Assessment of Need – Temporary Vehicle Restraint Systems (TVRS)

By attending this course, you’ll gain valuable insights into the benefits, limitations, and issues related to TVRS, enhancing your ability to proactively deploy these systems on highways.

Description

Temporary Vehicle Restraint Systems (TVRS) are crucial for ensuring safety on highways and bridges during temporary works. This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the need for assessing temporary hazards and the use of TVRS. Key topics include:

Understanding...

Temporary Vehicle Restraint Systems (TVRS) are crucial for ensuring safety on highways and bridges during temporary works. This course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the need for assessing temporary hazards and the use of TVRS. Key topics include:

Understanding TVRS: Learn what TVRS are and their importance in maintaining safety.
Testing and Approval: Explore the testing processes and approval criteria for TVRS elements.
Performance and Utilisation: Consider performance criteria, specifications, and how to utilise TVRS in various environments.
Design and Compliance: Understand the use of relaxations and departures in designing TVRS layouts and ensuring compliance with highway standards.

Requirements

It is advantageous, but it is not essential, for attendees to have a basic knowledge of CDM, Temporary traffic management and temporary highway works.

You will learn

• To understand the need for an Assessment of Need of Temporary Hazards
• To have an understanding of the use of RRRAP within temporary works
• The use of Appendix 4/1
• To have an understanding of EN1317-2, -3 & -4
• To have an understanding of installation constraints
• To understand the benefits, limitations and issues related to the use of TVRS

Who is it for?

• Engineer