Talented Technology Training Canada

1400 10665 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 3S9
Tel: 1-888-384-4863
Email: [email protected]

LRFD - Bridge Substructure Design Workshop (1.8 CEUs)

Course Code: CVL076
Date: 19 May - 28 May 2021
Location:

Education @ Your Desk. A Live Webinar Class means that you will attend the class via the web using your computer. There are scheduled breaks for coffee and lunch. You use a microphone, headset, or your phone and are able to interact with the instructor and other students while following notes while watching the presentation slides online just as you would in a live classroom. Notes are posted online. For an extra cost a hard copy can be requested.



The virtual classroom is becoming more and more popular, and we have a lot of experience teaching in this format. The only real difference between a live in-class and live via webinar is where you sit and what you look at. You can learn from the comfort of your own home or office. You pay less for the live webinar format than you would for the in-class format, and you do not have to travel to another city to attend the class. Please contact us at [email protected] for Special Group & Corporate Rates for one or more participants.



A certificate of completed Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be granted at the end of this course. Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Daily Schedule:
12pm  MST - Session begins
3pm MST  - Adjournment
 
This course is divided into six sessions. Each session will be 3 hours in duration. The sessions will be held on May 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28.
 
If you are unable to attend any of the sessions a recording will be made available.
 
Description
As 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

To register for this course click on the register button above, or by fax. To register by fax, download and fill our registration form, then fax it to (888) 849-4871. Mail your cheque to our address . If you have a question regarding this course, please click here.

P.S. GIC can offer many of our courses at a location of your choice, at your convenience and tailored to your special needs. For more information, please contact us.

Course Materials:
Each participant will receive a complete set of course notes and handouts that will serve as informative references.

Policies:

GIC reserves the right to cancel or change the date or location of its events. GIC's responsibility will, under no circumstances, exceed the amount of the fee collected. GIC is not responsible for the purchase of non-refundable travel arrangements or accommodations or the cancellation/change fees associated with cancelling them. Please call to confirm that the course is running before confirming travel arrangements and accommodations. Please click here for complete policies.