PHILIPPINE NATIONAL wsanao STANDARD 1es7, 40158 Steel bars for concrete reinforcement — Specification i ti BUREAU OF PRODUCT STANDARDS” — ‘Member to the International Organization for Standardization (IS) Standards and Conformance Portal: wwv.ps.dt.gov.ph “BUREAU OF PHILIPPINE STANDARDS igPHILIPPINE NATIONAL STANDARD PNS 49:2002 Foreword ‘This Philippine National Standard for steel bars for concrete reinforcement was developed by the Bureau of Product Standards’ Technical Committee on Steel (BPS/TC 11) through its ‘Sub-Committee on Steel for Long Products (SC 01). It cancels and replaces PNS 49:2000 edition In the preparation of this standard, alignment to ISO 6935-2, Steel for reinforcement of conerete - Part 2: Ribbed bars has been considered. However, due to existing laws on the code of practice of Structural Engineers of the Philippines and due to the geographical and environmental conditions of the country, the Technical Committee has decided to develop its own standard applicable to Philippine condition, In this standard, the scope includes water-quenched/tempered process steel bars. Separate marking is however required to differentiate this type of steel bars from the hot-rolled process, Size 8 mm is deleted in this standard and covered in a separate standard, PNS 211 - Rerolled steel bars for concrete reinforcement ~ Specification. This has been done to avoid confusion among consumers.PHILIPPINE NATIONAL STANDARD PNS 49:2002/Cor. 1:2006 ‘Steel bars for concrete reinforcement — Specification Foreword ‘This corrigendum 1 to the Philippine National Standard specification for steel bars for conerete reinforcement was prepared by the Bureau of Product Standards’ Technical Committee on Long Steel Products (BPS/TC 11). ‘Clause/Sub-clause Modification Table 3 ‘Nominal dimensions and unit mass Change 0.007854 g/mm’ to 0.00785 g/mm’ Explanation: 0.00785 is the universally used reference value for steel density.