BOF54: October 2017
Introduction
The fifty-fourth meeting of the Bridge Owners' Forum took place in in the Beves Room, King's College, Cambridge on 31st October 2017.
Minutes and Actions
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BOF54 Minutes Richard Fish (PDF File 553KB) |
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BOF54 Actions Richard Fish (PDF File 108KB) |
Agenda
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BOF54 Agenda Richard Fish (PDF File 174KB) |
Scour presentations
The morning session was dedicated to discussions of scour and scour monitoring:
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Flooding and scour - the Highways England perspective ![]() Neil Loudon, Highways England (PDF File 1.82MB) |
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Management of scour risk ![]() Steve Roffe, Network Rail (PDF File 1.14MB) |
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The repair of Tadcaster Bridge John Smith, North Yorkshire County Council (PDF File 10.22MB) |
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Scour and hydrodynamic effects of debis damage Prakash Kripakaran, University of Exeter (PDF File 2.54MB) |
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BridgeCat: Introduction ![]() Jenny Roberts, Gaist (PDF File 6.40MB) |
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BridgeCat: Video ![]() Jenny Roberts, Gaist (MP4 Movie 191.65MB) |
John McRobert gave a short additional presentation on the impact of an extreme flood event in Northern Ireland in August 2017:
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North West Flooding 22/23 August 2017 - What happened? John McRobert, Department for INfrastructure (PDF File 9.67MB) |
Network Rail reports
Following the meeting, Rob Dean provided the following additional reports from Network Rail (available to BOF members only):
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Technology Landscape for Rail Structural Asset Monitoring in Severe Weather ![]() IXC UK Ltd (PDF File 2.79MB) |
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Additional Examination Process ![]() Network Rail (PDF File 474KB) |
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Statistical Proof of Risk Based Examination Frequencies ![]() Jacobs (PDF File 2.83MB) |
Handouts
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BOF53 Draft Minutes Richard Fish (PDF File 319KB) |
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BOF53 Actions Richard Fish (PDF File 165KB) |