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Step 1:
1. EN 1090-1:2009+A1:2011
This first part covers the requirements for conformity assessment
giving the outline of your FPC requirements, which references
heavily to parts 2 and 3. Contained within its Annex ZA, it gives
instructions on how to CE Mark your products including exactly
what information should be stated, complete with examples.
2. EN 1090-2:2008+A1:2011
This second part covers the technical requirements for steel.
3. EN 1090-3:2008
Covers the technical requirements for aluminium structures.
If you are CE Marking in accordance with EN 1090 it is strongly
advised that you obtain EN 1090-1 and the relevant parts 2 and
3, depending on the material(s) of which your products are made.
These are the standards the explicitly outline the requirements for
compliance and so will be your core reference in ensuring that your
FPC is suitable. It is this set of standards that any NB will be using
for their assessment schemes.
Step 2:
Identify which Execution Class you need.
Once it has been established that you will need to CE Mark one or
more of your products, the next task for you as a manufacturer is to
determine which Execution Class (EXC) you require.
The EXC of a particular product is a measure related to the nature
of the product covering its materials, manufacturing processes,
mechanical performance and, crucially, what would be the impact in
the invent of its failure, all of which establish the level of risk involved.
EN 1090-2 gives guidance on how to determine a given EXC.
This EXC ranges from 1 to 4, ranging from barns to stadia respectively.
By far the most common class is EXC 2, which covers the vast majority
of structural projects that fall into the scope of EN 1090.
How does EXC relate to your FPC and assessment? Due to the fact
that EXC4 structures, such as stadia, are more safety-critical than
barns, one would expect the design and manufacture of the former
to be more rigorous to reflect this fact and indeed this is the case:
The higher the EXC, the more stringent the FPC must be in order to
produce and CE Mark the product. There are clauses in EN 1090 that
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Step 3:
You will now be in a position whereby you can have your Factory
Production Control assessed against your stated Execution Class.
There are seven main clauses against which you will be assessed,
these are:
Personnel
Equipment
Structural Design Process
Component Specification
Below are some of the key activities and decision points that must
be made if you, as a manufacturer of steel and/or aluminium
products need to CE Mark in accordance with EN 1090:
Product Evaluation
Non-Conforming Products
Collectively, the above form a set of procedures that ensure that
all activities that affect the conformity of the product, or future
products, are done in a competent manner, using personnel
who are suitably experienced and qualified and that there are
appropriate quality inspections throughout production.
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