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A practical approach to mapping failure chains, monitoring hazards, prioritizing works and making closure and reopening decisions on mountain roads and railways.

How to investigate erosion around transport assets, prioritise risks, select controls and check whether repairs hold up after storms.

How to investigate railway bridge defects using targeted inspection, train-response measurements and monitoring, without mistaking an anomaly for proof of damage.

How exposure, material selection, drainage, construction checks and targeted inspections affect the durability of concrete bridges and other transport assets.

Assess landslide threats to roads and railways, select drainage and debris controls, and link monitoring, maintenance and reopening decisions to route risk.

How to assess road and rail noise sources, choose surfaces, track treatments or barriers, and verify acoustic performance through maintenance.

How to assess elevated roads through load-path review, targeted inspection and testing, monitoring, and documented engineering judgment.

An engineering guide to tunnel fire scenarios, ignition prevention, detection, smoke control, evacuation, suppression and post-fire inspection.

How asphalt and concrete surfaces carry loads, provide tyre friction and respond to water—and what material tests and field measurements can reveal.