What are BSI Published Documents?
Published Documents, or PDs, are BSI documents that hold a lower status than a Standard. Some UK specific non-contradictory complementary information (NCCI) for bridges will be published in PDs and this information will be referenced in the National Annexes. Much of the NCCI is likely to be from the current National codes that will be withdrawn, but a wide variety of NCCI from other sources will also be referenced. The BSI intends to publish a number of PDs relating specifically to the design of bridges. This includes background information for the National Annexes, and in some cases residual information from BS 5400 that has been adapted to compliment the Eurocodes, for the following parts of the Eurocodes: • Actions: BS EN 1991-1-4 (wind actions), BS EN 1991-1-5 (thermal actions), BS EN 1991-1-7 (accident actions) and BS EN 1991-2 (traffic actions • Materials: BS EN 1992-1-1 (concrete general), BS EN 1992-2 (concrete bridges), BS EN 1993-1-9 (fatigue in steel), BS EN 1993-1-10 (fract
