kSIST FprEN 18190:2026
(Main)Precast concrete products - Performance assessment and declaration
- Abstract
This document covers the following products regardless of if manufactured in factories or in temporary plants on site under the same conditions:
a) Precast concrete products intended to be used as structural elements:
— linear structural elements, including columns, beams and frame elements, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements and products of less than 4,5 m intended to be used as lintels in masonry wall;
— beams made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with or without clay shells, to be used in conjunction with blocks as beam-and-block system and intended to be used for floor and roofing systems, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water;
— foundation elements, including columns with integrated foundation elements, pocket foundation elements and sockets, made of reinforced concrete or lightweight concrete, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products using prestressing steel;
— foundation piles and segments of piles made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water;
— poles (also called masts), made of concrete or lightweight concrete, hollow or solid, reinforced or prestressed, in one piece or composed of elements and their inserts and connectors, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of lighting columns for use in traffic circulation areas;
— bridge deck elements made of concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of abutments, barriers, bumpers, piers, guards and arches;
— floor plates made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be used in floor systems in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements, and products with stiffening ribs taking a major part of the mechanical resistance, considered either as ribbed floor elements or hollow-core slabs;
— solid slabs made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, without voids or void formers intended to be used as structural elements, such as floors, roofs, landings and balconies, which are self-supporting and can be installed without a structural topping but to which a structural topping can be added, and with a cross section which is rectangular but may present slopes for drainage, grooves for handling and shear keys, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of balustrades without structural behaviour and slabs manufactured using hollow core slabs manufacturing process;
— hollow core slabs and solid slabs manufactured in the same way but without hollow cores, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with a maximum depth of 500 mm for prestressed elements and 300 mm for reinforced elements, to be used in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete or without it, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water;
— ribbed floor elements made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be used for floors and roofs, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of floor plates for floor systems;
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- Status
- Not Published
- Public Enquiry End Date
- 25-Sep-2025
- Technical Committee
- BBB - Concrete, reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete
- Current Stage
- 5020 - Formal vote (FV) (Adopted Project)
- Start Date
- 25-Aug-2026
- Due Date
- 13-Oct-2026
kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 is the Slovenian draft version of prEN 18190 from the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), published by SIST. It covers precast concrete products and sets out how their performance is assessed and declared for manufacturers, test laboratories, and others involved in product declaration and assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP). In practice, it is the reference for deciding what can be declared, how it is tested, and how the evidence is kept together.
What does kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 specify?
kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 specifies performance assessment and declaration for a wide range of precast concrete products made in factories or in temporary plants on site under the same conditions. It covers structural and non-structural products, and it also says which products and uses are outside its scope.
The covered products include many common precast families such as linear structural elements, beams-and-block beams and blocks, foundation elements, piles, poles, bridge deck elements, floor plates, solid slabs, hollow core slabs, ribbed floor elements, wall elements, cladding elements, roof elements, stairs, retaining walls, box culverts, junction boxes, garages, fence elements, shuttering blocks, HVAC flue elements, and beam-and-block system components. That matters because the document is not a general concrete standard - it is a product-performance standard tied to specific product families and uses.
It excludes masonry and ancillary products, discontinuous roof covering products, chimney components, wastewater treatment products, paving units and kerbs, road equipment, prefabricated reinforced components of autoclaved aerated concrete or open-structure lightweight aggregate concrete, and the design, production, handling, installation and joint watertightness of the elements.
The document is organized into these main parts:
| Annex | What it covers |
|---|---|
| A | Box culvert service-moment testing and interpretation |
| B | Fence elements loadbearing and complementary loadbearing capacity |
| C | Foundation pile joints, including bending and torsion checks |
| D | Reaction to fire for thin lightweight blocks using adapted EN 13823 |
| E | Dimensional measurement, tolerances, surface characteristics and related checks |
| F | Water absorption by immersion and drying |
| G | Robustness and rigidity of pile joints |
| H | Beam-and-block blocks testing, including punching-bending, bending and compression |
| I | Shuttering blocks and woodchip shuttering blocks, including shell flexural and web tensile strength |
| J | Junction boxes, including flexural strength and bottom concentrated load |
| K | Environmental impact indicators with specific rules for EN 16757:2022 |
| ZA | Relationship with Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011, AVCP and DoP/CE marking tables |
What are the key requirements of kSIST FprEN 18190:2026?
kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 ties declaration to a structured set of characteristics, test methods and AVCP provisions. The practical point is simple: a manufacturer must be able to show, by the method linked to the product family, that the declared performance is supported by test, calculation, tabulated values or descriptive documentation.
Product characteristics and declaration basis
Clause 4 groups the declared characteristics into concrete, reinforcing steel, prestressing steel, mechanical strength, fire, water, thermal, acoustic, other performance, dangerous substances, environmental sustainability, and performances in attached documentation of the product. This is the document’s core checklist, because the relevant characteristics depend on the product and its intended use.
Clause 4.13 requires the performance information to be kept in the attached documentation, with separate treatment for off-the-shelf products, custom-made products, sets of drawings and calculations. In practice, this means the declaration is not just a test result - it has to be traceable to the product file.
Mechanical strength and product-specific tests
Clause 4.4 allows mechanical strength to be established by calculation aided by physical testing. The result must reach at least a 95% ratio compared with the calculated performance, and the outcome is expressed as a Boolean value, true or false. For box culverts and fence elements, the related test routes are set in Clause 5.4.1 and 5.4.2, with detailed methods in Annex A and Annex B.
Clauses 4.5 and 5.5 provide product-specific strength methods for masts and poles, junction boxes, beams and blocks, foundation piles, shuttering blocks, woodchip shuttering blocks and floor slats for livestock. These annexed methods tell manufacturers which loading arrangement, specimen condition and result to record, so the declared class or resistance value is based on the right test setup.
Fire, water, thermal and acoustic performance
Clauses 4.6 to 4.10 cover the performance areas that often matter in building applications: fire, water, thermal, acoustic and other properties. The document addresses propensity to continuous smouldering, reaction to fire, resistance to fire, water vapour permeability, water permeability, thermal conductivity, airborne and impact sound insulation, sound absorption coefficient, mass of the element, air tightness class for HVAC flue elements, mechanical resistance of rungs and moisture expansion.
This matters because different product families rely on different routes - some on testing, some on tabulated values, some on calculation. The standard therefore does not just name the performance areas; it tells the manufacturer how to substantiate them.
Dangerous substances and sustainability
Clause 4.11 covers release of dangerous substances to indoor air and to soil and ground water. For products used in occupied spaces or buried applications, the declaration has to follow the relevant exposure route, so the standard separates indoor-air emissions from leaching to soil and groundwater.
Clause 4.12 and Annex K cover environmental sustainability. The document uses reference service life (RSL), life cycle assessment, resource use, waste, output flows and biogenic carbon content, and Annex K applies EN 16757:2022 with specified modifications. In practice, this supports environmental product declarations (EPDs) and the data needed to document the environmental profile of the product.
AVCP and factory production control
Clause 6 says AVCP can be based on testing, calculation, tabulated values or descriptive documentation, together with the applicable factory production control (FPC). It also includes initial inspection, continuous surveillance and environmental sustainability validation.
That is important for production management because the standard is not limited to type testing. It also requires the routine controls that keep declared performance stable in series production, and Annex ZA links the relevant product families to the applicable AVCP systems under Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011.
What terms does kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 define?
- acceptance number - the highest number of non-conforming products that still allows a consignment to be accepted.
- actual dimension - the size measured on the finished product.
- concrete family - a group of concrete compositions with a documented reliable relationship between relevant properties.
- hollow core - a void created by a specific industrial manufacturing technique in a regular pattern.
- nominal dimension - the dimension stated in the drawings and calculations and targeted in manufacture.
- precast concrete product - a concrete product made at a place other than its final destination of use as the result of an industrial process.
- R1 type block and R2 type block - beam-and-block system blocks with different structural roles, where R1 mainly acts as formwork and R2 contributes to the final floor behaviour.
- topping - an in-situ concrete layer cast over the full floor surface and acting monolithically with the precast element.
Who uses kSIST FprEN 18190:2026?
kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 is used by precast concrete manufacturers, including plants making structural elements, wall and roof elements, beams-and-block components, box culverts, junction boxes, fencing products, stair units, HVAC flue elements and shuttering blocks. It is also used by quality managers and production staff who run FPC, sampling and routine checks.
Testing laboratories use it for specimen preparation, test setup and result interpretation. Assessment and surveillance bodies use it to review the declared performance, initial inspection and ongoing control arrangements. Designers, specifiers and buyers use the declarations to compare product suitability for structural, fire, thermal, acoustic, environmental and durability-related uses.
Which standards are used with kSIST FprEN 18190:2026?
| Reference | What it contributes |
|---|---|
| CEN/TS 15117 | Guidance on direct and extended application |
| EN 1008 | Sampling, testing and suitability of mixing water |
| EN 12390 series and EN 12504-1 | Specimen preparation and testing of hardened concrete, including compressive strength, density, water penetration and shrinkage |
| EN 12620 and EN 13055 | Aggregates for concrete and lightweight aggregates |
| EN 13238, EN 13501-1, EN 13501-2, EN 1365 series, EN 13823, EN 16733, EN ISO 1182, EN ISO 11925-2, EN ISO 1716, EN 15080-8 | Fire conditioning, reaction-to-fire classification, fire resistance and extended application |
| EN 16516 and EN 16637-1/2 | Emission to indoor air and leaching to soil and ground water |
| EN 15804 and EN 16757 | Environmental product declaration rules and concrete product category rules |
| EN ISO 10140-2, EN ISO 10140-3, EN ISO 717-1, EN ISO 717-2, EN ISO 12354-1, EN ISO 12354-2, EN ISO 354 | Acoustic measurement, rating and prediction |
| EN ISO 10456 and EN ISO 12572 | Thermal design values and water vapour transmission |
| EN ISO 15630-2 | Test methods for reinforcement and prestressing steel |
| EN 772-1, EN 772-13, EN 772-19, EN ISO 29469, EN 13101, EN 1507 | Product-specific support for masonry-related, insulating, chamber-step and duct-related checks |
What does the kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 document contain?
kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 contains the characteristic list for the covered product families, the corresponding test and assessment methods, and the AVCP framework. It includes product-specific procedures, sampling plans, test arrangements, figures and result-interpretation rules for box culverts, fence elements, pile joints, beam-and-block components, shuttering blocks, water absorption, dimensional checks and junction boxes.
It also contains formulas and decision rules where calculation supports testing, especially for structural resistance and environmental assessment. For a manufacturer, that means the document tells not only what to declare, but also how to generate and document the evidence behind the declaration.
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kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 is a draft published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Precast concrete products - Performance assessment and declaration". This standard covers: This document covers the following products regardless of if manufactured in factories or in temporary plants on site under the same conditions: a) Precast concrete products intended to be used as structural elements: — linear structural elements, including columns, beams and frame elements, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements and products of less than 4,5 m intended to be used as lintels in masonry wall; — beams made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with or without clay shells, to be used in conjunction with blocks as beam-and-block system and intended to be used for floor and roofing systems, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water; — foundation elements, including columns with integrated foundation elements, pocket foundation elements and sockets, made of reinforced concrete or lightweight concrete, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products using prestressing steel; — foundation piles and segments of piles made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water; — poles (also called masts), made of concrete or lightweight concrete, hollow or solid, reinforced or prestressed, in one piece or composed of elements and their inserts and connectors, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of lighting columns for use in traffic circulation areas; — bridge deck elements made of concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of abutments, barriers, bumpers, piers, guards and arches; — floor plates made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be used in floor systems in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements, and products with stiffening ribs taking a major part of the mechanical resistance, considered either as ribbed floor elements or hollow-core slabs; — solid slabs made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, without voids or void formers intended to be used as structural elements, such as floors, roofs, landings and balconies, which are self-supporting and can be installed without a structural topping but to which a structural topping can be added, and with a cross section which is rectangular but may present slopes for drainage, grooves for handling and shear keys, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of balustrades without structural behaviour and slabs manufactured using hollow core slabs manufacturing process; — hollow core slabs and solid slabs manufactured in the same way but without hollow cores, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with a maximum depth of 500 mm for prestressed elements and 300 mm for reinforced elements, to be used in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete or without it, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water; — ribbed floor elements made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be used for floors and roofs, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of floor plates for floor systems; - (...)
This document covers the following products regardless of if manufactured in factories or in temporary plants on site under the same conditions: a) Precast concrete products intended to be used as structural elements: — linear structural elements, including columns, beams and frame elements, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements and products of less than 4,5 m intended to be used as lintels in masonry wall; — beams made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with or without clay shells, to be used in conjunction with blocks as beam-and-block system and intended to be used for floor and roofing systems, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water; — foundation elements, including columns with integrated foundation elements, pocket foundation elements and sockets, made of reinforced concrete or lightweight concrete, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products using prestressing steel; — foundation piles and segments of piles made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water; — poles (also called masts), made of concrete or lightweight concrete, hollow or solid, reinforced or prestressed, in one piece or composed of elements and their inserts and connectors, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of lighting columns for use in traffic circulation areas; — bridge deck elements made of concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of abutments, barriers, bumpers, piers, guards and arches; — floor plates made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be used in floor systems in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements, and products with stiffening ribs taking a major part of the mechanical resistance, considered either as ribbed floor elements or hollow-core slabs; — solid slabs made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, without voids or void formers intended to be used as structural elements, such as floors, roofs, landings and balconies, which are self-supporting and can be installed without a structural topping but to which a structural topping can be added, and with a cross section which is rectangular but may present slopes for drainage, grooves for handling and shear keys, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of balustrades without structural behaviour and slabs manufactured using hollow core slabs manufacturing process; — hollow core slabs and solid slabs manufactured in the same way but without hollow cores, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with a maximum depth of 500 mm for prestressed elements and 300 mm for reinforced elements, to be used in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete or without it, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water; — ribbed floor elements made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be used for floors and roofs, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of floor plates for floor systems; - (...)
kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 91.100.30 - Concrete and concrete products. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to SIST EN 15258:2009, SIST EN 14991:2007, SIST EN 13693:2004+A1:2009, SIST EN 12839:2012, SIST EN 15037-4:2010+A1:2013, SIST EN 14992:2007+A1:2012, SIST EN 1168:2005+A3:2012, SIST EN 15037-1:2008, SIST EN 15498:2008, SIST EN 12794:2005+A1:2007, SIST EN 13978-1:2005, SIST EN 15435:2008, SIST EN 14844:2006+A2:2012, SIST EN 12843:2004, SIST EN 12794:2005+A1:2007/AC:2009. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
kSIST FprEN 18190:2026 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 305/2011; Standardization Mandates: M/100, M/609. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 18190:2025
01-september-2025
Montažni betonski izdelki - Ocena in deklaracija lastnosti
Precast concrete products - Performance assessment and declaration
Betonfertigteile - Leistungsbeurteilung und -erklärung
Produit préfabriqué en béton - Évaluation des performances et déclaration
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 18190
ICS:
91.100.30 Beton in betonski izdelki Concrete and concrete
products
oSIST prEN 18190:2025 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
oSIST prEN 18190:2025
oSIST prEN 18190:2025
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 18190
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2025
ICS 91.100.30
English Version
Precast concrete products - Performance assessment and
declaration
Produit préfabriqué en béton - Évaluation des Betonfertigteile - Leistungsbeurteilung und -erklärung
performances et déclaration
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 229.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
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Contents Page
European foreword . 6
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 11
3 Terms and definitions . 14
4 Characteristics . 18
4.1 Concrete . 18
4.1.1 Characteristic compressive strength . 18
4.1.2 Characteristic compressive strength lightweight concrete . 19
4.1.3 Tensile splitting strength . 19
4.1.4 Dry density lightweight concrete . 19
4.1.5 Drying shrinkage . 20
4.1.6 Maximum aggregate size . 20
4.1.7 Water penetration depth of concrete . 20
4.1.8 Water absorption . 20
4.2 Reinforcing steel . 20
4.2.1 Elongation at maximum load . 20
4.2.2 Elongation after fracture . 20
4.2.3 Stress ratio . 20
4.2.4 Tensile yield strength . 20
4.2.5 Ultimate tensile strength . 20
4.3 Prestressing steel . 21
4.3.1 Elongation at maximum load . 21
4.3.2 Tensile 0,1 proof stress. 21
4.3.3 Tensile 0,2 proof stress. 21
4.3.4 Ultimate tensile strength . 21
4.4 Mechanical strength – calculation aided by physical testing . 21
4.5 Masts and poles: 5.4.3.Mechanical strength - testing. 21
4.5.1 Junction boxes . 21
4.5.2 Beams and blocks – concrete blocks, beams and blocks – lightweight concrete blocks,
beams and blocks – clay blocks, beams and blocks – EPS blocks, and beams and blocks
– blocks - permanent lightweight formwork . 21
4.5.3 Foundation piles – rigidity of joints . 23
4.5.4 Shuttering blocks and woodchip shuttering blocks . 23
4.5.5 Floor slats for livestock . 23
4.6 Fire performance . 25
4.6.1 Propensity to undergo continuous smouldering . 25
4.6.2 Reaction to fire. 25
4.6.3 Resistance to fire . 26
4.7 Water performance . 26
4.7.1 Water vapour permeability. 26
4.7.2 Water permeability . 26
4.8 Thermal performance . 27
4.8.1 Thermal conductivity – testing . 27
4.8.2 Thermal conductivity – tabulated values . 27
4.9 Acoustic performance . 27
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4.9.1 Airborne sound insulation index - calculation . 27
4.9.2 Airborne sound insulation index – testing . 27
4.9.3 Impact sound insulation - calculation . 27
4.9.4 Impact sound insulation – testing . 27
4.9.5 Sound absorption coefficient building elements . 27
4.10 Other performances . 27
4.10.1 Mass of the element . 27
4.10.2 Air tightness class - HVAC flue elements . 27
4.10.3 Mechanical resistance of rungs . 28
4.10.4 Moisture expansion . 28
4.11 Release of dangerous substances . 28
4.11.1 Release of dangerous substances to indoor air . 28
4.11.2 Release of dangerous substances to soil and ground water . 28
4.12 Environmental sustainability . 30
4.12.1 Reference service life . 30
4.12.2 Life cycle assessment environmental characteristics . 30
4.12.3 Resource use environmental characteristics . 30
4.12.4 Waste environmental characteristics . 31
4.12.5 Output flows environmental characteristics . 32
4.12.6 Biogenic carbon content environmental characteristics . 32
4.13 Performances in attached documentation of the product . 32
4.13.1 General . 32
4.13.2 Off-the-shelf products . 32
4.13.3 Custom-made products . 33
4.13.4 Set of drawings . 33
4.13.5 Calculations . 33
5 Testing, assessment and sampling methods . 34
5.1 Concrete . 34
5.1.1 Characteristic compressive strength . 34
5.1.2 Characteristic compressive strength lightweight concrete . 36
5.1.3 Tensile splitting strength . 36
5.1.4 Dry density lightweight concrete . 36
5.1.5 Drying shrinkage . 36
5.1.6 Maximum aggregate size . 36
5.1.7 Water penetration depth of concrete . 36
5.1.8 Water absorption . 36
5.2 Reinforcing steel . 37
5.2.1 Elongation at maximum load . 37
5.2.2 Elongation after fracture . 37
5.2.3 Stress ratio . 37
5.2.4 Tensile yield strength . 37
5.2.5 Ultimate tensile strength . 37
5.3 Prestressing steel . 37
5.3.1 Elongation at maximum load . 37
5.3.2 Tensile 0,1 proof stress . 37
5.3.3 Tensile 0,2 proof stress . 37
5.3.4 Ultimate tensile strength . 37
5.4 Mechanical strength - calculation aided by testing . 38
5.4.1 Box culverts . 38
5.4.2 Fence elements . 38
5.4.3 Masts and poles . 38
5.5 Mechanical strength – testing . 38
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5.5.1 Junction boxes . 38
5.5.2 Beams and blocks – concrete blocks, beams and blocks – lightweight concrete blocks,
beams and blocks – clay blocks, beams and blocks – EPS blocks, and beams and blocks
– blocks - permanent lightweight formwork . 38
5.5.3 Foundation piles – rigidity of joints . 39
5.5.4 Shuttering blocks and woodchip shuttering blocks . 39
5.6 Reaction and resistance to fire . 39
5.6.1 Propensity to undergo continuous smouldering . 39
5.6.2 Reaction to fire. 39
5.6.3 Resistance to fire . 39
5.7 Water performance . 39
5.7.1 Water vapour permeability. 39
5.7.2 Water permeability . 40
5.8 Thermal performance . 40
5.8.1 Thermal conductivity – testing . 40
5.8.2 Thermal conductivity – tabulated values . 40
5.9 Acoustic performance . 40
5.9.1 Airborne sound insulation index - calculation . 40
5.9.2 Airborne sound insulation index – testing . 40
5.9.3 Impact sound insulation - calculation . 40
5.9.4 Impact sound insulation – testing . 40
5.9.5 Sound absorption coefficient building elements . 41
5.10 Other performances . 41
5.10.1 Mass of the element . 41
5.10.2 Air tightness class - HVAC flue elements . 41
5.10.3 Mechanical resistance of rungs . 41
5.10.4 Moisture expansion . 41
5.11 Release of dangerous substances . 41
5.11.1 Release of dangerous substances to indoor air . 41
5.11.2 Release of dangerous substances to soil and ground water . 42
5.12 Environmental sustainability . 42
5.12.1 Reference service life . 42
5.12.2 Life cycle assessment environmental characteristics . 43
5.12.3 Resource use environmental characteristics . 43
5.12.4 Waste environmental characteristics . 43
5.12.5 Output flows environmental characteristics . 43
5.12.6 Biogenic carbon environmental characteristics . 43
5.13 Performances in attached documentation of the product . 43
5.13.1 General. 43
5.13.2 Off-the-shelf products . 44
5.13.3 Custom-made products . 44
6 Assessment and verification of constancy of performance – AVCP . 44
6.1 General. 44
6.2 Assessment of performance . 45
6.2.1 General. 45
6.2.2 Test samples, testing and assessment criteria . 45
6.3 Verification of constancy of performance . 82
6.3.1 Factory production control (FPC) . 82
6.3.2 Initial inspection of factory and of FPC . 100
6.3.3 Initial inspection of factory to validate environmental sustainability company specific
data . 101
6.3.4 Continuous surveillance of FPC . 101
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6.3.5 Environmental sustainability assessment validation . 102
Annex A (normative) Verification by calculation aided by physical testing of box culverts
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Annex B (normative) Loadbearing capacity testing of fence elements . 108
Annex C (normative) Loadbearing capacity testing of masts and poles . 114
Annex D (normative) Reaction to fire test for thin blocks . 117
Annex E (normative) Measurement of dimensions . 122
Annex F (normative) Test of water absorption. 135
Annex G (normative) Test method for the verification of robustness and rigidity of pile joints
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Annex H (normative) Loadbearing capacity testing of beams and blocks – concrete blocks,
beams and blocks - lightweight concrete blocks, beams and blocks – clay blocks,
beams and blocks - EPS blocks, and beams and blocks - blocks - permanent
lightweight formwork . 144
Annex I (normative) Determination of the mechanical strength of shuttering blocks and
woodchip shuttering blocks . 154
Annex J (normative) Mechanical strength of junction boxes . 162
Annex K (normative) Environmental impact indicators . 166
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship of this European Standard with Regulation (EU)
No.305/2011 . 169
Bibliography . 244
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European foreword
This document (prEN 18190:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 229 “Precast
concrete products”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will partially supersede:
EN 1168:2005+A3:2011, Precast concrete products – Hollow core slabs
EN 12839:2012, Precast concrete products — Elements for fences
EN 12737:2004+A1:2007, Precast concrete products – Floor slats for livestock
EN 12794:2005+A1:2007, Precast concrete products – Foundation piles
EN 12843:2004, Precast concrete products – Masts and poles
EN 13224:2011, Precast concrete products – Ribbed floor elements
EN 13225:2013, Precast concrete products – Linear structural elements
EN 13369:2023, Common rules for precast concrete products
EN 13693:2004+A1:2009, Precast concrete products – Special roof elements
EN 13747:2005+A2:2010, Precast concrete products – Floor plates for floor systems
EN 13978-1:2005, Precast concrete products – Precast concrete garages – Part 1: Requirements for
reinforced garages monolithic or consisting of single sections with room dimensions
EN 14843:2007, Precast concrete products – Stairs
EN 14844:2006+A2:2011, Precast concrete products – Box culverts
EN 14991:2007, Precast concrete products – Foundation elements
EN 14992:2007+A1:2012, Precast concrete products – Wall elements
EN 15037-1:2008, Precast concrete products – Beam-and-block floor systems – Part 1: Beams
EN 15037-2:2009+A1:2011, Precast concrete products – Beam-and-block floor systems – Part 2: Concrete
blocks
EN 15037-3:2009+A1:2011, Precast concrete products – Beam-and-block floor systems – Part 3: Clay
blocks
EN 15037-4:2010+A1:2013, Precast concrete products – Beam-and-block floor systems – Part 4: Expanded
polystyrene blocks
EN 15037-5:2013, Precast concrete products – Beam-and-block floor systems – Part 5: Lightweight blocks
for simple formwork
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EN 15050:2007+A1:2012, Precast concrete products – Bridge elements
EN 15258:2008, Precast concrete products – Retaining wall elements
EN 15435:2008, Precast concrete products — Normal weight and lightweight concrete shuttering blocks
— Product properties and performance
EN 15498:2008, Precast concrete products — Wood-chip concrete shuttering blocks — Product properties
and performance
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
prEN 18190:2025 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the standards listed
above:
— merging of the documents;
— removal of every clause not related to the assessment and verification of the constancy of
performance in answer to the Standardisation Request;
— addition of the necessary clauses to answer new essential characteristics as listed in the
Standardisation Request;
— replacement of the references to EN 206 with the corresponding technical content;
— removal of the references to Eurocode standards;
— updating of the Annex ZA considering the standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission.
This document also includes in its scope the following other precast concrete products:
— solid slabs;
— junction boxes;
— heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) flue elements.
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1 Scope
This document covers the following products regardless of if manufactured in factories or in temporary
plants on site under the same conditions:
a) Precast concrete products intended to be used as structural elements:
— linear structural elements, including columns, beams and frame elements, made of concrete or
lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with indoor air and
the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as bridge elements
and products of less than 4,5 m intended to be used as lintels in masonry wall;
— beams made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with or without clay
shells, to be used in conjunction with blocks as beam-and-block system and intended to be used
for floor and roofing systems, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact
with soil or ground water;
— foundation elements, including columns with integrated foundation elements, pocket foundation
elements and sockets, made of reinforced concrete or lightweight concrete, including the use in
contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products using prestressing steel;
— foundation piles and segments of piles made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or
prestressed, including the use in contact with soil or ground water;
— poles (also called masts), made of concrete or lightweight concrete, hollow or solid, reinforced
or prestressed, in one piece or composed of elements and their inserts and connectors, including
the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of lighting columns for use in traffic
circulation areas;
— bridge deck elements made of concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact
with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of abutments, barriers, bumpers, piers, guards and
arches;
— floor plates made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended to be
used in floor systems in conjunction with cast-in-situ concrete, including the use in contact with
indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as
bridge elements, and products with stiffening ribs taking a major part of the mechanical
resistance, considered either as ribbed floor elements or hollow-core slabs;
— solid slabs made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, without voids or
void formers intended to be used as self-supporting structural elements, such as floors, roofs,
landings and balconies, which can be installed without a structural topping but to which a
structural topping can be added, and with a cross section which is rectangular but may present
slopes for drainage, grooves for handling and shear keys, including the use in contact with indoor
air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of balustrades without
structural behaviour and slabs manufactured using hollow core slabs manufacturing process;
— hollow core slabs and solid slabs manufactured in the same way but without hollow cores, made
of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, with a maximum depth of 500
mm for prestressed elements and 300 mm for reinforced elements, to be used in conjunction
with cast-in-situ concrete or without it, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use
in contact with soil or ground water;
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— ribbed floor elements made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed,
intended to be used for floors and roofs, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use
in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of floor plates for floor systems;
— floor slats for livestock made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed,
intended to be used for the housing of livestock, including the use in contact with indoor air and
the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as load bearing
elements other than stock and stockmen, and of prestressed single slat beams;
— hollow core, multilayer and composite loadbearing wall elements, made of concrete or
lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with indoor air and
the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of retaining walls;
— cladding elements, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, intended
to be used as non-loadbearing elements, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use
in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of non-reinforced cladding elements with
a maximum size of 2,25 m , a maximum length of 1,5 m and a thickness smaller than 80 mm,
which are considered non-structural;
— solid, hollow, multilayer and special roof elements, made of concrete or lightweight concrete,
reinforced or prestressed, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with
soil or ground water, to the exclusion of ribbed floor elements and floor slabs elements;
— stairs (monolithic) made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, and kits
of stairs constructed from individual steps, including the use in contact with indoor air and the
use in contact with soil or ground water;
— retaining walls, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including
the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of retaining walls intended to retain
tanks or reservoirs of liquid and precast diaphragm walls (concrete sheet piling);
— rectangular cross-section box culverts, made of reinforced concrete or lightweight concrete,
intended to be used as continuous elements for the creation of voids below ground, cable tunnels
and subways, including the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of box
culverts having both internal cross-sectional dimensions less than or equal to 1 250 mm which
are considered non-structural, of products using prestressing steel, and of non-monolithic
products;
— rectangular prismatic junction boxes, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, including the
use in contact with soil or ground water, to the exclusion of products using prestressing steel;
— garages as monolithic unit or as kits of single or double sections, made of reinforced concrete or
lightweight concrete, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil
or ground water, to the exclusion of products used as supporting upper structures and products
using prestressing steel.
b) Precast concrete products not intended to be used as structural elements:
— fence elements, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed, including
posts, panels, rails and base panels, intended to be used as light-structural or non-structural
elements, including the use in contact with soil or ground water;
— hollow core shuttering blocks, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, to be used for form
walls and partitions intended to be used as loadbearing and non-loadbearing elements, including
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the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the
exclusion of masonry units;
— wood-chip hollow core shuttering blocks, to be used for form walls and partitions intended to be
used as loadbearing and non-loadbearing elements in conjunction with concrete infill, including
the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the
exclusion of products intended to be used unfilled;
— composite wall elements made of concrete or lightweight concrete, reinforced or prestressed,
intended to be used as non-loadbearing element, including the use in contact with indoor air and
the use in contact with soil or ground water;
— cladding elements, made of concrete or lightweight concrete, non-reinforced, with a maximum
size of 2,25 m , a maximum length of 1,5 m and a thickness smaller than 80 mm, intended to be
used as non-loadbearing elements, including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in
contact with soil or ground water;
— rectangular cross-section box culverts, made of reinforced concrete or lightweight concrete,
having both internal cross-sectional dimensions less than or equal to 1 250 mm (small box
culverts), intended to be used as light structural or non-structural continuous elements, for the
creation of voids below ground, cable tunnels and subways, including the use in contact with soil
or ground water, to the exclusion of products using prestressing steel and non-monolithic
products;
— heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) flue elements, made of concrete or lightweight
concrete, intended to be used to convey heating, ventilation, and air conditioning gases, including
the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water, to the
exclusion of products intended to be used to convey smoke from a furnace, boiler or combustion
chamber, products intended to be used to convey, control or limit smoke and fire propagation,
and products using prestressing steel.
c) Blocks intended to be used as structural elements in conjunction with beams as beam-and-block
system:
— precast concrete blocks made of concrete, including the use in contact with indoor air and the
use in contact with soil or ground water;
— precast concrete blocks made of lightweight concrete, including the use in contact with indoor
air and the use in contact with soil or ground water;
— blocks made of clay, with or without clay shells, to be used for floor and roofing systems,
including the use in contact with indoor air and the use in contact with soil or ground water;
— blocks fully made of EPS or combined with different materials, and permanent formworks made
of EPS, including the use in contact with indoor air;
— lightweight permanent formworks made of wood, plastic, cardboard, glass reinforced plastic,
agglomerated stone, metal or a combination of them to be used as permanent formwork,
including the use in contact with indoor air, to the exclusion of lightweight permanent
formworks made of EPS.
This document does not cover:
— masonry and ancillary products;
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— roof covering products for discontinuous laying;
— chimney components;
— products for wastewater treatment;
— paving units and kerbs;
— road equipment;
— prefabricated reinforced components of autoclaved aerated concrete or light-weight aggregate
concrete with open structure;
— the design, production, handling, installation of the elements and the water tightness of joints
between elements.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
CEN/TS 15117:2005, Guidance on direct and extended application
EN 772-1:2011+A1:2015, Methods of test for masonry units - Part 1: Determination of compressive strength
EN 772-13:2000, Methods of test for masonry units – Part 13: Determination of net and gross dry density of
masonry units (except for natural stone)
EN 772-19:2000, Methods of test for masonry units - Part 19: Determination of moisture expansion of large
horizontally perforated clay masonry units
EN ISO 29469:2022, Thermal insulating products for building applications - Determination of compression
behaviour (ISO 29469:2022)
EN 933-1:2012, Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates - Part 1: Determination of particle size
distribution - Sieving method
EN 1008:2002, Mixing water for concrete - Specification for sampling, testing and assessing the suitability
of water, including water recovered from processes in the concrete industry, as mixing water for concrete
EN 1365-1:2012, Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements - Part 1: Walls
EN 1365-2:2014, Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements - Part 2: Floors and roofs
EN 1365-3:1999, Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements - Part 3: Beams
EN 1365-4:1999, Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements - Part 4: Columns
EN 1365-5:2004, Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements - Part 5: Balconies and walkways
EN 1365-6:2004, Fire resistance tests for loadbearing elements - Part 6: Stairs
EN 1507:2006, Ventilation for buildings - Sheet metal air ducts with rectangular section - Requirements for
strength and leakage
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EN 1745:2020, Masonry and masonry products — Methods for determining thermal properties
EN 12350-7:2019 , Testing fresh concrete - Part 7: Air content - Pressure methods
EN 12390-1:2021, Testing hardened concrete - Part 1: Shape, dimensions and other requirements for
specimens and moulds
EN 12390-2:2019, Testing hardened concrete - Part 2: Making and curing specimens for strength tests
EN 12390-3:2019, Testing hardened concrete - Part 3: Compressive strength of test specimens
EN 12390-4:2025, Testing hardened concrete - Part 4: Compressive strength - Specification for testing
machines
EN 12390-5:2019, Testing hardened concrete - Part 5: Flexural strength of test specimens
EN 12390-6:2023, Testing hardened concrete - Part 6: Tensile splitting strength of test specimens
EN 12390-7:2019 , Testing hardened concrete - Part 7: Density of hardened concrete
EN 12390-8:2019, Testing hardened concrete - Part 8: Depth of penetration of water under pressure
EN 12390-16:2019, Testing hardened concrete - Part 16: Determination of the shrinkage of concrete
EN 12504-1:2019, Testing concrete in stru
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