Standards Development

Scope

This document shall cover, regardless if manufactured in factories or in temporary plants on site under the same conditions, prefabricated reinforced components of autoclaved aerated concrete with a dry density between 250 and 1000 kg/m3 to be used in building construction as:

— solid, hollow core and multilayer wall elements intended to be used as structural elements;

— solid, hollow core and multilayer wall elements intended to be used as non-structural elements and if relevant for applications in contact with soil and ground water;

— retaining walls intended to be used as structural elements and if relevant for applications in contact with soil and ground water;

— solid, hollow core and multilayer roof elements intended to be used as structural elements;

— solid, hollow core and multilayer floor elements intended to be used as structural elements;

— solid, hollow core beams intended to be used as structural elements;

— solid piers intended to be used as structural elements and if relevant for applications in contact with soil and ground water;

— cladding elements intended to be used as non-loadbearing elements;

— rectangular cross-section box culverts intended not to be used as structural elements and if relevant for applications in contact with soil and ground water;

— components for noise barriers intended not to be used as structural elements and if relevant for applications in contact with soil and ground water.

This document does not cover:

— retaining walls intended to retain tanks or reservoirs of liquids;

— precast diaphragm walls (concrete sheet piling);

— ribbed floor elements;

— lintels.