Are Eurocodes for assessment or just for new design?
The Eurocodes are for the design of new structures. They also cover engineering principles that could be used to form the basis of assessment of structures or structural elements. The Highways Agency currently has no plan to pursue the use of Eurocodes for assessments, as the current DMRB advice notes and standards are sufficiently comprehensive and versatile to cover the assessment of various highway structures. The use of Eurocodes for assessments will only be considered acceptable if, in the opinion of the TAA, there is sufficient technical information to aid the assessment; further, that there are advantages in using Eurocodes instead of the existing standards for the assessment situation concerned..
