Other concrete construction techniques
Other concrete construction techniques include, e.g., knife-edge bearings and ring beams.
A knife-edge bearing is used to introduce vertical and horizontal forces into sheet piling profiles and steel tubes. It is used for direct force transmission from the reinforced concrete head beam into the sheet piling profiles or from the concrete superstructure into vertical steel tubes without any need for load-distributing structural elements.
Ring beams with the associated formwork are used to manufacture structurally required ring beams or lintels for resisting vertical and horizontal loads.
Regulatory framework
Numerous concrete construction techniques that are relevant from a regulatory point of view and for which there are no conclusive technical rules are used in structural engineering. DIBt grants general construction technique permits (aBG) for the design and execution of these concrete construction techniques.
If individual construction products used in the assembly
- significantly deviate from the Technical Building Rules (cf., in particular, MVV TB, Part C) or
- no Technical Buildings Rules nor generally recognised technical rules exist for these products,
DIBt can grant national technical approvals (abZ) for them.
European Technical Assessments (ETAs) can also be issued for concrete construction products.
National procedure
A national technical approval (abZ) and/or oder general construction technique permit (aBG) is granted upon application (see Model Building Code (MBO), Sections 16a(2) and18(2) and (4)). This also applies to amendments and supplements to, or renewals of existing approvals and/or construction technique permits.
No formal requirements apply. The following information is needed: name and address of the applicant, description of the product and/or construction technique and its field of use or application, type of decision required (new decision, amendment or supplement to, or renewal of, an existing decision).
Please feel free to use the template below.
- pdf-Datei Application for a national technical approval and/or construction technique permit (4 pages ) Version: 10 April 2024; Application form
- pdf-Datei Application for amendment / supplementation / renewal of a national technical approval and/or construction technique permit (4 pages ) Last updated: 10 April 2024; Application form
- pdf-Datei Guideline: How to provide drawings for national technical approvals and general construction technique permits (5 pages ) Version: July 2017
European Technical Assessment (ETA)
To start the ETA procedure, please submit the form below. We will then check if the prerequisites for issuing an ETA are met, i.e., in particular, if the product is not fully covered by an existing harmonised standard. If the prerequisites are met, we will check whether a European Assessment Document (EAD) covering the requested assessment scope already exists or still needs to be developed. If an EAD needs to be developed or amended, a complete technical file needs to be established before the procedure can begin.
- pdf-Datei Form for requesting a European Technical Assessment (ETA) (2 pages ) Last updated: 10 April 2024
| Subject concerned | Applicant | Decision no. |
Validity
from / to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stahlbetonholm mit Schneidenlagerung zur Einleitung von Vertikal- und Horizontalkräften in Stahlspundwandbohlen der Firma ArcelorMittal nach DIN EN 1992-1-1 mit DIN EN 1992-1-1/NA | ArcelorMittal Commercial RPS S.à r.l Sheet Piling 66 rue de Luxembourg 4221 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE LUXEMBURG | Z-15.6-235 |
Z:
09.12.2021 G: 08.12.2026 |
| PFEIFER-Stahlauflager PS-A | Pfeifer Seil- und Hebetechnik GmbH & Co. KG Dr.-Karl-Lenz-Straße 66 87700 Memmingen | Z-15.6-287 |
Z:
16.07.2021 G: 30.04.2025 |
| Rekord-Ringbalken- und Sturzschalung mit MBA-Steckbügelsystem und Anwendungsbestimmungen | Holzmann GmbH & Co. KG Südbachstraße 12 49196 Bad Laer | Z-15.6-322 |
Z:
23.08.2019 V: 14.10.2020 G: 15.12.2025 |
| Anwendung von Wärmedämmplatten aus gepresstem Polyurethan (PUR)-Recyclingmaterial für die Lastabtragung unter aufgehenden Wänden | Deutsche Reihenhaus AG Poller Kirchweg 99 51105 Köln | Z-15.6-348 |
Z:
16.06.2020 G: 16.06.2025 |
| DURA Box Querkraftbewehrung bei Leitungen in Flachdecken | Leviat AG Grenzstrasse 24 3250 LYSS SCHWEIZ | Z-15.6-365 |
Z:
07.09.2022 G: 07.09.2027 |
| Schneidenlagerung zur Einleitung von Vertikal- und Horizontalkräften in Stahlspundbohlen "System terra infrastructure" nach DIN EN 1992-1-1 mit DIN EN 1992-1-1/NA | terra infrastructure GmbH Hollestraße 7a 45127 Essen | Z-15.6-369 |
Z:
16.12.2022 G: 03.08.2027 |