Regional standards
Cable design software for GCC tenders (IEC and BS)
Design the IEC and BS cables that utilities, consultants and EPC contractors in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain specify, and rate them for your own installation conditions.
What you can design
- LV, MV and HV power cables: IEC 60502-1, IEC 60502-2, IEC 60840 and IEC 62067
- Armoured LV and fire-resistant cables: BS 5467, BS 6724, BS 6346 and BS 7846
- IEC 60287 current ratings for your own installation: high ambient and ground temperatures, dry soil, ducts and burial depth
- Building wires, solar, instrumentation and offshore cables: BS 6004, BS 7211, IEC 60227, IEC 62930, EN 50618, PAS 5308, EN 50288-7 and IEC 60092, plus fiber optic cables to IEC 60794
Identical SASO GSO adoptions of IEC standards, such as SASO GSO IEC 60227, follow the IEC tables. If your tender quotes a national standard that differs from IEC, tell us and we will add it.
Standards in this selection
| IEC 60227-3 | PVC single-core wiring cables, 300/500 and 450/750 V, 0.5–400 mm² |
| IEC 60227-4 | PVC sheathed cables for fixed wiring, 1–5 cores, 1.5–35 mm² |
| IEC 60227-5 | PVC flexible cords |
| BS 6004 | Flat PVC twin and twin & earth, 1–16 mm² |
| BS 7211 | Low-smoke halogen-free single-core wiring, 0.5–630 mm² |
| IEC 60228 | Bare copper and aluminium conductors, class 1/2/5/6, 0.5–1200 mm² |
| IEC 61089 | Overhead conductors AAC, AAAC, ACSR |
| IEC 60502-1 | Editions 2004 and 2021. Power cables 0.6/1, 1.8/3 and 1.9/3.3 kV, 1.5–1000 mm², Cu/Al, 1–61 cores, PVC/XLPE/EPR, unarmoured, SWA, AWA, STA, mixed core groups such as 4×240 + 1×120 |
| BS 5467 | Armoured XLPE power cables, 600/1000 and 1900/3300 V, mixed core groups |
| BS 6724 | Armoured low-smoke halogen-free power cables, mixed core groups |
| BS 6346 | Armoured PVC power cables, mixed core groups |
| EN 50618 | Solar PV cables H1Z2Z2-K, 1.5 kV DC |
| IEC 62930 | Solar PV cables, 1.5 kV DC, class 5 and class 2 |
| BS 7846 | Fire-resistant armoured power cables (fire rating recorded as a declared design property), mixed core groups |
| IEC 60092-353, -354, -376 | Shipboard and offshore power and control cables, 0.6/1 to 18/30 kV |
| EN 50288-7 | Instrumentation and control cables, pairs/triads/quads, screened, armoured |
| PAS 5308-1, -2 | Instrumentation cables, PE and PVC insulated |
| IEC 60502-2 | Power cables 3.6/6 to 18/30 kV, 25–1600 mm², 1 or 3 cores, wire, tape, lead or laminate screens, armoured |
| IEC 60840Preview | Single-core XLPE cables 36/66 to 76/132 kV, 240–2500 mm² |
| IEC 62067Preview | Single-core XLPE cables 127/220 to 290/500 kV, 800–3500 mm² |
| IEC 60794 | Fiber optic cables: duct, direct buried, aerial, ADSS, microduct and indoor |
Missing a standard? We add it to the library on request. Tell us which one.