PM Group

There are 10 structural Eurocodes which have recently replaced the previous national standards (e.g Irish Standards, British Standards, DIN, etc) in all EU member states since March 2010. Since then all public sector projects in the European Union must be designed by Engineering Consultants to Eurocodes in order to comply with EU public procurement rules - i.e. The Works Directive (93/37/EEC) and The Services Directive (2006/123/EC).

It is mandatory that the Member States accept designs to the EN Eurocodes, since the National standards implementing the EN Eurocodes will become the standard technical specification in all contracts for public works and public services.

National codes such as BS and IS standard are being withdrawn as the Eurocodes come on stream and it appears that very quickly all new projects, whether private or public, will be designed to these new codes.

The EN Eurocodes cover:

• Basis of structural design (EN 1990)
• Actions on structures (EN 1991)
• Design of concrete (EN 1992)
• Steel (EN 1993)
• Composite steel and concrete (EN1994)
• Timber (EN 1995)
• Masonry (EN 1996)
• Geotechnical design (EN 1997)
• Design, assessment and retrofitting of
  structures for earthquake resistance (EN 1998)
• Aluminium structures (EN 1999)

In preparation for the transition to Eurocodes, PM Groups Civil/Structural teams have been following an implementation strategy over the last two years. The Eurocodes are universally accepted as the most technically advanced global design codes in the world and PM Group is ready and able to design to these new standards.

For more information, contact:

Ireland Pat Gale patrick.gale@pmg.ie or
Paul Coghlan paul.coghlan@pmg.ie
UK: Jonathon Burke jonathon.burke@pmg.co.uk
Europe: Dave Murphy dave.murphy@pmg.ie
Poland: Maciej Król maciej.krol@pmg.pl