DMRB Volume 1 Section 3 Part 7 (BD 57/01) Highway structures: Approval procedures and general design. General design. Design for durability (Oct 2001)
Publication Year
2001
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Updated document including details on the lifting of the moratorium on internal grouted post-tensioned construction and improvements to durability that can be made by the use of controlled permeability formwork, dense near surface concrete, corrosion inhibitors and other materials such as lightweight aggregate concrete, and stainless steel reinforcement. References are also made to thaumasite form of attack.
Document History
NRA DMRB 1.3.7. Superseded by NRA (BD 57/10).
Publisher Information
National Roads Authority
The National Roads Authority's (NRA) primary function, under the Roads Act 1993, was to secure the provision of a safe and efficient network of National roads. They were responsible for the planning and supervision of construction and maintenance, publishing the NRA DMRB and NRA MCDRW. In 2016 the NRA merged with the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) to form a new organisation, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).
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