Fields of Activity

Granting structural design type approvals

Coordination and general policy matters in the following areas:

• stability and structural design
• safety theory in construction
• wind turbines (e.g. DIBt Guideline on Wind Turbines and related comments)
• design loads and actions
• seismic design
• Eurocodes

Evaluation and development of provisions for national technical approvals and European Technical Assessments concerning the resistance-to-fire of structures

Steel and metal construction

• Steel construction
  • anchor devices for personal fall protection systems
  • bulk containers
  • connectors
  • steel framing, space frames
  • tension members
• Light metal construction
  • cold rolled steel girders
  • profiled sheets
  • suspended metal ceilings
• Connections and connectors

Materials for metal construction

• Metallic products and components made of
  • stainless steel
  • thermomechanically rolled fine-grained steel
  • creep-resistant steels
• Welding
  • prefabricated steel and aluminium elements
  • construction products welded using special methods
• Corrosion protection

Composite construction

• Composite components
  • composite floors
  • composite columns
  • composite girders
• Shear connectors