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CVL070d
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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
Description
This course deals with all aspects of modern good practice in foundation design. These include: the importance of both the geological and geotechnical aspects of the ground conditions, current limit analysis methods for bearing capacity, and definition of factors of safety. The various settlement analyses and their underlying assumptions and reliability are discussed, together with a thorough treatment of the design of piled foundations. Objectives
The main objective of this workshop is to enable participants to select the best foundation solution for different types of civil engineering problems. After completing the course participants should be able to design shallow and deep foundations and supervise their construction. The course philosophy is to provide the participants with the information they need to design foundations at the state of the art. The information is supplied in a simple and systematic way, discussing topics where current knowledge is lacking and more understanding is needed. | 
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Who Should Attend Structural engineers, civil engineers, public works and construction department employees of federal, provincial and municipal governments and engineers responsible for large industrial, commercial or institutional facilities who must deal with different types of foundations. The course will be of interest to a wide range of practising civil engineers at different stages in their careers. Some familiarisation with soil mechanics is desirable but the knowledge is not required at a specialist level. Special Features The four-day course will consist of a series of lectures and workshops. Worked examples with numerical reference will reinforce the lectures. Case studies which illustrate the full range of problems are a feature of the course. There will be workshops on bearing capacity, shallow and deep foundation design, settlement analysis. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to: - Understand the definition of capacity of deep foundations
- Understand the methods of calculating the axial capacity of driven piles
- Understand Pile driving methods and testing
- Understand methods of calculating the axial capacity of drilled shafts
- Understand construction methods for drilled shafts
- Understand pile/shaft response to lateral load
- Understand pile/shaft group behavior
- Design a deep foundation system
- Recognize potential failure modes or deformation types for soil slopes and embankments
- Develop the ability to judge when shallow foundations should be considered
- List the failure modes of shallow foundations
- Determine the bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations on soils and rocks
- Calculate vertical stress distribution below a shallow foundation
- Determine the primary consolidation settlement of shallow foundations on cohesive soils
- Determine the settlement of shallow foundations on cohesionless soils
- Identify problematic soils that may be encountered
- List the soil improvement techniques that may be used to improve the performance of shallow foundations
- List ground improvement techniques that may be used to improve the performance of shallow foundations
- Describe procedures for construction inspection and performance monitoring of shallow foundations
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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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