Iron and Steel Quality Standards 2 : Structural steelwork, building and metalworking technology

Standardization is instrumental in the creation of order in our technical world. It is an inte- gral part of the existing economic, social and legal structure. DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. (DIN, for short), a self-governing institution of trade and industry, is the body responsible in Germany for the preparation of national standards. It performs this function on the basis of its statutes and of the principles set out in DIN 820, and pursuant to the agreement concluded with the German Federal Government in 1975. As the representative of Germany, it fulfils an equivalent function in the European (CEN/CENELEC) and international (ISO) standards organizations, while in the field of electrical engineering such activities are coordinated through the DKE Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik im DIN und VDE. The standards work undertaken by DIN is a service that profits the whole of the national economy. This work is defined as the systematic standardization of tangible and intangible objects by the mutual efforts of all interested parties for the benefit of the entire commu- nity.