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BRITISH STANDARD BS EN12504-1:2000

The European Standard EN 12504-1:2000 has the status of aBritish Standard

ICS 91.100.30

NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW

Testing concrete instructures Ð

Part 1: Cored specimens Ð Taking,examining and testing in compression

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This British Standard, havingbeen prepared under thedirection of the SectorCommittee for Building and CivilEngineering, was published underthe authority of the StandardsCommittee and comes into effecton 15 June 2000

BSI 06-2000

ISBN 0 580 36060 1

BS EN 12504-1:2000

Amendments issued since publication

Amd. No. Date Comments

National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 12504-1:2000. Itsupersedes BS 1881-120:1983 which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical CommitteeB/517, Concrete, to Subcommittee B/517/1, Concrete production and testing, whichhas the responsibility to:

Ð aid enquirers to understand the text;

Ð present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on theinterpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;

Ð monitor related international and European developments and promulgatethem in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on requestto its secretary.

Cross-references

The British Standards which implement international or European publicationsreferred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under thesection entitled ªInternational Standards Correspondence Indexº, or by using theªFindº facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue.

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of acontract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunityfrom legal obligations.

Summary of pages

This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page,pages 2 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover.

The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the documentwas last issued.

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