Design

March 12, 2024

C786 – Culvert, screen and outfall manual

Access free from the CIRIA website. Also available from CIS. Adopting a ‘whole life’ approach to the design and operation of culverts, screens and outfalls, this […]
March 12, 2024

SP171 – Manual on scour at bridges and other hydraulic structures – supplementary guide

Purchase from the CIRIA website. Also available from CIS. This supplement to C742 Manual on scour at bridges and other hydraulic structures, second edition captures additional […]
March 12, 2024

C742 – Manual on scour at bridges and other hydraulic structures, second edition. Supplementary guidance SP171

Purchase from the CIRIA website. Also available from CIS. Structures built in or near rivers and other channels can be vulnerable to scour around their foundations. […]
March 12, 2024

C760 – Guidance on embedded retaining wall design

Purchase from the CIRIA website. Also available from CIS. This publication provides good practice guidance on the selection and design of vertical embedded retaining walls to […]
March 12, 2024

C766 – Control of cracking caused by restrained deformation in concrete

Purchase from the CIRIA website. Also available from CIS. Cracking occurs when the tensile strain, arising from either restrained contraction or the strain differential within the […]
March 12, 2024

C779 – Fibre-reinforced polymer bridges

Access free from the CIRIA website. Within the UK the projected growth in the use of FRP composites for structural applications in the construction sector suggests […]
March 12, 2024

CIRIA C543 – Bridge Detailing Guide

Available from CIS. Gives guidance for engineers and technicians engaged in the preparation and development of details for highway and accommodation bridges, subways, culverts and retaining […]
March 12, 2024

CIRIA C660 – Early-age Thermal Crack Control in Concrete

Access free from the CIRIA website. This guide replaced R91 and has now been superseded by CIRIA C766. This guide provides a method for estimating the […]
March 12, 2024

C689 – Culvert Guide

Purchase from the CIRIA website. A culvert provides the means of allowing infrastructure to cross a watercourse. Culverts are superficially simple structures, but they have the […]