The document specifies materials, design requirements, corrosion protection alternatives, production control requirements together with assessment methods using both calculations testing for open thread and covered thread adjustable telescopic steel props which are intended for use on construction sites. It specifies five classes of nominal characteristic strengths for adjustable telescopic steel props each having a series of maximum extended lengths. Each having differing endplate configuration
EN 1065:1998 history
1998EN 1065:1998 Adjustable telescopic steel props - Product specifications, design and assessment by calculation and tests