This is the First Edition of our Box Culvert Technical Manual. The manual is intended to illustrate the variety of applications and significant benefits of using precast concrete box culverts and provides an overview of their structural design and detailing.
This is edition three of our technical manual for pre-stressed concrete beams. The first edition gave you a basis to some of our product solutions. The second edition incorporated more detail in response to suggestions from you the users, namely greater detail of the cross sectional dimensions and available stand locations for most beam types and the addition of span tables for Box Beams.
This policy documents the various Insurance and management policies and procedures that Shay Murtagh operates to. We acknowledge as part of our duty of care for customers and employees theneed to cater as far as reasonably practicable for all eventualities that may affect our ability to provide our customers with the services and productsthey may require.
Shay Murtagh Ltd and Shay Murtagh Precast Ltd are committed to carrying out its business in a fair, honest and open manner. The foundation of Shay Murtagh Ltd and Shay Murtagh Precast Ltd ‘Counterfeit, Fraudulent & Substandard items’ policy is based on the company’s commitment to find practical, genuine & appropriate solutions to support the clients product requirements and quality expectations.
Shay Murtagh are dedicated to the protection and preservation of the environment. We endeavour to provide products of the utmost quality whilst maintaining an environment that is safe, and can be enjoyed by its employees, customers and local community alike. Shay Murtagh is committed to achieving the highest standards of environmental performance and recognises its corporate responsibility to the environment.
The prevention of accidents and ill health is one of the most important functions of management because: We do not want any employee, non-employee, visitor or contractor to suffer as a result of our work. We intend to comply with all relevant health and safety legislation. We recognise that accidents unsafe and unhealthy working conditions can be a considerable drain on financial resources of the company and demonstrate a lack of effective management.
The Company is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in its business activities in the UK and overseas. This policy outlines the company’s position on combatting modern slavery and human trafficking in our business.
This policy is in compliance with the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2001 and Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2010. Shay Murtagh Ltd and Shay Murtagh Precast Ltd are committed to carrying out its business in a fair, honest and open manner.
Shay Murtagh Precast Ltd recognise that businesses can have a negative impact on the environment. We are committed to find ways in which we can reduce the impact of our work both in the office and in the manufacturing process.
The management & staff of Shay Murtagh Precast Ltd (SMPL) and Alcrete Building Systems Ltd (ABSL) are committed to achieving excellence by maintaining an Integrated Management System to provide our customers with products and services that meet or exceed their expectations by Complying, Maintaining, Establishing, Reviewing and Committing.
Great praise for Shay Murtagh Precast The Construction Industry Federation has hailed a Westmeath company for being "one of the success stories of the recession."
Shay Murtagh Precast manufacture a wide range of box culverts. These culverts can be used for a variety of applications and are designed, manufactured and delivered by Shay Murtagh.
Precast Concrete Bridge Units are easy to install and Shay Murtagh Precast Ltd can advise on installation when required. Generally, package will include design, manufacture and delivery to site.
Specialists in Precast & Prestressed Concrete Products - Double T Rib Wall Construction Sequence.
Shay Murtagh are leading industry concrete specialists in the design and manufacture of precast reinforced and prestressed concrete elements for ‘Railway Infrastructure Projects’. We have become the specialist delivery partner for many of the civil engineering companies working in the railway sector and have supplied numerous railway projects throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom.
The reservoirs are constructed by erecting precasy and prestressed concrete wall panels on reinforced in-situ concrete foundation base. The panels are then postensioned circumferenially with greased and PVC coated super stand in PVC ducts.
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Typical Applications:
Bridging watercourses, pedestrian access, carrying services.
Advantages:
Leaves stream bed undisturbed.
Structurally efficient
Typical Applications:
Open channels, wingwalls at the ends of box culverts.
Advantages:
Easily installed, structurally efficient.
Typical Applications:
Bridging watercourses, pedestrian access, vehicle access.
Advantages:
Enables large culverts to be precast and transported.
Typical Applications:
Flood mitigation systems.
Water or other liquid storage.
Advantages:
Large storage volumes at low cost.
Typical Applications:
Large cumulative spans.
Advantages:
Optimal structural efficiency.
Typical Applications:
Retains the embankment and prevents scour at the ends of a pipe line.
Advantages:
Easily installed.
Eliminates the need for in-situ scour protection.
Typical Applications:
Accommodates self cleansing requirements.
Accommodates low flow conditions.
Advantages:
Reduced maintenance requirements.
Typical Applications:
Accommodates requirement to provide fish passage.
Advantages:
Quicker installation and more economical than special onsite provisions
Typical Applications:
Retains the embankments at the ends of a culvert line.
Advantages:
Prevents embankment erosion and loss of backfill behind the culverts
Typical Applications:
Medium span bridging, vehicle access, rail bridges.
Advantages:
Leaves stream bed undisturbed.
Long spans at low cost.
Typical Applications:
Accommodates requirement to provide small mammal passage.
Advantages:
Quicker installation and more economical than special onsite provisions
Typical Applications:
Allows a box culvert line to change direction.
Advantages:
Facilitates flexibility in the culvert path
Typical Applications:
Bridging watercourses, pedestrian access, carrying services.
Advantages:
Easily installed.
Range of additional features.
Structurally efficient.
Typical Applications
Complimentary edge bream to the ‘M’ beam.
Advantages
Provides a clean vertical face with a variety of finishes along with a channel void for incorporation of services.
Typical Applications
Medium and long span bridges.
Advantages
Provides a ready made edge detail.
Provides easy provision for services.
Suitable for skewed deck which experience high torsion.
Typical Applications
Medium and long span bridges and commercial development.
Advantages
There is easy access to the underside of the structure, as the beams are spaced apart.
Typical Applications:
This is a complimentary edge beam to the ‘TY’ beam.
Advantages:
Can be used for a solid infill deck.
The TYE beam offers increased section properties to support parpet loading.
Typical Applications:
This is complimentary edge beam to the ‘Y’ beam.
Advantages:
The YE beam offers increased section properties to support parpet loading.
Can be used for either a solid infill deck or beam and slab construction.
Typical Applications:
Short to medium span bridges.
Ideal for use over busy railway lines.
Advantages:
Provides a quick, safe working platform.
Typical Applications:
Complimentary edge beam to the MY Beam.
Advantages:
The increased section properties can be used for a solid infill deck to support parpet loading.
Accomodate the installation of precast parapets to solid infill decks.
Typical Applications:
Short to medium span bridges.
Ideal for use over busy railway lines.
Advantages:
Provides a quick, safe working platform.
Typical Applications
Provides voided bridge deck for medium and long span road bridge construction.
Advantages
Closed soffit to underside ideal for pseudo-box type construction.
Typical Applications
Short and Medium span bridges and commercial developments eg. railway under bridge.
Advantages
Provides a closely assembled soffit.
No need for formwork.
Ideal for short to medium spans that require rapid construction.
Typical Applications
Short and medium span bridges and commercial developments.
Advantages
Design provides for a closely assembled soffit.
there is no need for formwork.
Typical Applications
Short and medium span bridges, commercial developments, jetties and marine decks.
Advantages
Provides a closely assembled soffit and there is less unsitu concrete.
No need for formwork.
Typical Applications
Medium and long span bridges.
Advantages
Provides a ready made edge detail.
Provides easy provision for services.
Suitable for skewed deck which experience high torsion.
