Development update for BOF 17

Slide 2

CIRIA Arch Manual

• final draft circulated to SG for comment

• internal CIRIA review completed• returned to research contractor to

final edit• formal launch Dec 2005• publication early next year

Slide 3

CIRIA Tunnel Manual• second draft produced in August

2005• steering group discussed on 29

September• publication still expected early

2006

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Smaller projects (1)• CIRIA

– manual on the use of rock in hydraulic engineering• Delayed

– Whole life costing across industries– Monitoring of concrete structures

• Mining related (with JS)– updated specification for procurement

of mining related NDE• Circulated for comments

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Smaller projects (2)• Salford University

– soil/structure interaction in arch bridges• presentation 20 October

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Watching brief (1)• Highways Agency

– additional parts for BA86 (NDE manual)– review of BA79 – management of sub standard

bridges– replacement of BD52/TD19 - road restraint

systems• BSI

– Committee B/509/1• BS EN 1317 - Road restraint systems• BS6779 Pt 4 – Masonry bridge parapets

• European Construction Technology Platform– plenary meeting in Paris 25 October

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New Starts• DfT Bridges Board

– “CIRIA” manual on metallic bridges– assessment of dry stone walls

• Edinburgh University– use of GPR on masonry arches

• Surrey University– reliability based bridge inspection

frequencies– fatigue crack growth in wrought iron

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New starts• proprietary FRP products for use in

bridges• low energy lime mortars • materials KTN/SMART.mat

– launch 19 January 2006• IStructE – access gantries• Leeds – PhD on FRP/metallic

strengthening