BS 6579-7:1989
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Safety fences and barriers for highways Specification for components for untensioned corrugated beam safety fence
Hardcopy , PDF
English
12-31-1989
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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.
| Committee |
B/509
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 87/14724 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2012. (10/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
20
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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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.
| BS 7818:1995 | Specification for pedestrian restraint systems in metal |
| BS 6779-1:1989 | Highway parapets for bridges and other structures Specification for parapets of metal construction |
| BS 6779-1:1998 | Highway parapets for bridges and other structures Specification for vehicle containment parapets of metal construction |
| BS 6779-1:1992 | Highway parapets for bridges and other structures Specification for vehicle containment parapets of metal construction |
| BS 7669-3:1994 | Vehicle restraint systems Guide to the installation, inspection and repair of safety fences |
| PD 6634-1:1999 | Vehicle restraint systems Fundamentals. Database |
| BS 4449:1988 | Specification for carbon steel bars for the reinforcement of concrete |
| BS 6579-5:1986 | Safety fences and barriers for highways Specification for open box beam safety fence (single height) |
| BS 1202-1:1974 | Specification for nails Specifications for nails. Steel nails |
| BS 5756:1980 | Specification for tropical hardwoods graded for structural use |
| BS 4190:1967 | Specification for ISO metric black hexagon bolts, screws and nuts |
| BS 1579:1960 | Specification for connectors for timber |
| BS 4978:1988 | Specification for softwood grades for structural use |
| BS 4320:1968 | Specification for metal washers for general engineering purposes. Metric series |
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