COURSE OVERVIEW

Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes practical sessions where participants will visit reinforced concrete structures. Practical sessions will be performed in order to apply the theory learnt in the class.

 

The Middle East construction boom will collapse without better concrete quality and corrosion protection. The service life of reinforced concrete structures is significantly lower in the Middle East than in other parts of the world due to the harsh weather conditions. There is a tendency to use a ‘trial and error’ approach to materials and processes which have not been standardised or fully tested as these processes are applied without supervision, which results in poor service life. Therefore, a more professional approach is needed, with special attention to the entire service life, starting from the design phase.

 

Collapses, premature demolitions, unforeseen extensive maintenance work all over the world created great concern about the durability and safety on the reinforced concrete structures. Engineers need therefore newer and more suitable solutions to prolong the service life of new structures, both using supplementary preventative techniques and adopting efficient maintenance and repair techniques.

 

The development of cost-effective strategies for maintenance of reinforced concrete structures necessitates the acquisition of reliable information on the extent and rate of damages. If the corrosion risk of the reinforcement is detected sufficiently early, damage can be avoided or reduced significantly, residual life of the structure predicted and relatively simple maintenance measures or repair systems can be used.

 

The course will provide updated information on diagnosis of the reinforced concrete structures at different levels, starting with a simple or low-level form of periodic visual inspections, until the use of sensors for the new and existing structures. The course therefore covers the principles of a wide range of the latest techniques and illustrates practical applications related to the use of equipments for corrosion and mechanical testing and monitoring in concrete structures on site. These modern techniques can provide rapid and sensitive measurements and detection of damages in concrete structures.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30