|
Course Code:
|
CVL012
|
|
Date:
|
23 Aug
-
27 Aug 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. |
 |
Daily Schedule: 12:00pm MST - Session begins 3:00pm MST - Adjournment This course is divided into four sessions. Each session will be 3 hours in duration. The sessions will be held on August 23, 24, 26 & 27. If you are unable to attend any of the sessions a recording will be made available.
Background:
Often conventional soil mechanics does not predict the behavior and misbehavior of fills adequately. However, considerable knowledge and experience of the real behavior of real fills, as placed by modern plant, has been obtained over the last decades, from instrumented embankment dams, highway constructions and from laboratory studies. An understanding of these developments is important for any civil engineer associated with their design and construction.
The course will present some of the new knowledge gained in the following four areas: material properties, mechanisms of behavior, methods of analysis and in the problems and the effects of placement with the modern plant. Concentration will be on problems of significant economic impact.
Description:
In this two-day course, you will obtain a comprehensive overview of the principles and techniques of design, construction and inspection of earthworks. Issues that you will address through presentations by discussion with an expert practitioner are site development, soil properties, estimating, excavation, placing and compacting, and the legal and environmental considerations that bear on this type of construction. There will also be an opportunity to deal with the current thinking on the standards and testing methods that apply to earthworks.
Objectives:
To enable participants to design and inspect earthworks effectively
To fully understand the related science and engineering principles
To interpret test results and standards
To make the best choices on construction and inspection methods
Course Methods:
The two day course consists of lectures arranged in a sequence, which minimizes the need for prior knowledge of the subject. There will be periods for discussion. Problems will be illustrated by numerous case histories.
Special Features:
-
You will receive a comprehensive course notes that will serve for future use.
-
You will receive training on two of the most popular software in slope analysis: Slope-S, and SLIDE with free academic version of the Slope–W office suite of programs. You will receive training on SEEP-W.
Target Audience:
The course aims at providing explanations and understanding of earthworks problems, rather than just the education of technical specialists. It should be applicable to both field and design engineers, who wish to know more about fill behavior, as well as for geotechnical engineers.
The following categories would obtain the maximum benefits of the course: Geotechnical engineers and geologists, technicians and technologists, contractors, site supervisors, municipal engineers, owners/developers, contractors, engineering and architectural consultants, environmental engineers and scientists, and other individuals involved in managing projects or designing foundations and earthworks.
After Attending This Course You Will Be Able To:
-
Update your knowledge of the application of soil mechanics principles to earthwork design and construction
-
Select the most technically appropriate and cost-effective earth construction system for your application
-
Examine and select appropriate material properties, parameters for design/construction of earthworks
-
Prepare conceptual and basic earthworks designs using appropriate design methods, factors of safety, and field verification methods
-
Evaluate and review contractor submitted designs
-
Expand your understanding of planning and environmental considerations in earthworks
-
Interpret test specifications, guidelines and standards pertaining to soil compaction, fill selection, and contamination
-
Optimize your choices of construction equipment and inspection methods
-
Analyze simple slopes problems manually and using software
-
Analyze simple seepage problems manually and using software
-
Demonstrate a clear understanding of earthworks design, construction and maintenance
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.
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.
|