EN 1993-1-5: The UK NA for EN 1993-1-5

The paper presents the background to the development of the provisions of PD 6695-2:2008 Recommendations for the design of bridges to BS EN 1993. That Published Document was prepared with the objectives of providing information on topics not covered by BS EN 1993-2 and offering guidance where it was considered further explanation of the Eurocode provisions was desirable for their correct and consistent application. It explains that the main sources of this material were BS 5400-3 and Designers’ Guide to EN 1993-2, Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures. Part 2: Steel bridges.