Title
Code of practice for the use of masonry - Part 1: Structural use of unreinforced masonry
Executive summary
Recommendations for structural use of unreinforced masonry.
Abstract
This part of BS 5628 gives recommendations for the structural design of unreinforced masonry units of bricks, blocks, manufactured stone, square dressed natural stone, and random rubble masonry.
This British Standard covers recommendations on materials, components and workmanship, alternative materials and methods of design and construction, design objectives in general and specific recommendations for the design of unreinforced masonry units and other design considerations.
Type
Code of Practice
History and related standards
This British Standard supersedes BS 5628-1:1992, which is withdrawn. This edition of BS 5628-1 is a revision of the standard necessary to accommodate the publication of BS EN 771, BS EN 845 and BS EN 998, and the consequent withdrawal of the standards that they superseded.
This British Standard includes the following cross-references:
BS 3892-1, BS 4027, BS 4729, BS 5224, BS 5628, BS 5628:2005, BS 6399-1, BS 6399-2, BS 6399-3, BS 6699, BS 7979, BS 8000, BS 8002, BS 8103, BS 8215:1998, BS EN 450-1, BS EN 197, BS EN 771-1, BS EN 771-2, BS EN 771-3, BS EN 771-4, BS EN 771-5, BS EN 771-6, BS EN 772-1, BS EN 772-7, BS EN 845, BS EN 934, BS EN 998, BS EN 1015-2, BS EN 1015-11, BS EN 1052-1, BS EN 1052-2, BS EN 1052-3, BS EN 1052-4, BS EN 12878, DD 86-1 and DD 86-2.
