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BS 6579-8:1987

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Safety fences and barriers for highways Specification for concrete safety barriers
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-11-1987

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.

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.

Committee
B/509
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 86/15254 DC and BS 6579-8(1985) (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2012. (10/2012)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
32
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

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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