M/609 - Precast concrete products

This document covers the following products regardless of if manufactured in factories or in temporary plants on site under the same conditions:
a)   Precast concrete products intended to be used as structural elements:
-   linear structural elements, including columns, beams and frame elements, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements and products of less than 4,5 m intended to be used as lintels in masonry wall;
-   beams made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with or without clay shells, to be used in conjunction with blocks as beam-and-block system and intended to be used for floor and roofing systems, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water;
-   foundation elements, including columns with integrated foundation elements, pocket foundation elements and sockets, made of reinforced concrete or lightweight concrete, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products using prestressing steel;
-   foundation piles and segments of piles made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water;
-   poles (also called masts), made of concrete or lightweight concrete, hollow or solid, reinforced or prestressed, in one piece or composed of elements and their inserts and connectors, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of lighting columns for use in traffic circulation areas;
-   bridge deck elements made of concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of abutments, barriers, bumpers, piers, guards and arches;
-   floor plates made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be used in floor systems in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements, and products with stiffening ribs taking a major part of the mechanical resistance, considered either as ribbed floor elements or hollow-core slabs;
-   solid slabs made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, without voids or void formers intended to be used as self-supporting structural elements, such as floors, roofs, landings and balconies, which can be installed without a structural topping but to which a structural topping can be added, and with a cross section which is rectangular but may present slopes for drainage, grooves for handling and shear keys, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of balustrades without structural behaviour and slabs manufactured using hollow core slabs manufacturing process;
-   hollow core slabs and solid slabs manufactured in the same way but without hollow cores, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with a maximum depth of 500 mm for prestressed elements and 300 mm for reinforced elements, to be used in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete or without it, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water;
-   ribbed floor elements made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be used for floors and roofs, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of floor plates for floor systems;
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This document covers, regardless of if manufactured in factories or in temporary plants on site under the same conditions, precast concrete elements made of lightweight concrete with an open structure, and with a dry density between 400 and 2000 kg/m3 intended for:
—   solid, hollow core and multilayer load-bearing wall elements;
—   solid, hollow core and multilayer non-load-bearing wall elements;
—   retaining wall elements, excluding retaining walls intended to retain tanks or reservoirs of liquids and diaphragm walls (concrete sheet piling);
—   solid, hollow core and multilayer roof elements, excluding ribbed floor elements and floor slabs elements;
—   solid, hollow core and multilayer floor elements excluding floor elements with the intended use to carry traffic loads;
—   solid and hollow core beams;
—   solid piers;
—   cladding elements;
—   box culverts;
—   components for noise barriers.
NOTE   In addition to their loadbearing and encasing function, elements can also be used to provide fire resistance, sound insulation and thermal insulation.
Recycled lightweight concrete with an open structure (other than closed-loop recycling during production) is covered by this document.
Reused precast concrete elements made of lightweight concrete with an open structure are covered by this document.

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.

This document provides product category rules (PCR) guidance for the development of Type III environmental declarations for prefabricated reinforced components of autoclaved aerated concrete or lightweight aggregate concrete with open structure according to EN 15804.
This document defines the parameters to be reported, the EPD types (and life cycle stages) to be covered, the rules to be followed in order to generate life cycle inventories (LCI) and conduct life cycle impact assessments (LCIA) and the data quality to be used in the development of EPDs.
In addition to the common parts of EN 15804, this document provides guidance for elements made as prefabricated reinforced components of autoclaved aerated concrete or lightweight aggregate concrete with open structure:
-   defines the system boundaries;
-   defines the modelling and assessment of material-specific characteristics;
-   defines allocation procedures for multi-output processes along the production chain;
-   defines allocation procedures for reuse and recycling;
-   includes the rules for calculating the LCI and the LCIA underlying the EPD;
-   provides guidance/specific rules for the determination of the reference service life (RSL);
-   gives guidance on the establishment of default scenarios;
-   gives guidance on default functional units for elements.
This document is intended to be used for cradle to gate, cradle to gate with options or cradle to grave assessments, when the intention is clearly stated in the system boundary description.

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.

This document covers, regardless of if manufactured in factories or in temporary plants on site under the same conditions, precast concrete elements made of lightweight concrete with an open structure, and with a dry density between 400 and 2000 kg/m3 intended for:
—   solid, hollow core and multilayer load-bearing wall elements;
—   solid, hollow core and multilayer non-load-bearing wall elements;
—   retaining wall elements, excluding retaining walls intended to retain tanks or reservoirs of liquids and diaphragm walls (concrete sheet piling);
—   solid, hollow core and multilayer roof elements, excluding ribbed floor elements and floor slabs elements;
—   solid, hollow core and multilayer floor elements excluding floor elements with the intended use to carry traffic loads;
—   solid and hollow core beams;
—   solid piers;
—   cladding elements;
—   box culverts;
—   components for noise barriers.
NOTE   In addition to their loadbearing and encasing function, elements can also be used to provide fire resistance, sound insulation and thermal insulation.
Recycled lightweight concrete with an open structure (other than closed-loop recycling during production) is covered by this document.
Reused precast concrete elements made of lightweight concrete with an open structure are covered by this document.

This document covers the following products regardless of if manufactured in factories or in temporary plants on site under the same conditions:
a)   Precast concrete products intended to be used as structural elements:
-   linear structural elements, including columns, beams and frame elements, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements and products of less than 4,5 m intended to be used as lintels in masonry wall;
-   beams made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with or without clay shells, to be used in conjunction with blocks as beam-and-block system and intended to be used for floor and roofing systems, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water;
-   foundation elements, including columns with integrated foundation elements, pocket foundation elements and sockets, made of reinforced concrete or lightweight concrete, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products using prestressing steel;
-   foundation piles and segments of piles made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water;
-   poles (also called masts), made of concrete or lightweight concrete, hollow or solid, reinforced or prestressed, in one piece or composed of elements and their inserts and connectors, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of lighting columns for use in traffic circulation areas;
-   bridge deck elements made of concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of abutments, barriers, bumpers, piers, guards and arches;
-   floor plates made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be used in floor systems in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements, and products with stiffening ribs taking a major part of the mechanical resistance, considered either as ribbed floor elements or hollow-core slabs;
-   solid slabs made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, without voids or void formers intended to be used as self-supporting structural elements, such as floors, roofs, landings and balconies, which can be installed without a structural topping but to which a structural topping can be added, and with a cross section which is rectangular but may present slopes for drainage, grooves for handling and shear keys, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of balustrades without structural behaviour and slabs manufactured using hollow core slabs manufacturing process;
-   hollow core slabs and solid slabs manufactured in the same way but without hollow cores, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with a maximum depth of 500 mm for prestressed elements and 300 mm for reinforced elements, to be used in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete or without it, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water;
-   ribbed floor elements made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be used for floors and roofs, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of floor plates for floor systems;
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This document provides product category rules (PCR) guidance for the development of Type III environmental declarations for prefabricated reinforced components of autoclaved aerated concrete or lightweight aggregate concrete with open structure according to EN 15804.
This document defines the parameters to be reported, the EPD types (and life cycle stages) to be covered, the rules to be followed in order to generate life cycle inventories (LCI) and conduct life cycle impact assessments (LCIA) and the data quality to be used in the development of EPDs.
In addition to the common parts of EN 15804, this document provides guidance for elements made as prefabricated reinforced components of autoclaved aerated concrete or lightweight aggregate concrete with open structure:
-   defines the system boundaries;
-   defines the modelling and assessment of material-specific characteristics;
-   defines allocation procedures for multi-output processes along the production chain;
-   defines allocation procedures for reuse and recycling;
-   includes the rules for calculating the LCI and the LCIA underlying the EPD;
-   provides guidance/specific rules for the determination of the reference service life (RSL);
-   gives guidance on the establishment of default scenarios;
-   gives guidance on default functional units for elements.
This document is intended to be used for cradle to gate, cradle to gate with options or cradle to grave assessments, when the intention is clearly stated in the system boundary description.