Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 7: Model Construction Specification 7 - 21 7 CONSTITUENT PRODUCTS 7.1 Identification, inspection documents and traceability If constituent products that are not covered by the European Standards listed in Table 2 of EN 1090-2, are to be used, their properties shall be specified in the contract documents. The properties of supplied constituent products shall be documented in a way that enables them to be compared to the specified properties. Their conformity with the relevant product standard shall be checked in accordance with § 12.2 of EN 1090-2. For metallic products, the inspection documents according to EN 10204 shall be as listed in Table 1 of EN 1090-2. For Execution Classes EXC3 and EXC4, constituent products shall be traceable at all stages from receipt to hand over after incorporation in the works. For Execution Classes EXC2, EXC3 and EXC4, if differing grades and/or qualities of constituent products are in circulation together, each item shall be designated with a mark that identifies its grade. Methods of marking shall be in accordance with that for components given in § 6.2 of EN 1090-2. 7.2 Structural steel products Structural steel products shall conform to the requirements of the relevant European product standards as listed in Table 2 of EN 1090-2, unless otherwise specified. Grades, qualities and, if appropriate, coating weights and finishes, shall be specified together with any required options permitted by the product standard, including those related to suitability for hot dip zinc-coating, if relevant. 7.3 Welding consumables All welding consumables shall conform to the requirements of EN 13479 and the appropriate product standard, as listed in Table 5 of EN 1090-2. The type of welding consumables shall be appropriate to the welding process (defined in § 7.3 of EN 1090-2), the material to be welded and the welding procedure. 7.4 Mechanical fasteners All mechanical fasteners (connectors, bolts, fasteners) shall conform to the requirements of § 5.6 of EN 1090-2.