The Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards has given stakeholders in the construction sector a 60-day moratorium for the enforcement of a building standard on the use of cold formed steel. The moratorium on TTS 598:2019, cold-formed steel framing members for structural applications, specification (first revision) began on August 26 and will end on October 25. Enforcement will begin on October 26.Following the moratorium all materials used within Trinidad and Tobago must comply with the specifications set out in the national compulsory standard. Stakeholders must get product certification and licensing from Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards certification division to show compliance.The standard specifies requirements for cold-formed steel framing members for use in structural applications such as in the framing of roofs and walls. Included are requirements for the steel sheet, sectional parameters, member characteristics, sampling, testing, labelling and compliance. The standard applies to cold-formed steel framing members manufactured from steel sheets, zinc or aluminium-zinc alloy coated by the hot-dip method and of base metal thickness from one mm to three mm. This standard does not apply to decking sheets. Structural elements for which cold-formed framing members are used include wall elements such as girts, studs and runners, and roof elements such as purlins and truss chords.
The Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards has given stakeholders in the construction sector a 60-day moratorium for the enforcement of a building standard on the use of cold formed steel. The moratorium on TTS 598:2019, cold-formed steel framing members for structural applications, specification (first revision) began on August 26 and will end on October 25. Enforcement will begin on October 26.Following the moratorium all materials used within Trinidad and Tobago must comply with the specifications set out in the national compulsory standard. Stakeholders must get product certification and licensing from Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards certification division to show compliance.The standard specifies requirements for cold-formed steel framing members for use in structural applications such as in the framing of roofs and walls. Included are requirements for the steel sheet, sectional parameters, member characteristics, sampling, testing, labelling and compliance. The standard applies to cold-formed steel framing members manufactured from steel sheets, zinc or aluminium-zinc alloy coated by the hot-dip method and of base metal thickness from one mm to three mm. This standard does not apply to decking sheets. Structural elements for which cold-formed framing members are used include wall elements such as girts, studs and runners, and roof elements such as purlins and truss chords.
