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Singapore is adopting the Eurocodes as its new structural design standards to replace the current British Standards. The Eurocodes will co-exist with the British Standards from 2013-2015, before becoming the sole prescribed standards in 2015. Singapore chose to adopt the Eurocodes because Britain stopped maintaining the British Standards in 2010. The Eurocodes are considered one of the most technically advanced design standards and allow customization through National Annexes while promoting innovation and expertise sharing between countries.

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Bca BC 15.0.3

Singapore is adopting the Eurocodes as its new structural design standards to replace the current British Standards. The Eurocodes will co-exist with the British Standards from 2013-2015, before becoming the sole prescribed standards in 2015. Singapore chose to adopt the Eurocodes because Britain stopped maintaining the British Standards in 2010. The Eurocodes are considered one of the most technically advanced design standards and allow customization through National Annexes while promoting innovation and expertise sharing between countries.

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Singapores Eurocode Adoption

- a short story

Chris Barker 18th March 2014


Current Singapore Design Codes

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Eurocode Implementation
1 April 2013 - Eurocodes will be
accepted and co-exist for two years
with the current Singapore/British
Standards.

1 April 2015 - Eurocodes will be the


only prescribed structural design
standards.

Singapore has adopted the EC7 UK


national annex.

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Why Singapore Adopts Eurocodes?
Singapore's structural building codes are currently based on the
British Standards.

Britain migrated to the Eurocodes in March 2010, and since then the
British Standards Institution no longer maintains and updates these
British Standards.

The Commissioner of Building Control, BCA, commented, "One of


BCA's mission is to shape a safe built environment in Singapore. In
moving from the British Standards to the Eurocodes, we now have a
set of building codes that is constantly reviewed at an international
platform and regularly updated to suit developments in the building
industry. For Singaporeans, we'll live, work, play and learn in a safer
built environment, comparable to many cities from the EU.

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Benefits of Eurocodes
The Eurocodes is considered one of the world's most technically
advanced design standards.

It is based on the collective expertise of professionals from the


European Union.

It allows each country to introduce National Annex which specifies


parameters to customise its local requirements.

It provides opportunities for the building professionals to import


and export design expertise and products.

The Eurocode clauses are structured in a slightly different way in


that they contain principles that must be satisfied and application
rules that offer a way of satisfying the principles. This is intended to
stimulate innovation. The Eurocodes are also less prescriptive than
the British Standards, with more aspects left open to the designer.
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Retaining Structures Design

ULS numerical modelling

Factoring soft clay undrained strength


(cu = 1.4)

One strut failure

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Pile Design

Current prescriptive design method

Allowable structural pile capacity shall not


exceed 7.5MPa

NSF, depth to neutral plane 0.6Ls for


friction piles and 1.0Ls for end bearing
piles.

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