Soft Ground Engineering | Engineers Ireland

Details

1-day course

CPD Credit: 7 hours; Competence/s: 1

Course Delivery Options

Open Course: Available on scheduled dates. Contact cpdtraining@engineersireland.ie or call 01 665 1305, or check our CPD Calendar here.

In-company Training: Click here for further information on in-company courses or email incompanycpd@engineersireland.ie for a customised quote.

Course Aim

This course will discuss practical and theoretical aspects of design and construction of foundations, embankments, levees, and other structures on soft ground, including peat. Design examples will be given and approximate methods of assessing the risk of failure will be presented.

Programme

The course is organised into the following five modulus and two workshops over the course of one day:

Critical ground parameters for soft ground engineering
Design of embankment on soft ground
Design of foundations on soft ground
Ground Investigations for soft ground engineering
Discussion of design & construction options in soft ground engineering
Workshops on:
- Assessing embankment stability
- Estimating amount of settlement and rate of settlement

Learning Outcomes

An understanding of the behaviour of soft soils
The assessment of the undrained shear strength of soft soils
An appreciation of the practical aspect of the design and construction of on soft soils and peat
The design requirements of Eurocode in relation to soft soils and how the partial factors are applied.

Who Should Attend?

This course would be suitable for civil and geotechnical engineers, construction site-engineers and technicians working on civil, building and infrastructure projects, as well as engineering geologists and geologists interested in these topics.

Trainer Profiles

Dr Eric R Farrell, BA, BAI, MS, PhD, CEng, FIEI, MICE,FGS. Senior Consultant/Director AGL Consulting

Dr Farrell has provided geotechnical advice on a wide range of major infrastructural and commercial projects for over 40 years, and have also acted as an expert witness in major conciliations, arbitrations and legal disputes. He was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering in Trinity College for 28 years, and as adjunct Associate Professor until 2013. He has advised contractors and consultants on the geotechnical aspects of many projects in Ireland and abroad and has also been heavily involved in the development of the Eurocode on Geotechnical Design.

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Engineers Ireland supports the Sustainable Development Goals. This event contributes to Engineers Ireland's Sustainability Framework.

Please contact the CPD Training Team for further information on scheduled course dates and In-Company options.