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Road & rail design support for other EU countries
Road and railway design support for consultancies across the European Union, working to the Eurocodes and harmonised EN standards together with your national guidelines and the National Annexes specified for your project.
Standards
What we work to
| Document | Full title / edition | How we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Eurocodes (with National Annexes) | ||
| EN 1990 | Eurocode – Basis of structural design | Design working life, load combinations |
| EN 1991 | Eurocode 1 – Actions on structures, incl. EN 1991-2 Traffic loads on bridges | LM1 road and LM71 rail loading |
| EN 1992 – 1996 | Eurocodes 2–6 – Concrete, steel, composite, timber and masonry structures | Structural interfaces with the road/rail design |
| EN 1997 | Eurocode 7 – Geotechnical design | Cut and embankment slopes, foundations |
| 2nd generation | Second-generation Eurocodes (from EN 1990:2023) | Adopted per the national transition timetable |
| Road | ||
| EN 1317 | Road restraint systems (parts 1–5) | Containment levels, working width classes |
| EN 12899-1 | Fixed, vertical road traffic signs – Part 1: Fixed signs | Sign supports and placement |
| 2004/54/EC | Directive on minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the Trans-European Road Network | Tunnels over 500 m on the TERN |
| 2008/96/EC | Directive on road infrastructure safety management, as amended by Directive (EU) 2019/1936 | Road safety impact assessment and audits |
| Railway | ||
| TSI INF | Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 – Technical Specification for Interoperability, Infrastructure subsystem (as amended, incl. (EU) 2019/776 and (EU) 2023/1694) | Interoperable line parameters, platforms |
| EN 13803:2017 | Railway applications – Track – Track alignment design parameters – Track gauges 1 435 mm and wider | Cant, cant deficiency, transitions |
| EN 13848 | Railway applications – Track – Track geometry quality (series, incl. EN 13848-5:2017) | In-service quality levels |
| EN 13231-1:2023 | Railway applications – Track – Acceptance of works – Ballasted track | Acceptance of new and renewed track |
| EN 15273 | Railway applications – Gauges (parts 1–4) | Structure and platform gauging |
| Drainage & environment | ||
| EN 752 | Drain and sewer systems outside buildings – Sewer system management | Drainage system objectives |
| 2000/60/EC | Water Framework Directive | Discharge consents to receiving waters |
| Information management | ||
| EN ISO 19650 | Information management using building information modelling | Naming, CDE, information delivery |
We design to the edition, amendments and national annexes named in your project's design basis, under your firm's design responsibility and checking procedures. Editions listed are those current at the time of writing.
Deliverables
Typical packages for other EU countries
- Road and junction geometry to national guidelines
- Track alignment and cross-sections to EN 13803 / TSI INF
- Plan & profile and cross-section sheet sets
- Road restraint system layouts
- Utility coordination and diversion drawings
- 3D corridor models and IFC exports
Germany and other German-language markets are not covered at present.
Türkiye is 1–2 h ahead of Central European time
Other markets:
Have a package that needs extra hands?
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