This European Standard deals with the requirements, the basic performance criteria and evaluation of
conformity for precast elements made of plain, reinforced or prestressed normal weight concrete, used for the
construction of retaining walls.
The products covered by this European Standard are intended to be used as part of retaining walls in
applications such as:
to retain natural ground excavations and trenches;
to retain earth fills for roads, platforms, etc.;
in bridge abutments and their flank walls;
to retain several kinds of loose materials such as sand, gravel, etc.
Some examples of precast elements considered in this European Standard are shown in the Informative
Annex B.
The products may be used in seismic areas on condition that they fulfil the requirements specific to this use.
This European Standard does not cover:
products for retaining walls of tanks or reservoirs of liquids;
retaining wall elements up to a height of 1,0 m and those assembled to form retaining walls of up to 1,0 m
in height (e.g. stacked flower boxes for dwarf walls) if the corresponding retaining wall is used for
secondary loads (max. horizontal earth fill and with light surcharge);
products for stacked planting boxes, having only façade functions, and therefore not submitted to any
loads (such as earth pressure loads, highway load effects, etc.);
precast diaphragm walls (concrete sheet piling).
BS EN 15258:2008 Referenced Document
EN 13369:2004 Common Rules for Precast Concrete Products (Incorporates Amendment A1: 2006; Incorporates Corrigenda December 2006 and October 2007)
EN 1992-1-1 Eurocode 2 - Design of concrete structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, bridges and civil engineering structures*， 2023-11-22 Update
EN ISO 12572 Hygrothermal performance of building materials and products - Determination of water vapour transmission properties - Cup method*， 2016-08-01 Update
BS EN 15258:2008 history
0000 BS EN 15258:2008(2009)
2009BS EN 15258:2008 Precast concrete products - Retaining wall elements