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BS 5531:1988

Withdrawn
Withdrawn

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Code of practice for safety in erecting structural frames
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Withdrawn date

10-07-2009

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-08-1988

Foreword
Committees responsible
Code of practice
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Legislation (general)
Section two. Primary safety considerations
4. Competence
5. Training
6. Responsibility
7. Supervision
8. Design
Section three. Considerations affecting all erection
tasks
9. Erection methods, design stage
10. Planning for erection
11. Drawings and instructions
12. Coordination of operations
13. Site preparation
14. Setting-out, levelling and alignment
15. Bearings allowing movement
16. Connections
17. Holding down arrangements
18. Use of cranes and other lifting devices
19. Slinging of loads
20. Care and use of lifting tackle
21. Use of jacks
22. Working arrangements
23. Safety belts, harnesses and nets
24. Weather
25. Welding and cutting
26. Radiography
27. Bolting, drilling and reaming
28. Painting
29. Work in artificial light
30. Delivery, handling and movement on site
31. Availability of parts and materials
32. Erection of railings and balustrades
33. Pre-glazed framework units
Section four. Erection of frames
34. Stability at all stages
35. Precast concrete frameworks
36. Bonding
37. Steel frameworks
38. Space frameworks
39. Timber frameworks
40. Aluminium frameworks
41. Plastics frameworks
Figures
1. Use of typical remote release shackle
2. Spreader beam and lifting bar arrangement
3. Levelling packs under base plates
4. Stability of single columns (diagrammatic
    representation)
5. Stability of single bays: braced (diagrammatic
    representation)
6. Stability of single bays: unbraced
7. Stability of rigid boxes
8. Stability of single slender beam or truss
9. Stability of pair of slender beams or trusses
10. Stability of roof trusses
11. Stability of rigid structural panel
12. Precast concrete portal frame: typical arrangement
    of props to support rafter members
13. Precast concrete column: typical bracing arrangement
14. Listing of trusses
Tables
1. Alternative types of support for structural elements
    during erection
2. Types of support for providing stability and their
    applications

Essential good practices and recommendations for identifying hazards. Precautionary, preventive and remedial actions to take. Guidance to the designer on information to be provided to enable safer erection procedures to be planned.

Committee
CB/203
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 5531(1978) & 86/15420 DC. (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, February 2007. (01/2007)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
44
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Withdrawn
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