Industry Specific Technical Training Course
Effective Site Investigations
This training course has been carefully developed to provide clarity and confidence to Civil and Structural Engineers when making geotechnical decisions.
Course Details
Recieve clear guidance on getting good geotechnical data appropriate to your design, understanding the balance between risk, cost and certainty and how to avoid the most common causes of time and cost overruns on your projects.
This short course will teach you how to competently gain the required data, in a timely manner and to a degree which is adequate and appropriate to each stage of design and development. In this way, risk and liability are minimised, the potential for economic and safe design are maximised and the project is more likely to be completed on time and within budget.
Course Objectives
- Suitability: Are the site and surroundings suitable for the project?
- Design: Obtain all the design parameters necessary for the works.
- Construction: Are there any potential ground or ground water conditions that would affect the construction?
- Contamination: Any possibilities of the site being contaminated?
- Materials: Are there any materials available on site, what quantity and what quality?
- Effect of changes: How will the design affect adjacent properties and the ground water?
Key Outcomes:
- Specify the right Ground investigation
- Ensure you get the maximum geotechnical information from the investigation
- Identify the main geotechnical risk