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) Ground movement impact on railway and adjacent structures;

g) Use of tall plant on or near the railway;

h) Use of temporary works, scaffolding and hoardings near the railway;

i) Piling and similar processes; j) Adjacent structures;

k) Asset and structure identification;

l) Condition assessment and certification;

m) Structural materials;

n) Cutting, grinding, drilling, fixing to and supporting from existing structures and inspection access;

o) Decommissioning, demolition and site clearance;

p) Access covers;

q) Service crossings;

r) Evidence of compliance;

s) Risk.

Purpose

This standard sets out the generic requirements that apply to civil engineering assets, and is to be read in conjunction with LU Standard S1538 and the appropriate LU Civil Engineering Standards as shown below:

A supporting Manual of Good Practice G050 gives guidance and explanation of the requirements given in this Standard.