EUROCODES

Building the Future

WORKSHOP ON THE USE OF THE EUROCODES

IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES
27-29 November 2006 VARESE (ITALY)
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ALGERIAN TECHNICAL
REGULATIONS FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
(28.11.2006)

B. AMEUR (CGS)

Algiers, Nov. 2006

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ALGERIAN TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
FOR BUILDINS CONSTRUCTION

BEFORE THE END OF THE SEVENTIES FRENCH TECHNICAL

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CODES WERE COMMONLY USED :

- REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION : CCBA 68

- STEEL CONSTRUCTION : CM 66

- LOADING :

GRAVITY LOADS
WIND AND SNOW LOADS : NV 65
SEISMIC LOADS : NOT REQUIRED
(USE OF FRENCH CODE PS-69 RECOMMENDED)

DESIGN METHOD : ALLOWABLE STRESS DESIGN APPROACH

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DEVELOPPEMENT OF A NATIONAL
SYSTEM OF TECHNICAL REGULATIONS
FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
- EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DRAFT CODE WAS FIRST
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DEVELOPPED IN JUNE 1978 WITH THE COLLA BORATION

OF RESEARCH TEAM FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
THIS CODE WAS ENFORCED IN 1983 RPA 81/83

- FOLLOWING THIS DOCUMENT, ULTIMATE STRENGTH

DESIGN APPROCH WAS ADOPTED AND OTHER CODES WERE
DEVELOPPED :

- REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE / CBA 93

(CONCEPTION, DESIGN AND EXECUTION)

- FOUNDATION (SHALLOW AND DEEP FOUNDATIONS)

- LOADING : GRAVITY LOADS, WIND AND SNOW LOADS NV-97

FOR THE PREPARATION OF THESE DOCUMENTS, AVAILABLE, FRENCH

TECHNICAL CODES WERE USED (BAEL 91 DTU,) AS REFERENCE TEXTS.

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EUROCODES EC-3, EC-4 AND EC-8 WERE USED FOR THE

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PREPARATION OF THE CODES :

- STEEL-CONSTRUCTION (CCM-97)

- STEEL CONCRETE MIXED STRUCTURES

- REVISION OF THE EARTHQUAKE

RESISTANT CODE (RPA-99)

EUROCODES EC-7 AND EC-8 (part 5) WILL PROBABLY BE USED AS

REFERENCE TEXTS FOR THE NEXT REVISION OF THE EXISTING
GEOTECHNICAL DOCUMENTS.

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DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE USE OF THE EUROCODE AS

REFERENC E TEXTS :
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- NOT EASILY AVAILABLE

- AVAILABLE COPIES WERE IN ENGLISH

- NEW DESIGN CONCEPTS

- HIGH PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY OF

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS

- SYSTEM OF NOTATION

- LACK OF WORKED EXAMPLES

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- CERTIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS

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IS DONE BY NATIONAL STANDARDIZATION

INSTITUTE (INAPI)
SEVERAL NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION
PRODUCTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED.

- RECENTLY, A NATIONAL INSTITUTION (ALGERAC)

WAS CREATED IN ORDER TO ACCREDIT LABORATORIES
AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN CHARGE OF THE
CERTIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS OR
TESTING METHODS.

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EUROCODES WERE PRIMARILY DEVELOPPED IN RELATION

WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS EXISTING IN THE
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

THERE ARE NOT DIRECTLY ADRESSED TO SPECIFIC

TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES
AS : PRESENCE OF EXPANSIVE SOILS, AGRESSIVE SOILS,
EFFECTS OF LARGE TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS,
DIFFICULTIES TO OBTAIN IN SITU CONCRETE OF GOOD
QUALITY,

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- FIRST, EUROCODES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION

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TOOLS SHOOLD BE AVAILABLE

- SECOND, WITH THE COLLABORATION OF SOME

TARGETED INSTITUTES, GROUPS OF NATIONAL
EXPERTS SHOULD BE TRAINED ON THE USE OF THE
EUROCODES.

AFTER THAT, THESE GROUPS WILL BE IN CHARGE OF

. THE TRAINING OF OTHER ENGINEERS THROUGH THE
ORGANIZATION OF SEMINARS.

- THIRD, CONSTITUTION OF MIXED GROUPS OF EXPERTS

TO WORK ON THE SPECIFIC CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS
EXISTING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES IN ORDER
TO PREPARE GUIDELINES FOR EACH IDENTIFIED PROBLEM.

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