BS 5531:1988
Withdrawn
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Code of practice for safety in erecting structural frames
Hardcopy , PDF
07-10-2009
English
08-31-1988
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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
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 5531(1978) & 86/15420 DC. (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, February 2007. (01/2007)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
44
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Withdrawn
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| Supersedes |
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| BS 5950-1:2000 | Structural use of steelwork in building Code of practice for design. Rolled and welded sections |
| BS 8110-1:1997 | Structural use of concrete Code of practice for design and construction |
| DD ENV 1090-1:1998 | Execution of steel structures General rules and rules for buildings (together with United Kingdom national application document) |
| BS 5950-7:1992 | STRUCTURAL USE OF STEELWORK IN BUILDING - SPECIFICATION FOR MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP: COLD FORMED SECTIONS |
| BS 3294-1:1960 | Specification for the use of high strength friction grip bolts in structural steelwork General grade bolts |
| BS 5135:1984 | Specification for arc welding of carbon and carbon manganese steels |
| BS 5378:1976 | Specification for safety colours and safety signs |
| BS 5975:1996 | Code of practice for falsework |
| BS 3913:1982 | Specification for industrial safety nets |
| BS CP93(1972) : AMD 6203 | CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE USE OF SAFETY NETS ON CONSTRUCTIONAL WORKS |
| BS 4898:1973 | Specification for chain lever hoists |
| BS CP118(1969) : 1969 AMD 1129 | THE STRUCTURAL USE OF ALUMINIUM |
| BS 5062-2:1985 | Self-locking safety anchorages for industrial use Recommendations for selection, care and use |
| BS CP3010(1972) : 1972 | CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SAFE USE OF CRANES (MOBILE CRANES, TOWER CRANES AND DERRICK CRANES) |
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