This guidance contains details of what is consideredbest practice and has been developed to assist designers to enhance user experience and minimise risk of crowd accidents within their design.

Health and safety has always been important in the construction industry, which suffers from a higher incidence rate of death, injuries and ill-health compared with other sectors. In recent decades there has been a concerted and increasingly successful effort to improve performance, following le....

This publication is the main output from CIRIA project RP913. Flood resilience and resistance for critical infrastructure provides an overview of the regulatory framework and outlines the main issues now faced by the industry in this area.

This report begins with a statement of the concepts and a review of design practice. Discussion on previous laboratory and field work relevant to the design practice is also included. This is followed by a brief description of the extensive laboratory studies undertaken for the project. The la....

We meet Steve, a senior leader in a construction business as he receives news of yet another failed tender bid. Licking his wounds, and pondering what he can do differently next time, he comes across a comparative review of two projects recently completed by his company. The two schemes were sim....

Following the high profile gas explosions at Loscoe and Abbeystead during the 1980s, a number of reports were published in the 1990s on the measurement of ground gases, the assessment of risk such gases may present along with the measures that can be employed to mitigate these risks. More recent....

The Easy access environmental management package has been developed to help construction companies understand and implement an effective environmental management system in line with best practice standards.

Sustainable drainage systems, or SuDS, are a more natural approach to managing rainfall where it falls. They are an important part of delivering sustainable communities and development, and should be considered together with established requirements and best practice guidelinesfor public open sp....

This guide provides the development sector with a unified accessible source of independent and practical advice and information regarding archaeology, drawing on the array of existing guidance. It is illustrated by a series of case studies showingbest practice, and a few cautionary examples of l....

Part I of this Technical Note gives details of a study carried out to compare the design of waterfront earth-retaining structures by British and foreign codes of best practice. The details of, and differences between the various codes considered are discussed, and the results of calculations mad....

The UK has a long history of wildlife conservation dating back to the establishment of royal hunting grounds, such as the New Forest, in the 11th century. However, the 20th century saw increasing concern regarding the loss of wildlife on a national scale, mainly because of changes in agricultura....

Thisbest practice guide identifies the principles of effective whole-life infrastructure asset management for long life civil engineering infrastructure assets, particularly in the transport and distribution industries, describes the key steps to successfully implement such whole life infrastruc....

This guide informs the reader of the opportunities associated with creating open space on previously developed land and advice on how to deliver projects, in line with best practice. It has been developed to be relevant to stakeholders working across the UK, including information on relevant pol....

Business and industry need to respond to the challenge of invasive plants and animals, the cost of which, both economical and environmental, has increased dramatically in recent years. This guide focuses on the impact of invasive species, and the legislation, policy and best practice guidelines ....

In the next 40 years, the worlds population is likely to double. In theory this is good news for the construction industry because all those extra people will need homes, schools, workplaces and infrastructure. But the world is of finite resources and within 40 years, many of the natural resourc....