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Guidance for authors and reviewers

Content relating to the authoring and review of DMRB and MCHW (belonging to Safety, Engineering, and Standards) and OTSL (belonging to Digital Services) documents


Role based guidance

  • I am a brand new author of DMRB documents
  • I am a brand new author of MCHW documents
  • I am a brand new author of OTSL documents
  • I am a Technical Author
  • I am a Technical Standards Committee chair
  • I am a Technical Standards Consultee

Topic based guidance

  • Carbon, sustainable development and good design impact assessment report guidance
  • Commercial impact assessment and toolkit
  • Constructor templates (MCHW only)
  • How to edit .dwg/.dwf files
  • How to revert to a previous CARS document version
  • Are you ready for Quality Review?

FAQs

Review frequently asked questions by clicking on the links below:

  • Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) FAQs
  • Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works (MCHW) FAQs
  • Standards Governance FAQs

Training videos

  • Quick links to training videos

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