BS 8110 is a British Standard for the design and construction of reinforced

Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...

 and prestressed concrete

Prestressed concrete

Prestressed concrete is a method for overcoming concrete's natural weakness in tension. It can be used to produce beams, floors or bridges with a longer span than is practical with ordinary reinforced concrete...

 structures. It is based on limit state design

Limit state design

Limit state design refers to a design method used in structural engineering. A limit state is a condition of a structure beyond which it no longer fulfills the relevant design criteria. The condition may refer to a degree of loading or other actions on the structure, while the criteria refers to...

 principles. Although used for most civil engineering and building structures, bridges and water-retaining structures are covered by separate standards (BS 5400

BS 5400

BS 5400 is a British Standard for design and construction of steel, concrete and composite bridges use in highway and railway.The standard specifies the requirements and the code of practice on design of steel, concrete and composite bridges that use steel sections as well as the materials and...

 and BS 8007).

In 2010 BS 8110 was superseded by EN 1992

EN 1992

EN 1992, also known as Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures, is the European Standard for the design of concrete structures, using the limit state design philosophy...

(Eurocode 2) although parts of the standard have been retained in the National Annex of the Eurocode.