New guideline for testing
Welded lattice girders
The “Guideline on the Certification of Conformity of Welded Lattice Girders as Rigid Reinforcement” (official German title of the December 2017 draft: Richtlinie für die Übereinstimmungsbestätigung von geschweißten Gitterträgern als biegesteife Bewehrung; DIBt Section I 1, Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Construction) supersedes the previous guideline published in August 1993. It provides more specific guidance on the basis of national technical approvals granted for lattice girders and of DIN 488-6, Assessment of Conformity.
The new version of the guideline became necessary because DIN 488-6...
