BS-EN-15512-2009 Steel static storage systems — Adjustable pallet racking systems — Principles for structural design

National foreword
This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15512:2009.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical
Committee MHE/8, Steel shelving, bins and lockers.
A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on
request to its secretary.
BSI, as a member of CEN, is obliged to publish BS EN 15512 as a
British Standard. However, attention is drawn to the fact that during
the development of this European Standard, the UK committee voted
against its approval as a European Standard.
The UK committee considers that this standard is too complex overall
for use by the small and medium sized enterprises that make up the
majority of UK suppliers of this material. In addition, the UK
committee would like users to be aware that the sway imperfection
formula (see Subclause 5.3.2) originates from the structural steel
industry where tolerances are much lower than those routinely achieved
in the mirror industry, and where a typical building comprises of three
or four levels and ten or so bays, as compared to structures in the
mirror industry which normally have more levels and certainly many
more bays
This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions
of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity
from legal obligations.