Course Description
This short course will focus on the analysis and design of both shallow and deep foundation systems to resist vertical and horizontal loads coming from various superstructures including buildings, bridges, power plants, etc. This course will help the participants to better understand foundation engineering and learn from experts in geotechnical engineering on how to design a safe and sustainable foundation system in various site and loading conditions.
What Do Participants Learn?
- Understand the principles of foundation design, and identify issues and challenges
- Determine appropriate site exploration and laboratory characterization programs suitable for foundation projects
- Prescribe design requirements as per the foundation engineering provisions in the national and provincial standards
- Apply your comprehensive understanding of foundation design to increase your effectiveness on your projects.
Who Should Attend?
- Engineers
- Technologists
- Technicians
- General Contractors in All Disciplines (Civil, Structural, Transportation, Environmental, Municipal, Transportation, Construction, Mining, Plant Engineers, Geologists and Earth Scientists
What Will the Learning Experience Include?
Phase: 1
Introduce
- Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
- Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
- Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.
- During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
- Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
- Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
- **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.
Phase: 2
Explore & Practice
Phase: 3
Apply
- Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
- To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
- Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
- Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)
- Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
- Participant's Evaluation
- Trainer's Evaluation
Phase: 4
EVALUATE
- Site investigation for foundation design
- Bearing capacity of shallow foundations
- Settlement of shallow foundation
- Design of mat (raft) foundations
- Pile foundations under vertical loads
- Pile foundations under lateral loads
- Design of pile foundation systems
- Case studies