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Tunnel construction

Parent Category: Civil engineering

Standards in development (42)
Published standards (9)
Committees (6)

Standards in development (42)

Standard Title	Status
BS EN 12110 Tunnelling machines - Air locks - Safety requirements	Technical Review
BS EN 12111 Tunnelling machines - Road headers, continuous miners and impact rippers - Safety requirements	Technical Review
BS EN 13249 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Characteristics required for use in the construction of roads and other trafficked areas (excluding railways and asphalt inclusion)	Technical Review
BS EN 13250 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Characteristics required for use in the construction of railways	Technical Review
BS EN 13251 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Characteristics required for use in earthworks, foundations and retaining structures	Technical Review
BS EN 13252 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Characteristics required for use in drainage systems	Technical Review
BS EN 13253 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Characteristics required for use in erosion control works (coastal protection, bank revetments)	Technical Review
BS EN 13254 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Characteristics required for the use in the construction of reservoirs and dams	Technical Review
BS EN 13255 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Characteristics required for use in the construction of canals.	Technical Review
BS EN 13256 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Characteristics required for use in the construction of tunnels and underground structures	Technical Review
BS EN 13257 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Characteristics required for use in solid waste disposals.	Technical Review
BS EN 13265 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Characteristics required for use in liquid waste containment projects	Technical Review
BS EN 13361 Geosynthetic Barriers - Characteristics required for use in the construction of reservoirs and dams	Approval
BS EN 13362 Geosynthetic Barriers - Characteristics required for use in the construction of canals	Approval
BS EN 13491 Geosynthetic Barriers - Characteristics required for use in the construction of tunnels and underground structures.	Approval
BS EN 13492 Geosynthetic barriers - Characteristics required for use in the construction of liquid waste disposal sites, transfer stations or secondary containment	Approval
BS EN 13493 Geosynthetic barriers - Characteristics required for use in the construction of solid waste storage and disposal sites	Approval
BS EN 14067-4 Railway applications - Aerodynamics Part 4: Requirements and test procedures for aerodynamics on open track	Technical Review
BS EN 14574 Geosynthetics - Determination of the pyramid puncture resistance of supported geosynthetics	Public Comment
BS EN 15382 Geosynthetic barriers - Characteristics required for use in transportation infrastructure	Approval
BS EN 15429-3 Sweepers Part 3: Efficiency of particulate matter collection - Testing and Evaluation	Accepted
BS EN 15429-4 Sweepers Part 4: Symbols for operator controls and other displays	Accepted
BS EN 16191 Tunnelling machinery - Safety requirements	Technical Review
BS EN 16416 Geosynthetic clay barriers (GBR-C) - Determination of water permeability (index flux)	Approval
BS ENISO 10318-1 Geosynthetics Part 1: Terms and definitions	Public Comment
BS ENISO 10318-2 Geosynthetics Part 2: Symbols and Pictograms	Public Comment
BS ENISO 10319 Geosynthetics - Wide-width tensile test	Public Comment
BS ENISO 13427 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Abrasion damage simulation (sliding block test)	Public Comment
BS ISO 10320 Geotextiles and geotextile-related products - Identification on site	Idea
BS ISO 13105-1 Building construction machinery and equipment - Concrete floating machines (power trowels) Part 1: Terminology	Accepted
BS ISO 13105-2 Building construction machinery and equipment - Concrete floating machines (power trowels) Part 2: Safety	Accepted
BS ISO 16039 Road construction and maintenance equipment — Slipform pavers — Definitions and commercial specifications	Publication
BS ISO 17740-1 Building construction machinery and equipment - Concrete placing booms Part 1: Terminology and commercial specifications	Accepted
BS ISO 18228 Design of geosynthetics for construction applications	Idea
BS ISO 18325 Geosynthetics - Index test method for the determination of discharge capacity of prefabricated vertical drains	Accepted
BS ISO 18341 The use of electrically conductive geosynthetics in leak dection surveys	Idea
BS ISO 18342 Selection of techniques for electrical detection of potential leak paths in geomembrane liner systems	Idea
BS ISO 20283-4:2012/Amd 1 Mechanical vibration - Measurement of vibration on ships Part 4: Measurement and evaluation of vibration of the ship propulsion machinery - Amendment 1	Public Comment
BS ISO 21873-1 Building construction machinery and equipment - Mobile crushers Part 1: Terminology and commercial specifications	Accepted
BS ISO 22242:2005/AMD 1 Road construction and road maintenance machinery and equipment - Basic types - Identification and description	Publication
BS ISO 9863-1 Geosynthetics - Determination of thickness at specified pressures Part 1: Single layers	Idea
PD CEN/TS 14416 Geosynthetic barriers - Test method for determining the resistance to roots	Accepted

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Published standards (9)

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Standard reference	Name	Status
BS 6164:2011	Code of practice for health and safety in tunnelling in the construction industry	Current
BS 6164:1990	Code of practice for safety in tunnelling in the construction industry	Withdrawn
BS 6164:2001	Code of practice for safety in tunnelling in the construction industry	Withdrawn
BS EN 13256:2001	Geotextiles and geotextile-related products. Characteristics required for use in the construction of tunnels and underground structures	Current, Work in Hand
BS ISO 14837-1:2005	Mechanical vibration. Ground-borne noise and vibration arising from rail systems - General guidance	Current
BS ISO 10815:1996	Mechanical vibration. Measurement of vibration generated internally in railway tunnels by the passage of trains	Current
BS EN 815:1996+A2:2008	Safety of unshielded tunnel boring machines and rodless shaft boring machines for rock	Current
BS EN 12110:2002+A1:2008	Tunnelling machines. Air locks. Safety requirements	Current, Work in Hand
BS EN 12111:2002+A1:2009	Tunnelling machines. Road headers, continuous miners and impact rippers. Safety requirements	Current, Work in Hand

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Committees (6)

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Committee Reference	Title
B/513	Construction equipment and plant and site safety
B/513/-/2	Drilling, piling and tunnelling - Safety
B/553	Geotextiles and geomembranes
GME/21/3	Mechanical vibration, shock and condition monitoring - Measurement and evaluation of mechanical vibration and shock in stationary structures
RAE/1/-/4	Railway Applications - Aerodynamics
B/513/2/2	Tunnelling

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