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BS EN 16907 Europe’s first earthworks standard
The first ever European Earthworks Standard, BS EN 16907, were published at the end of 2018. This was the culmination of over ten years of detailed collaborative working by earthworks specialists from many European countries including the UK. The new standard treats earthworks design as a process.
The parts (contents) of the standard can be found below:
I’d be interested to know from anyone at the PEW if this is being taught to the MPFs? The MPFs on my team haven’t heard of it, they just recall Mr Moran shouting at them about the shear strength of soil.
If you’re particularly interested in this standard, the ICE released a lecture on it recently presented by some of the author’s of the standard – Link here.
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It has been in the PET notes and the MPF notes since 2018
A good deal of it borrows from the Specification for Highways Works which used to be managed by the Department of Transport , then Highways England
This stuff has been in the teaching packs for nearly a decade
The usual stuff is the identification of different fill for different uses albeit the categories are difficult to fathom