scope:

This document applies to the management of Buildings & Civils Engineering Advice Notes (B&C EANs) relating to Buildings & Civils Engineering activities, over the whole of the asset life-cycle, and those who produce and manage these documents.

NOTE: The scope of Buildings & Civils Engineering activities is summarised in NR/L1/CIV/001 The Management of Buildings and Civils Infrastructure. 

This process does not replace any part of the standards and control process as mandated in NR/L2/CSG/STP001. 

Purpose 

The purpose of this document is to provide a briefing platform to Network Rail staff and its contractors/suppliers, by briefing information relating to an emerging risk which has a detrimental impact on the infrastructure which needs to be managed via an efficient cascaded process.