Concrete

March 12, 2024

Technical Memorandum (Bridges) BE 2/73 – Prestressed concrete for Highway Structures

This Memorandum supersedes Technical Memorandum BE 20 and Interim Memoranda IM2, 3 and 8 and is intended to be used in conjunction with the 1969 Edition […]
March 12, 2024

DMRB BE 5/75 – Rules for the Design and Use of Freyssinet Concrete Hinges in Highway Structures

Access free from the DMRB website. This Technical Memorandum in Metric Units replaced the Ministry of Transport Memorandum No. 577/1 published by HMSO in 1966. It […]
March 12, 2024

Technical Report 68. Assessment, design and repair of fire-damaged concrete structures (includes amendment No. 1 January 2009)

Purchase from the Concrete Society website. Also available from CIS. Concrete has good fire resistance and concrete structures are generally capable of being repaired after a […]
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

C519 – Action in the case of nonconformity of concrete structures

Purchase from the CIRIA website. Also available from CIS. As construction techniques become more sophisticated and the requirements of contract programmes become more demanding, nonconformities – […]
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 This guide replaced R91 and has now been superseded by CIRIA C766.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

TG10 – Enhancing the capacity of concrete bridges

Purchase from the Concrete Society website. Also available from CIS. This report covers the different types of strengthening for reinforced and prestressed concrete highway and railway […]