Course Description
This 5-day Bridge Inspection course offered by Averest Training is designed to help delegates to understand the wide-ranging processes associated with the inspection of bridges within the overall asset management framework for highway structures. Attendance on these courses will help delegates to achieve the level of competence required to be assessed as a bridge inspector or senior bridge inspector.
What Do Participants Learn?
- Develop Cost-effective Strategies For Preservation Of A Group Of Bridges Identify Maintenance Or Repair Needs And Select The Best Countermeasures And Applications
- Apply Effective Management Techniques (Such As Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring, And Reporting).
- Describe, Identify, Evaluate, And Document The Various Components And Deficiencies That Can Exist On Bridge Components And Elements.
- Describe, Identify, Evaluate, And Document The Various Components And Deficiencies That Can Exist On Bridge Components And Elements
- Discuss The Duties And Responsibilities Of A Bridge Inspector And Define Inspection Concepts Including Personal And Public Safety Issues Associated With Bridge Inspections
- Learn About The Latest Technologies Utilized Around The World For Bridge Inspections
Who Should Attend?
- Bridge Inspectors
- Senior Bridge Inspectors
- Bridge Managers
- Civil & Construction Engineers
- Engineers
- Other Technical Staff Who Have The Responsibility For Managing Highway Structures
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
Section One:
- Introduction
- Purpose of Bridge Inspections
- Inspectors Roles, Responsibilities and Competence
- Inspection Types
- Scheduling Inspections
- Risk-Based Inspection Intervals
- Planning and Preparing for Inspections
- Health and Safety
- Performing Inspections
- Recording Inspections
- Q&A, Review
Section Two:
- Structures Types and Elements
- Properties of Construction Materials Concrete
- Properties of Construction Materials Steel and Metals
- Properties of Construction Materials Masonry
- Properties of Construction Materials - Timber
- Principal Causes of Defects
- Concrete, BCI, Concrete, Steel, Masonry Defects
- Q&A, Review
Section Three:
- The Purpose of Testing
- Common Testing Techniques
- An Effective Testing Programme
- Concrete Testing
- Testing of Metals
- Masonry Testing
- Investigation Processes
- Ecology
- Procurement Processes
- Q&A, Review
Section Four:
- Introduction
- Evaluation of Inspection and Testing Techniques
- Maintenance Techniques
- Bridge Assessment
- Repair Techniques for Concrete Structures
- Repair Techniques for Metal Structures
- Repair Techniques for Masonry Structures
Section Five:
- Site-Visit
- Inspection of a bridge