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The CPSA has always provided high quality technical information and advice across the industry. The guides you will find on this page have been updated and revised to include current UK manufacturing practices, and incorporate changes that have occurred since the introduction of the European Standards BS EN 1916:2002 for concrete pipes and fittings, and BS EN 1917:2002 for concrete manholes and inspection chambers along with the UK, as well as complementary standard BS5911.

Although requirements remain fundamentally the same, changes have been made to both terminology and test requirements, and these are reflected in the new Technical guidelines.

These Technical Guides are available as free downloads as easy to reference individual sections or as the complete guide.

1. TECHNICAL GUIDES – The Complete Guide
   
   
2. TECHNICAL GUIDE – Section 1 System Design
   
   
3. TECHNICAL GUIDE – Section 2 Installation - Pipes
   
   
4. TECHNICAL GUIDE – Section 3 Installation - Jacking Pipes
   
   
5. TECHNICAL GUIDE – Section 4 Installation - Manholes
   
   
6. TECHNICAL GUIDE – Section 5 Glossary of Terms
   
   
7. TECHNICAL GUIDE – Section 6 References
   
   

The following documents are from the CPSA archive; they have been added to the website as they all contain useful reference information.

• Technical Bulletin 1 - Manhole Access
  
  
• Technical Bulletin 2 - Quality Concrete Pipeline Systems
  
  
• Technical Bulletins 3 - Routine testing of concrete pipes and the resultant allowable cracks in the tensile concrete.
  
  

European Standards Information

• European Standards Information 1 - A Guide for Specifiers and Users of Concrete Pipeline Systems
  
  
• European Standards Information 2 - A Guide for Builders Merchants and Purchasers of Concrete Pipeline Systems