Evaluation of Storm Water Quality Devices

For a number of years, TRI has been evaluating the short- and longterm structural integrity of buried stormwater quality units. In 2018, we initiated full-scale hydraulic evaluations of manufactured treatment devices (MTDs) and nutrient removal products. MTD testing is based on ASTM standards (C1745 and C1746), while nutrient removal testing evolves from collaboration with product…

Rockfall Product Testing

The geohazard of rockfall affecting road networks is of considerable interest to highway engineers working in mountainous terrain. Some of the principal measures to protect against rockfall involve rockfall checkfences, barrier fences, heavy-duty mesh netting, rockfall catch areas, sprayed fibre concrete (fibrecrete), and modifications to drainage systems including channel training works. TRI is very active…