teel reinforcement conforming with BS 4449 and steel mesh fabric reinforcement conforming with BS 4483. Steel reinforcement intended for use in the works shall be delivered clean and free from dust, mill scale, oil and grease and shall be stored on or near the site in a dry weatherproof building. Steel reinforcement, prior to steel fixing on site, shall be bent cold by hand or power operated machines producing a gradual and even bending motion. Steel reinforcement shall not be re-bent. Steel fixing on site shall be carried out by competent steel fixers. To prevent displacement of the steel reinforcement during concrete the steel bars shall be secured one to the other - steel fixing, and steel supports provided between layers of the steel reinforcement. The steel reinforcement shall be fixed - steel fix, by means of soft annealed mild steel wire of 1.6mm thickness. Stainless steel tying wire can be used for exposed concrete soffits. During steel fixing the steel reinforcement, adequate cover shall be maintained to the steel reinforcement. A revised version of the British Standard for cutting and bending steel reinforcement rebar has been published by the standards by BSI  BS 8666:2005 outlines the requirements for scheduling, dimensioning, bending and cutting of steel reinforcement.   Anguila, Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia Botswana Bouvet Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Chad Chile China Colombia Commoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Dutch Antilles East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Fiji Finland France French Guyana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadelupe Guam Guatemala Guyana Haiti Holland Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronisia Monaco Mongolia Monserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St Lucia St Maarten St Vincent Sudan Surinam Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Tonga Trinidad Tunisia Turkey Turks United States America USA UAE United Arab Emerates Uganda Ukraine UK United Kingdom Uruguay US Virgin Islands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea North Mariana Islands NI Northern Ireland Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Island Romania Russia Rwanda Saba San Marino Santo Domingo Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam  British West Indies Western Samoa Yemen Zaire Zamia Zanzibar Zimbabwe books cameras dvds shoes perfumes vitamins toys bikes mobile phones