scope:

This Standard applies to all civil engineering assets and sets out the following generic requirements:

a) Competence;

b) Technical approval, processes and assurance;

c) Design of service fixings and connections for new structures;

d) Ground investigations;

e) Management of sub-standard assets;

f) Impact on operational railway and adjacent structures;

g) Asset and structure identification;

h) Condition assessment and certification;

j) Structural materials;

k) Cutting, grinding, drilling, fixing to and supporting from existing structures;

m) Decommissioning, demolition and site clearance;

n) Access covers;

o) Service crossings;

p) Evidence of compliance.

This issue of the standard replaces 1-050A2.

Purpose

This standard sets out the generic requirements that apply to civil engineering assets, and is to be read in conjunction with LU Standard 1-538 and the appropriate LU Civil Engineering Standards.

A supporting Manual of Good Practice G-050 gives guidance and explanation of the requirements given in this Standard.