TABLE OF CONTENT

1.0 INTRODUCTION 2
2.0 OBJECTIVES 2
3.0 MANUAL CALCULATION 3
3.1 BEAM CALCULATION 4
3.2 PAD FOOTING CALCULATION 5
4.0 DISCUSSION 6
4.1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BS 8110 AND EC2 6
4.2 SIMILARITY BETWEEN EC2 AND BS8110 7
5.0 CONCLUSION 8

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1.0 INTRODUCTION
BS 8110 is a British Standard for the design and construction of reinforced and pre-
stressed concrete structures. It is based on limit state design principles. Although used for
most civil engineering and building structures, bridges and water-retaining structures are
covered by separate standards (BS 5400 and BS 8007). In 2010, BS 8110 was superseded
by EN 1992 (Eurocode 2) although parts of the standard have been retained in the
National Annex of the Eurocode.

BS 8110 was first published in 1985 and later revised in the year 1997. The 1997 edition
of BS 8110 supersedes the earlier edition and is made up of the following three parts.

i. BS 8110-1:1997 (Structural Use of Concrete—Code of Practice for Design and

Construction): It is a revision of BS 8110-1:1985 which is withdrawn. BS 8110-
1:1997 incorporates all published amendments made to BS 8110-1:1985.
ii. BS 8110-2:1997 (Structural Use of Concrete—Code of Practice for Special
Circumstances):
iii. BS 8110-3:1997 (Structural Use of Concrete—Design Charts for Singly
Reinforced Beams and charts for Reinforced Concrete Columns.

Eurocode 2 and EC2 are both abbreviations for BS EN 1992 (Eurocode 2): Design of
concrete structures. When referring to Eurocode 2, most people mean BS EN 1992-1-1.
This code was the result of the Commission of the European Community’s decision to
eliminate technical obstacles to trade and harmonize technical specifications. The
Structural Eurocode programme comprises standards generally consisting of a number of
Parts.

2.0 OBJECTIVES
1. To investigates and compares the use of Eurocode 2 and BS 8110 in the design of
reinforced concrete structures to see if Eurocode 2 would be adopted as the
official design code for reinforced concrete structures in Malaysia in place of BS
8110, which has been the official design code for the country for decades.
2. To differentiate between the two codes in terms of loading analysis, ease of use
and technological advancement, by considering the loading and analysis of
beams, slabs, columns and foundation footings.

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3.0 MANUAL CALCULATION

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3.1 BEAM CALCULATION

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3.2 PAD FOOTING CALCULATION

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 Support Condition EC2

Cantilever 7
4.0 DISCUSSION
Simply Supported 18
4.1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BS 8110 AND EC2
Continuous 25

BS8110 EC2
1. The unit weight of concrete is 1. The unit weight of concrete is 25
24 kN/m3 kN/m3
Support Condition BS8110- 2. Span Effective depth ratio for
1997 rectangular beam
Cantilever 7 .
Simply Supported 20
Continuous 26
2. Span effective depth ratio for
rectangular beam :

3. Ultimate design load(ULS) : 3. Ultimate design load(ULS) :

w = 1.4gk + 1.6qk w = 1.35gk + 1.5qk

4. Need to provide link in the 4. No need to provide the link to

designing shear beam which is the beam because of the Vrd,c is
proposed H8-300C/C because greater than Ved. The shear
the ultimate shear force has reinforcement in concrete is
the greater value (v) than strong enough to resist the shear
longitudinal shear tension resistance .So no need to provide
reinforcement the link.
5. Apply larger partial safety 5. The partial safety factor with
factors to loads at the ultimate respect to dead loads is
limit state in contrast to marginally lower compared with
Eurocode2. the BS8110 value.

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4.2 SIMILARITY BETWEEN EC2 AND BS8110
wl 2
1. Design Moment Formula =
8
wl
2. Design Shear Formula =
2
3. In the beam design, commonly used parameters such as imposed loads and
concrete grade were made uniform for both BS8110 and EC2.

The safety earth pressure for both codes is 200N/mm2.While ultimate bearing pressure
can calculated based on their required base area of pad footing.

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5.0 CONCLUSION
The Eurocode as used in reinforced concrete design is more technologically
advanced and will continue to enjoy more advancement. It is more flexible and safer and
more economical given the number of load conditions taken to get the moment and shear
force envelops. From the both design of BS 8110 and EC2, several conclusion can be
made. With respect to foundation load (service), the EC2 moments are higher than the
BS8110 values and hence larger pad areas while for ultimate load, the EC2 moments are
lower than the BS8110 values. Thus, we can draw the conclusion that Eurocode 2 is
easier to use, will provide more economical section (based on observed lesser moments)
and is technologically more advanced than BS 8110.