Safety fences and barriers for highways Specification for components for untensioned corrugated beam safety fence

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Published date

31-12-1989

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British Standards Institution

Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Components
4 Tolerances
5 Protective finish
6 Marking
Appendices
A Vehicle safety fences and barriers for highways: type
   characteristics
B Transition between untensioned corrugated beam safety
   fence, bridge parapets and other types of safety
   fence
C List of components
D Information to be supplied
E Transport, handling and storage
Tables
1 Safety fences and barriers: type characteristics
2 List of components
Figures
1 Untensioned corrugated beam safety fence
2 Details of beams for untensioned corrugated beam
   safety fences
3 Details of posts for untensioned corrugated beam
   safety fences
4 Profile and hole positions for corrugated beams
5 Untensioned corrugated beam safety fence connection
   to steel parapet
6 Untensioned corrugated beam safety fence connection
   to BACO (BACO Contracts Ltd.) parapet
7 Untensioned corrugated beam safety fence connection
   to AHDE (Alcan High Duty Extrusions Ltd.) parapet
8 Diagrammatical representation of fences and barriers

Materials and dimensional requirements for components. Includes recommendations for connections to bridge parapets and other types of safety fence.

This Part of BS 6579 specifies the requirements for the components to be used in the construction of the untensioned corrugated beam (UCB) type of safety fence. Requirements are given for the materials and dimensions of the components and for protective treatments and finishes.

Erection of the assembled fence is outside the scope of this Part of BS 6579 (see 0.3).

NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

Committee	B/509
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes 87/14724 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2012. (10/2012)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	20
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current

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