Soils,Trenching, Excavations and Piling

A 1 day practical course covering a wide variety of site geotechnical issues.

Course Objectives

·         To raise awareness of practical geotechnical issues on site.
·         To help prevent accidents and provide practical, safe and economic solutions to typical site problems.
·         To allow delegates to coordinate and supervise common site geotechnical activities.

Course Outline:

·         Gathering and interpreting soils information.
·         Good trenching practice.
·         Sheet piling, cofferdams and framing to excavations.
·         Undermining and underpinning.
·         Basement construction.
·         Driven and bored piling and other ground improvement techniques.
·         Writing design briefs, risk assessment, method statements and checking proposals.
·         Site supervision, inspection and legal responsibilities.
·         Use of basic design principles and design charts.
·         Testing and quality control.
·         Case studies of accidents and failures.
·         Sources of help and information.

Intended for:

·         Site engineers and temporary works coordinators.
·         Experienced site managers and site agents.
·         Experienced support staff responsible for planning or pricing geotechnical works.
·         Experienced site safety advisors.
·         Junior geotechnical engineers.

Course Duration:

1 day (6 hours) IPD/CPD

Locations:

Date	Venue
8th September 2008	Cardiff	Book

Fee:

£205 except for Belfast and Glasgow £215 (exc. VAT)
All our courses can be offered as in-house training for further details please telephone: 01446 775959 or email: admin@symmonsmadge.co.uk