Category Archives: Geotechnics

NEWS ON NEW STANDARDS

The following changes to British Standards commonly used by geotechnical and structural engineers have been published:

  • Corrigendum 1 to NA+A1:2015 to BS EN 1993-1-4:2006+A1:20105. Design of steel structures. General rules. Supplementary rules for stainless steels.
  • BS EN 14196:2016. Geosynthetics. Test methods for measuring mass per unit area of clay geosynthetic barriers.

Readers are referred to the BSI for further details about the standards.

EXCELLENCE DEMONSTRATED!

Surepath Consulting is part of Surepath Training, and as part of our quality processes we have recently audited our training course feedback. The headline finding was a 94% excellent / very good rating of all the quantitative feedback received for our courses, with a 2:1 bias to excellent. This superb feedback is something we are very proud of, and it reflects too the emphasis we put on quality in all our consultancy work too! Please contact our Andy Goodwin using the Contacts page if you wish to discuss how we can ensure quality of delivery for all your consultancy, training or mentoring needs.

 

NEWS ON NEW STANDARDS

The following changes to British Standards commonly used by geotechnical and structural engineers have been published:

  • Amendment to BS EN 1991-1-1: 2003 + A1: 2015. Eurocode 1. Actions on structures. General actions. Snow loads.
  • Amendment to BS EN 1993-1-4: 2006 + A1: 2015. Eurocode 3. Design of steel structures. General rules. Supplementary rules for stainless steels.
  • PD 6688-1-4: 2015. Background information to the National Annex to BS EN 1991-1-4 and additional guidance (supersedes PD 6688-1-4: 2009)

In addition the following standards have been confirmed as being of continued currency:

  • BS EN ISO 12236:2006. Geosynthetics. Static puncture test (CBR test).
  • BS EN ISO 13431:1999. Geotextiles and geotextiles related products. Determination of tensile creep and creep rupture behaviour.
  • BS EN ISO 13433:2006. Geosynthetics. Dynamic perforation test (cone drop test).

Finally, you may be interested to know that the following BS implementation of ISO text has been made without any change to the international standard:

  • BS ISO 18325:2015. Geosynthetics. Test method for the determination of water discharge capacity for prefabricated vertical drains.

Readers are referred to the BSI for further details about the standards.

NEW SLOPE STABILITY PROJECT

We are pleased to announce that we are about to commence a new project in Yorkshire for retail, commercial and leisure facilities. The confidential site requires construction of a development plateau through a cut and fill exercise across the sloping site. One part of the site will require a large excavation into a dipping rock mass, and Surepath have been retained as a sub-consultant to address the stability issues posed by the proposed works. The ground investigation is underway, which will include deep trial pitting to facilitate insitu logging of the rock mass structure to complement rotary cored drillholes. We aim to be able to release further details of the project in the coming weeks.