS European Convention for Constructional Steelwork ISBN: 978-92-9147-104-1 Printed in Multicomp Lda, Mem Martins, Portugal Legal deposit
Guide to the CE Marking of Structural Steelwork iii PREFACE PREFACE The CE Marking standard for fabricated structural steelwork, EN 1090-1: 2009 + A1:2011 'Execution of steel structures and aluminum structures: Part 1: Requirements for conformity assessment of structural components' has been cited in the European Commission's Official Journal (OJ). The Applicability Date is 1 st of January 2011, followed by a 42 months co-existence period. This means that CE Marking of fabricated steelwork can start and will become mandatory in all EU member and EFTA member states from 1 st of July 2014. TC9 is the technical committee within ECCS responsible for making recommendations concerning technical specifications for manufacturing and erection. The committee has prepared this publication to provide practical guidance on the CE Marking of structural steelwork in accordance with the Construction Products Directive (CPD), the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) and the transition period between CPD and CPR. It is hoped that this publication will assist the steelwork contractors, their purchasing clients and supply chain including stockholders, part fabricated products (curved steel), proprietary products (purlins, cellular beams etc.) designers, specifiers and construction managers. The European members of ECCS - Technical Committee 9 are at present the following: R. Simões CMM - Portugal Full Member A. Feliz Cruz CMM - Portugal Full Member M. Henriques CMM - Portugal Full Member P. Yrjölä FCSA - Finland Full Member U. Kalamies FCSA - Finland Full Member T. Harju FCSA - Finland Full Member D. Stavinoha CCSA - Czech Republic Full Member A. Casteleiro ASCEM - Spain Full Member K. Myhre NSA - Norway Full Member T. Grinde SBI Sweden Full Member M. Lepsien DSTV Germany Full Member O. Schreiber DSTV Germany Full Member B. Beek SNS The Netherlands Full Member F. Vasquez SNS The Netherlands Full Member
iv Guide to the CE Marking of Structural Steelwork PREFACE O. Schreiber DSTV Germany Full Member M. Cook EGGA Full Member A. Nussbaumer SZS Switzerland Corr. Member D. Moore BCSA United Kingdom Guest
Guide to the CE Marking of Structural Steelwork v ABBREVIATIONS ABBREVIATIONS CC CEN CEV CPD CPR CVN ETA EXC FPC HAZ IIW ITC ITT IWE IWS IWT MPCS NB NDT NPD OJ PC PPCS pwps RWC SC WPQR WPS WQMS WQT Consequences class European Committee for Standardization Carbon equivalent value Construction Products Directive Construction Products Regulation Charpy V-notch European technical approval Execution class Factory production control Heat affected zone International Institute of Welding Initial type calculation Initial type testing International welding engineer International welding specialist International welding technologist Manufacturer provided component specification Notified body Non destructive testing No performance determined Official Journal Production category Purchaser provided component specification Preliminary welding procedure specification Responsible welding coordinator Service category Welding procedure qualification record Welding procedure specification Welding quality management system Welder qualification tests
Energy Efficiency of Light-weight Steel-framed Buildings vii PREFACE iii ABBREVIATIONS v vii 1. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE 1 1.1 Objective 1 1.2 Scope 1 1.3 Overview 1 2. CE MARKING REGULATIONS 3 2.1 Construction products directive 3 2.2 Harmonised standards 3 2.3 Certification 4 2.4 CE Marking 5 2.5 Future developments 5 3. CE MARKING STANDARD FOR STRUCTURAL STEELWORK 15 3.1 Basis 15 3.2 Scope 15 3.3 Definitions 15 3.3.1 Constituent products 16 3.3.2 Component specification 16 3.3.3 Kits 16 3.3.4 Design brief 17 3.3.5 Structural characteristics 17 3.3.6 Load bearing capacity 18 3.3.7 Evaluation methods 19 3.3.8 Preparation of the component specification 20
viii Energy Efficiency of Light-weight Steel-framed Buildings 3.3.9 Use and location 21 3.3.10 Reaction to fire 22 3.3.11 Dangerous substances 22 3.3.12 No performance determined 22 3.4 Requirements 23 3.4.1 General 23 3.4.2 Durability 23 3.5 Evaluation methods 24 3.6 Evaluation of conformity 24 3.6.1 Initial type testing 24 3.6.2 Factory production control 26 3.6.3 Attestation levels 27 3.6.4 Product testing 27 3.6.5 Laboratory testing 28 3.6.6 Design control 28 3.6.7 Certification of the FPC 29 3.6.8 Welding certification 29 3.7 Marking system 30 3.7.1 General 30 3.7.2 Classification and designation 30 3.7.3 CE Marking 31 3.7.4 Affixing the CE Marking 32 3.7.5 Packaging 32 4. EUROPEAN FABRICATION STANDARD 33 4.1 Status and scope 33 4.2 Documentation 34 4.3 Constituent products 34 4.4 Tolerances 34 4.5 Welding 35 4.6 Surface treatment 36 5. WELDING QUALITY MANAGEMENT 37 5.1 Welding as a special process 37 5.2 Control of welding 37
Guide to the CE Marking of Structural Steelwork ix 5.3 Technical instructions 38 5.4 Competence of personnel 38 5.5 Implementation 39 6. RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATORS 41 6.1 Welding coordination 41 6.2 Tasks for welding coordinators 41 7. TRACEABILITY 43 7.1 Introduction 43 7.2 Inspection documents 43 7.3 Requirements 43 7.4 Batch or type traceability 44 7.5 Welding 45 8. SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES 47 8.1 Introduction 47 8.2 Manufacturers 47 8.3 Importers 47 8.4 Distributors 48 8.5 Stockholders 48 8.6 Steel processors 49 8.7 Special products and processes 49 8.8 Transition period 50 9. EXECUTION CLASS 51 9.1 General 51 9.2 Application to buildings 51 9.3 Wider application 51 10. FACTORY PRODUCTION CONTROL (FPC) 53 10.1 Introduction 53 10.2 FPC system 53 10.3 System requirements 54 10.3.1 Personnel (Clause 6.3.2, EN 1090-1) 54 10.3.2 Equipment (Clause 6.3.3, EN 1090-1) 54 10.3.3 Structural design process (Clause 6.3.4, EN 1090-1) 55 10.3.4 Constituent products used in manufacture 55
x Energy Efficiency of Light-weight Steel-framed Buildings 10.3.5 The component specification (fabrication drawing) 56 10.3.6 Product evaluation 56 10.3.7 Non-conforming products 57 11. ROUTES TO CERTIFICATION 59 11.1 Introduction 59 11.2 Assessment of the WQMS 59 11.3 Assessment of the RWC 60 11.4 Surveillance audits 62 12. IMPLICATIONS FOR DESIGNERS, SPECIFIERS AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS 65 12.1 Introduction 65 12.2 Designers and specifiers 65 12.2.1 Roles 65 12.2.2 Constituent products 65 12.2.3 Fabricated steelwork 66 12.3 Construction managers 66 REFERENCES 69 APPENDIX A FROM PRODUCT TO COMPONENT. WHO DOES EN 1090-1 APPLY TO? 75 APPENDIX B ROUTES TO CERTIFICATION AND CE-MARKING 77 APPENDIX C DOCUMENTARY EXAMPLES 79 APPENDIX D GNB-CPD:SG17 GUIDANCE ON FPC ASSESSMENT 87 APPENDIX E GNB-CPD: AG CHECKLIST FOR INSPECTION OF FPC 95 APPENDIX F ECCS/TC9 CHECKLIST FOR FPC INSPECTION 105