EN 1995 Eurocode 5 applies to the design of buildings and other civil engineering works in timber (solid timber, sawn, planed or in pole form, glued laminated timber or wood-based structural products) or wood-based panels jointed together with adhesives or mechanical fasteners.
Parts
| EN 1995-1-1:2004 | Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures - Part 1-1: General - Common rules and rules for buildings |
| EN 1995-1-2:2004 | Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures - Part 1-2: General - Structural fire design |
| EN 1995-2:2004 | Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures - Part 2: Bridges |
EN Eurocode 5 is intended to be used in conjunction with:
- EN 1990: Eurocode - Basis of structural design;
- EN 1991: Eurocode 1 - Actions on structures;
- hENs, ETAGs and ETAs: for construction products relevant to timber structures;
- EN 1998: Eurocode 8 - Design of structures for earthquake resistance, when timber structures are built in seismic regions.
News
Free download of the report and presentations of the Second-Generation Eurocodes Workshop (3-5June 2025)
This workshop was a unique opportunity to highlight the key changes and benefits of the Second-Generation Eurocodes, illustrated through examples and applications presented by the Eurocodes writers themselves.
A free online workshop full of practical examples, provided by CEN Technical Committee 250 'Structural Eurocodes' and organised by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Publications

This report synthesizes the main contributions from the workshop 'The second generation Eurocodes: key changes and benefits through design examples'. It aims to support the implementation of the second-generation Eurocodes in the EU Member States and third countries.
The Structural Timber Education Programme is presented to assist engineers, lecturers, and students to implement Eurocode 5 – Design of Timber structures.
Reliability is defined in the Eurocodes as the “ability of a structure or a structural member to fulfil the specified requirements, including the design working life, for which it has been designed”…