UNE-EN 1610:2016
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Construction and testing of drains and sewers
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Spanish, Castilian, English
09-03-2016
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 General
4.1 Concepts
4.2 Safeguarding design assumptions
5 Construction components and materials
5.1 General
5.2 Construction components
5.3 Materials used for embedment
5.4 Materials used for main backfill
6 Excavation
6.1 Trenches
6.2 Trench width
6.3 Trench stability
6.4 Trench bottom
6.5 Dewatering
7 Embedment and support
7.1 General
7.2 Bedding construction types
7.3 Special methods of bedding or support
8 Installation
8.1 Setting-out
8.2 Delivery, handling and transportation on site
8.3 Storage
8.4 Lifting of components
8.5 Laying
8.6 Special constructions
8.7 Supporting and anchoring
8.8 Manholes and inspection chambers
9 Connections to pipes and manholes
9.1 General
9.2 Connection by junctions
9.3 Connection by connecting fittings
9.4 Connection by saddle fittings
9.5 Connection by welding
9.6 Connection to manholes and inspection chambers
10 Testing during construction
11 Backfilling
11.1 Compaction
11.2 Placement of the embedment
11.3 Placement of the main backfill
11.4 Removal of sheeting
11.5 Surface reinstatement
12 Final inspection and/or testing of pipelines and
manholes after backfilling
12.1 Visual inspection
12.2 Leaktightness
12.3 Embedment and main backfill
13 Procedures and requirements for testing gravity
pipelines
13.1 General
13.2 Testing with air (method L)
13.3 Testing with water (method W)
13.4 Testing individual joints
14 Testing of pressure pipelines
15 Qualifications
Annexes
A (informative) Dewatering
B (informative) Additional information to 5.3.3.1 on
material properties
C (informative) Abstract from Council Directive of
17 September 1990 on the procurement procedures of entities
operating in the water, energy, transport and
telecommunication sectors
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