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This is a Professional Development Distance Program course.
These are open to a start date after you register, not scheduled for a specific date.
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A certificate of completed Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will
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ARE YOU: Looking for professional development but do not have the time to take off from work? Looking for refresher course on specific engineering topics and cannot find an intensive course to serve your needs? This may be your ideal Professional Development course!
Find out more on how the Professional Development Distance Program may work for you - Click here Duration: This course is approximately 5-6 weeks in duration. Learning Method: The PDDP program is more of a self-guided learning style. You are required to read the notes and materials given, complete the follow-up assignments on your own, send in your questions prior to your 1 hour webinar meeting (if required) and be involved in live discussion via the internet. Once you have completed the course, you will receive a certificate of completion
DescriptionAs our transportation infrastructure ages, there is an increasing need on the part of owners to demonstrate greater duty of care. Bridges are the most important part of transportation infrastructure. The conception, development and worldwide construction of bridges represents the most interesting and important achievements in civil engineering. Their safe, efficient and economic operation requires that the bridges be designed and constructed so they can be operational with routine maintenance for an extended design life. This course discusses bridge substructure systems, highlights the more technical aspects of bridge substructure design and rehabilitation.Focusing on components comprising and affecting bridge substructures, this course addresses the various types of each component and discusses specific selection or design criteria, with emphasis on both traditional and innovative practical solutions in professional applications. Basic concepts and assumptions are described based on HBDC. Introduction to analysis and design of bridge foundations, piers, bridge abutment walls, and retaining walls based on Working Stress, Limit States based on OHBDC, Load Factor based on AASHTO are also covered. In this three day seminar, you will gain a strong working knowledge of the techniques that are applicable to the design of bridges substructures, including shallow and deep foundation, piers, abutment walls and retaining structures. Objective
To provide modern approaches to bridge substructures design, maintenance, strengthening and rehabilitation, so that inspection process, assessment, strengthening, rehabilitating / replacing them is accomplished effectively within budget limits.
To present practical and economical methods for evaluating, inspecting, strengthening and rehabilitating bridges.
Who Should Attend- Engineers, technicians, technologists and managers with responsibility for bridge inspection, safety, design, rehabilitation or management; consultants in small and medium sized companies wishing to bid bridge jobs; engineers in those organizations owning bridges who need to know what design and rehabilitation strategies best apply.
- Managers and engineers of national, provincial and local highway agencies, railway bridge engineers, consulting engineers, structural engineers, design engineers, superintendents and contractors who are interested in bridges, regulatory agency staff and others responsible for bridge rating, maintaining, upgrading and safeguarding existing bridges.
- Bridge design engineers, planners, bridge contractors, bridge inspectors, supervisors, consulting engineers and contractors involved in design, evaluation, and restoration of highway bridges.
Special Features
You will receive free limited license of UniBear 1.2 for Windows, a program to analyze and design bridge piers, bridge abutment walls, and retaining walls. UniBear performs analysis based on Working Stress, Limit States based on OHBDC 1991, Load Factor based on AASHTO 1992, and Partial Factor based on European codes. Materials Required
Standard engineering calculator and a laptop for software demo. After participating in this course, you will be able to: - Solve some of the common bridge substructure design and construction problems
- Evaluate existing bridge substructure and plan their rehabilitation and strengthening program
- Design new bridges substructures and foundation
- Carry out with confidence substructure rehabilitation
- Add to useful life of your bridges with the methods you learn for substructure rehabilitation
- Develop a better understanding of the application of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code in conducting step-by-step manual calculations for the bridge substructure
- Rehabilitate effectively your bridge substructure with the additional insight gained from this course
- Choose from top methods used for substructure rehabilitation
The PDDP Distance Education program works as follows: You will receive the course notes in hard copy through the online website, you will receive a set of notes each week covering the course material. A one hour video-conference session will be conducted by your instructor each week (if required). The objective of this session is to assist in solving the assignments, as well as answer student questions that should be sent to instructor early enough prior to the meeting time. In addition with being able to communicate with the instructor, you will also be able to communicate with other students in the same class and watch their questions being answered as well. (A high speed internet connection is strongly recommended for this feature). Each set of exercises can be completed and submitted by the indicated date and your completed exercise will be marked online and and returned by your instructor. To gain the most from your course, it is highly recommended that you participate fully in all discussions and exercises. Please remember that each course has a form of quiz or exercise at the end to test your understanding of the material. You will be informed of these dates when you receive the course schedule.
*Course commencement date is subject to instructor availability.
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Course Materials:
Each participant will receive a complete set of course notes and handouts that will
serve as informative references.
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