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CVL063d
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This course is available through distance education, start and end date is open throughout the year.
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A certificate of completed Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will
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ARE YOU:
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Looking for professional development but do not have the time to take off from work?
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Looking for refresher course on specific engineering topics and cannot find an intensive course to serve your needs?
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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:
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The PDDP program is more of a self-guided learning style.
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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.
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Once you have completed the course, you will receive a certificate of completion
Description
This course is a practical structural design course that contains step-by-step procedures that include instructions that help understand and solve routine building structural problems. The course contains a short introduction to the National Building Code of Canada, NBCC 2010, and goes into detail on how to calculate the expected environmental and occupational loads on a structure, which includes dead, live, snow, wind, and seismic loads. A crash summary of the required structural analysis basics that are needed for structural design will be explained. The course then goes into the design of steel, reinforced concrete structural elements by limit states design according to the Canadian Standard Association CSA codes S16-01 and A23.3-04, respectively. Finally, an introduction to the shallow and deep foundations will be addressed in this course.
Target Audience
- Structural site Engineers and even design Engineers needing to refresh their design skills according to the new building code and design standards.
- Structural contractors wanting to know how the structures they erect are designed.
- Structural draftsmen wanting to know how the structures they draw are designed.
- Architects and non-structural engineers such as Mechanical, Electrical and Plant Engineers interested in upgrading their knowledge and skills in the area of structural design.
Objectives
Introduce the attendees to the manner in which environmental influences and occupancies are transformed into structural loadings and the manner in which structures resist these loadings. The attendees will learn how to compute loadings, and to design steel and concrete members, including steel connections. The course also includes the design of deep and shallow foundations and aims at exposing the attendees to the practical aspects of design, which are normally gained through practical experience and the work in design offices.
Learning Outcomes
This course will introduce you to the current codes and standards that govern structural design, including the structural provisions of the National Building Code of Canada NBCC 2010.
You will also learn:
- Basic understanding of codes and design methods,
- Understanding of how to calculate the environmental and occupational loads and their combined effect on a structure,
- Knowledge on the design of steel tension, compression and bending members,
- Knowledge on the design of reinforced concrete beams and columns,
- Knowledge on the design of steel connections,
- Knowledge on the design of foundations.
The PDDP Distance Education program works as follows:
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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
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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.
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