MCHW Information Hub

Essential guidance for the implementation of the updated MCHW

MCHW Information Hub
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  • Why has the MCHW changed?
  • ▼ What has changed?
    • ▼ Key changes
      • New structure
      • New style documents
      • Country-specific versions
      • Works Specific Requirements (WSR)
    • ▼ Document mapping
      • Old to new MCHW
      • New to old MCHW
      • DMRB amendments
    • Changes summarised by document
    • Link with other document sets
    • How the updated MCHW operates contractually
  • ▼ What do I do?
    • How does this affect me?
    • Where do I find the MCHW documents?
    • When do I adopt it?
    • ▼ How do I prepare a contract-specific specification?
      • Role of the Specifier
      • Identification of mandatory and document-specific WSR templates
      • WSR templates – Compilation
      • WSR templates – Departures
      • WSR templates – common items
      • WSR templates – worked examples
      • Preparation of WSR templates for dissemination
  • ▼ Help and Support
    • Feedback and questions
    • FAQs
    • Terms and definitions

FAQs

A list of frequently asked questions is provided below with links to the relevant sections within this hub.

General

  • Why have you changed the MCHW?
  • Is the updated MCHW aligned with the DMRB?
  • How does the updated MCHW affect me?

Mapping of old to new

  • What has happened to the old series content?
  • Where do I find content provided in the old series XXX?
  • What happened to old Volume 3 and related Highway Construction Details?

Changes at document level

  • What are the key technical changes made to document xxx?

Accessing MCHW documents

  • Where do I find the updated MCHW documents?
  • Will I still have access to the old MCHW documents and, if so, how?
  • Has the approach for downloading documents been changed?

Works Specific Requirements (WSR) templates

  • What are the WSR?
  • Where can I access the WSR templates?
  • How do I prepare a specification using the updated MCHW?
  • What does the term “element” mean in the WSR templates?
  • What are the “unique references” in the WSR templates and how to use them?
  • How should I treat non-applicable content, should I cancel it or leave it blank?
  • Can I modify the WSR template, for example by adding new columns or rows in the schedules, add notes, etc.?
  • How should the departures tab be completed?
  • How should all compiled WSR template be disseminated?

Specification of selected topics

  • How should contractor designed items be managed?
  • To what extent should I duplicate information contained in drawings within schedules in the WSR templates?

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