Steel, either in the form of straight bars or coils, is a completely industrial product thus it has a standard level of high quality. This is the reason why its safety factor is 1.15 compared to the concrete’s safety factor that is equal to 1.50.
Country
Country’s code number
Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic
1
Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Holland
2
France, Hungary
3
Italy, Malta, Slovenia
4
United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland
5
Denmark, Estonia, Belarus, Lithuania, Norway , Sweden, Finland
6
Portugal, Spain
7
Greece, Cyprus
8
Other countries
9
