Eurocode 2
On July 1, 2012, Eurocode 2 will be introduced in Germany on a mandatory basis and it replaces the national standard DIN 1045-1 being valid until then.
For some time now, Europe has also been growing to-gether in terms of technical building authority approval. Already in the 1980s, the European Commission decided to harmonize the technical guidelines in the field of load-bearing structures and the design of building structures as well as to facilitate European cross-border activities. Thus, the first generation of the Eurocode for structural engineering was created. In 1989, the Commission assigned the job to the European Standards Organization (CEN = Comité Européen de Normalisation).
European harmonization of national standards has already...
