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1 IRC:122-2017 GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRECAST CONCRETE SEGMENTAL BOX CULVERTSP ublished by:INDIAN ROADS CONGRESSKama Koti Marg, Sector-6, Puram, New Delhi-110 022 NOVEMBER, 2017 Price : ` 300/- (Plus Packing & Postage)IRC:122-2017 First Published : November, 2017 Reprinted : June, 2019(All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication shall be reproduced, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the permission of the Indian Roads Congress)Printed by India Offset Press, Delhi - 110 064300 Description Page No. Personnel of the Highways Specifications and Standards Committee i-ii1. Introduction 12.

2 Scope 33. Specifications 44. Construction Methodology 105. Quality Management 186. Precautions and Safety Measures 207. Maintenance 208. Bibliography 21 IRC:122-2017iPERSONNEL OF THE HIGHWAYS SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE (As on )1 Kumar, Manoj(Convenor)Director General (Road Development) & Special Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi2 Singh, (Co-Convenor) Addl. Director General (Incharge), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi3 Verma, Dr. (Member Secretary) Chief Engineer (R) S,R & T, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New DelhiMembers4 Bamezai, Prof.

3 (Dr.) GitaR&D, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi5 Basar, ToliChief Engineer, PWD, Arunachal Pradesh6 Bhanot, BalrajChairman, TED, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi7 Bongirwar, (Retd.), PWD Maharashtra8 Gupta, (RD) & AS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi 9 Jain, Prof. (Dr.) , Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee10 Jain, Engineer (Retd.), PWD Haryana11 Kadiyali, Dr. Executive, Kadiyali & Associates (Expired on ), New Delhi12 Lal, BhureChairman, Environment Pollution Control Authority, Delhi13 Lal, ChamanEngineer-in-Chief, Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, Haryana14 Narain, SunitaDG, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi15 Nashikkar, , Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.

4 , Mumbai16 Pandey, (Projects), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi17 Parida, Prof. (Dr.) , SRIC, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee18 Pateriya, Dr. (Tech), National Rural Roads Development Agency, New Delhi19 Pawar, AjitSecretary (Retd.), PWD Maharashtra20 Porwal, Dr. (VSM)ADG (Retd.), Border Roads Organisation, New Delhi21 Raju, Dr. (Retd.), Roads & Building, Andhra Pradesh22 Rawat, Director, AECOM India Pvt. Sarangi, , National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi24 Sharma, Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi25 Sharma, (RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New DelhiIRC:122-2017ii26 Sheokand, Balbir SinghExecutive Engineer, PWD Haryana27 Singh, NirmaljitDG(RD) & SS (Retd.)

5 , Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi 28 Singh, Pawan KumarGM, 3M India , (RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi30 Tawade, (T), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi31 The Director,(Chandra, Dr. Satish)Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi32 The Director General,(Shrivastava, Lt. Gen. )Border Roads Organisation, New Delhi33 The Director General, (Mathur, Vishnu) Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures, New Delhi34 The Engineer-in-Chief,(Sharma, Lt. Gen. Suresh) Military Engineer Services, New Delhi35 Tickoo, BimalSecretary (T), PWD Jammu36 Tiwari, Prof.

6 (Dr.) GeetamProfessor, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi37 Varshney, SharadSuperintending Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi38 Verma, , Engg and Planning Consultants Ltd., New DelhiCorresponding Members1 Baluja, Dr. RohitPresident, Institute of Road Traffic Education, New Delhi2 Bhowmik, Sunil Engineer-in-Chief (Retd.), Tripura3 Kandasamy, CDG(RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi4 The Director,(Patil, Capt. (Dr.) Rajendra B. Saner)Central Institute of Road Transport, PuneEx-Officio Members1 President,Indian Roads Congress(Pradhan, ), Engineer-in-Chief cum Secretary, Works Department, Odisha2 Director General (Road Development) & Special Secretary to Govt.

7 Of India(Kumar, Manoj), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi3 Secretary General,Indian Roads Congress Nirmal, Sanjay KumarIRC:122-20171 GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRECAST CONCRETE SEGEMENTAL BOX CULVERTS1 INTRODUCTIONThe draft Guidelines for Construction of Precast Concrete Segmental Box CULVERTS was first taken up by the Embankment, Ground Improvement and Drainage Committee (H-4) of previous tenure 2012-14. Later, the H-4 Committee was re-constituted for 2015-17 and the draft was deliberated in a series of meetings. The H-4 Committee finally approved the draft document in its meeting held on 30th September, 2015 and decided to send the final draft to IRC for placing before the HSS Committee.

8 The Composition of H-4 Committee is as given below:Nashikkar, ConvenorNirmal, Sanjay Co-ConvenorHavanagi, Dr. Vasant Member-SecretaryMembersAdhikari, AtanuKaushik, ShivBagli, Shahrokh , Shabana Chand, Faqir Korulla, Minimol Das, AtasiKumar, Anil Gajria, Maj. Gen. Raheja, Ghosh, Prof. (Dr.) Ranjan, Gopal Gupta, Sanjay Rao, Guru Vittal, Seehra, Dr. Jain, , Prof. (Dr.) Jain, Shaikh, ImranJalota, Dr. Singh, Kuldip Katara, Vyas, Saurabh MembersMadhav, Prof. , SamiranRajagopal, Dr. , Dr. JimmyRao, Dr. G. VenkatappaEx-Officio MembersPresident,Indian Roads Congress(Pradhan, ), Engineer-in Chief cum Secretary, Works Department, OdishaDirector General (Road Development) & Special Secretary to Govt.

9 Of India(Kumar, Manoj), Ministry of Road Transport & HighwaysIRC:122-20172 Secretary General, Indian Roads CongressNirmal, Sanjay KumarThe Highways Specifications & Standards Committee (HSS) considered and approved the draft document in its meeting held on 23rd June, 2017. The Council in its 212th meeting held at Udaipur on 14th and 15th July, 2017 considered and authorized Executive Committee of IRC to look into matter in consultation with respective Convenors of Technical Committee before its publishing. The Executive Committee in its meeting held on 7th August, 2017 considered and approved the same document for Precast concrete segmental box CULVERTS are one of the most versatile and cost effective pre-cast concrete products, meeting the needs of fast paced construction projects.

10 Flexibility in design and ease of placement at site leads to cost savings. The uses for pre-cast concrete segmental box sections are endless. They can be used for underpasses, service tunnels, subways, bridges, stream CULVERTS , cattle pass and so on. These guidelines are applicable for Precast Concrete Segmental Box CULVERTS (PCBC) only. A Precast Concrete Segmental Box Culvert (PCBC) is an easily installed conduit used to provide passage for roads, pathways (or) flowing water ( streams, storm water or drains) underneath roads, railways or embankments. Precast concrete segmental box CULVERTS are being used in many countries including India.