Material Standards Relevant to the United Kingdom

the In the European Union, all products used in construction must comply with Regulation No. 305/2011 (Construction Products Regulation, or CPR) of the European Parliament which gives harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products ensuring that they are fit for purpose by: 

• Ensuring (where harmonised standards exist – see below) CE marking to construction products and the need to issue a declaration of performance as a basis for CE marking.

• Defining clear rules for the assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP) systems applicable to construction products.

• Defining the role and responsibilities of manufacturers, distributors, importers, notified bodies, technical assessment bodies, market surveillance and Member States’ authorities.

Similar legislation applies in the United Kingdom since its exit from the European Union including the introduction of a UKCA mark. The latest information on this topic can be found on the UK Government website here. 

There are many section types and sizes of steel piles available on the market as described in the Steel Pile Overview Section and care should be taken that suitable grades and sections from reputable suppliers are specified. 

Further detail on Durability can be seen here 

A list of the principal material standards and references are provided below.

Material Codes 

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Principal References	Steel Pile Walls	Steel Bearing Piles
BS EN 10248-1:1996 Hot rolled sheet piling of non alloy steels. Technical delivery conditions	ŸŸ	ŸŸ
BS EN 10248-2:1996 Hot rolled sheet piling of non alloy steels. Tolerances on shape and dimensions	ŸŸ	ŸŸ
BS EN 10025-1: 2004 Hot rolled products of structural steels. General technical delivery conditions	ŸŸ	ŸŸ
BS EN10210-1: 2006 Hot finished structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels. Technical delivery requirements	ŸŸ	ŸŸ
BS EN 10219-1: 2006 Cold formed welded structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels. Technical delivery requirements	ŸŸ	ŸŸ

 Specifications 

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Principal References	Steel Pile Walls	Steel Bearing Piles
ICE Specification of Piling and Embedded Retaining Walls (SPERWall) 3rd Ed, 2016	ŸŸ	ŸŸ
Highway Works Specification Series 1600 Piling and Embedded Walls	ŸŸ	ŸŸ

CE Marking of Sheet Pile products

The provision of CE marking for Steel Sheet Piling is linked to the revision of the standard EN 10248. It was foreseen that the revised standard would be adopted in 2013 allowing the use of CE marking on the Steel Sheet Piling product. However, subsequent revision of the European Construction Directive meant that the draft EN 10248 standard needed to be reviewed again, as parts are no longer in line with the regulatory aspect of the new Directive. This will unfortunately further delay the official implementation of CE marking in relation to the Steel Sheet Piling product.

Update 2023: Harmonization of these product standards has proved difficult to achieve, however, as production processes and the calculation methods based on the Eurocodes have evolved since EN10248-1:1996 was published, it was felt that revision without harmonization was nonetheless necessary

 Currently, standards EN10248-1:2023 Hot rolled sheet piling of non alloy steels. Technical delivery conditions, and EN10248-2-1996 Hot rolled sheet piling of non alloy steels. Tolerances on shape and dimensions are not yet harmonized and so CE marking cannot be applied to sheet piles.

Similarly for the UK these standards do not appear on the list of Designated standards: construction products 2021 and so UKCA marking cannot be applied to sheet piles

 It should be noted that other parts of a sheet pile structure, for example welded fabrications, struts, platforms etc, will fall under harmonised standards and therefore must be supplied ‘CE’ or ‘UKCA’ marked.

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