Course objective

• To establish a clear vision about criteria, behavior and performance of modern materials and rehabilitation approaches.
• To improve the personal performance effectiveness of participants for diagnosing defects and proposing the appropriate methods for rehabilitation and strengthen.
• To focus attention in learning about the modern methodology for control the construction quality and managing the construction execution on site with an advanced technique.
• To reveal innovative construction site supervision techniques to achieve project success.
• To understand crucial issues affecting project and site performance.

Course outline

Introduction to Advanced Materials

• Overview for Technical Specifications for Concrete and Reinforcement
• Conventional Concrete Materials Limitations and Problems
• High Strength Concrete and High-Performance Concrete
• Rubber Concrete
• Light Weight Concrete
• Concrete with Fiber
• Special Constituent Materials and Admixtures
• Hot Weather for Concreting Processes and precautions.

Specification & Quality Control for Materials

• Total Quality Management System
• Concrete Quality Control and design mix
• Standard Test Methods for Fresh and Hardened Special Concretes
• Standard Test Methods for Reinforcement
• High Strength Concrete; Durability and structural Improvement
• Slag (GGBS), Fly Ash, and Silica Fume
• Corrosion Phenomena in Steel Bars
• Carbonation Process
• Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete

Non-Destructive Testing for Concrete & Corrosion protection

• Comparison between Different Non-destructive Tests
• Core Test, Rebound Hammer and Ultrasonic Test
• Loading Test procedures / limitations for Floors
• Concrete Cover Measurement
• Non-Traditional Types of Reinforcement Used in Concrete Structures
• Galvanized and Epoxy Coated Bars
• Methods of Protection of Steel rebar in Concrete
• Anodic Inhibitor
• Cathodic Protection system

Building Evaluation & Assessment

• Building Envelope Inspection Procedures
• Data collection and Assessment report
• Visual Inspection Criteria, Methods of Inspection
• New Techniques and Using Ultrasonic and Infrared for Inspection
• Concrete Material Deficiencies; Type and extent of distress,
• Mechanisms of Deterioration & Ageing mechanism
• Evaluate the Building Risk
• Case Studies and Workshop for Building Investigation

Up-to-date Techniques for Concrete Repair & strengthen

• Material Types and repair techniques
• Identifications for Desired Properties & performance requirement for repair system
• Repair and strengthen method statement and stages
• Chloride Removal and Shotcrete
• Strengthening techniques External plate bonding & Structural Jacketing,
• Strengthen Technique Philosophy by using FRP
• Determination the condition Status and estimation of the remaining functional life.
• Case study for strengthen using traditional systems & FRP

Who should attend?

• Site Supervision Engineers
• Construction engineers
• Maintenance Engineers
• Structural Design engineers
• Construction Managers
• Cost Engineers
• Planners
• QC/ QA inspectors