Distance - Foundation Engineering and Design (1.8 CEUs)

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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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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. A thorough treatment of the design of deep foundations is provided to include capacity of deep foundations, axial capacity calculation of driven piles, pile driving methods and testing, calculating the axial capacity of drilled shafts, construction methods for drilled shafts, pile/shaft response to lateral load, pile/shaft group behaviour, and designing a deep foundation system.

Objective
To provide participants with adequate knowledge so that they can select the suitable shallow or deep foundation as well as design it.

Who Should Attend Structural, civil and geotechnical engineers, consulting engineers, technicians and technologists, 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, and foundation construction contractors. The course is of interest to a wide range of practicing civil engineers at different stages in their careers. Some familiarization with soil mechanics is desirable but the knowledge is not required at a specialist level.

Special Features
The three-day course consists of a series of lectures and workshops. Worked examples with numerical reference reinforce the lecture content. Case studies which illustrate the full range of problems are a feature of the course. There are workshops conducted under instructor guidance on bearing capacity, shallow and deep foundation design, settlement analysis, and a workshop for design examples. The participants will receive

1. A copy of the textbook: Principles of Foundation Engineering, 6th Edition, by B.M. Das
2. A comprehensive set of notes which will provide valuable information back in the office for your future need

 

The PDDP Distance Education program works as follows:

• Once you register for this course, you will be sent a login username and password for our online distance website.

• 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.