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Last verified
2026-09-06
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Traceability practice
Cast number traceability through fabrication
Overview
What this standard covers
Identification is transferred whenever material is cut so that each piece can be traced to its cast number and inspection document; full traceability is normally required from EXC3 upward.
Identification is transferred whenever material is cut so that each piece can be traced to its cast number and inspection document; full traceability is normally required from EXC3 upward.
Who uses it
Fabricators and inspectors maintaining identification from cast number to erected piece.
Details
Reference data
- Standard number
- Traceability practice
- Title
- Cast number traceability through fabrication
- Organisation
- StructuralSteel.ai reference
- Country
- International
- Region
- international
- Subject
- Traceability
- Subcategory
- Practice
- Type
- INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE
- Application
- Contractual
- Availability
- Free
- Status
- CURRENT
- Roles
- certification standard
- Last verified
- 2026-09-06
Official source: steelconstruction.info
Related
Standards used alongside this one
- BS EN 1090-2
Execution of steel structures — Technical requirements for steel structures
The central execution standard for UK and European steelwork: execution classes EXC1 to EXC4, constituent products, cutting and holing, welding, bolting, erection and geometrical tolerances.
United KingdomFabricationCURRENTPaid
- BS EN 10204
Metallic products — Types of inspection documents
Defines the certificate types: 2.1 and 2.2 as non-specific declarations, 3.1 issued by the manufacturer's independent inspection function, and 3.2 countersigned by an independent party.
United KingdomMaterial certificatesCURRENTPaid
- Part marking
Part marking and identification of fabricated steelwork
Erection marks, hard stamping and low stress marking methods keep pieces identifiable through blasting, coating and delivery without introducing notches in fatigue sensitive zones.
InternationalTraceabilityCURRENTFree
Sourcing, review and use
Status
Editorial reference information compiled and maintained by the StructuralSteel.ai team. It is not a design certificate and is not issued under an engineer's seal.
Last reviewed
Calculations
Any figures produced on this page are indicative estimates for early sizing and comparison only — they are not engineered design outputs.
References
Final member selection, loading, connection design, fire design, fabrication and compliance must be verified for your specific project by a suitably qualified structural engineer. Standards are revised; check the edition in force where the work is built.
Verification
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