1 Scope
This European Standard specifies the requirements for street furniture and garden
products in precast concrete.
This kind of prefabricated, non-structural products and accessories can be used in
public and private areas such as gardens, parks, foot-paths, squares, essentially
for the landscaping, without, however, being subject to loads resulting from vehicle
traffic. They can also be used for internal applications.
Examples are : products for the furnishing of spaces such as benches, seats, tables,
playshapes, step blocks, flower boxes, plant containers, fountains, billboards, street
signs, traffic marking signposts, illuminated boards, barbecues, mailboxes, clothesline
posts, litter bins, statues, decorative columns and bollards, copings; products for
soil erosion control such as piled flower boxes, banks with vegetation with no superimposed
load and not exceeding a total height of 1 m; floorscape products such as tree frames
and grids, gratings, stepping stones.
This Standard does not cover paving units, flags, kerbs, fences, drainage channels,
safety barriers, retaining walls nor sound barriers.