Construction & Repair Of Concrete Structure
Course Code: EM43
Course Objective
- Provide participants with required information about the newly developed reinforced concrete materials.
- Help participants understand the different test methods for various materials and interpret their test results.
- Assist participants to effectively consult the technical specifications of these materials.
- Provide participants with troubleshooting methods for material-related problems.
Target Audience
- Finance professionals
- Design engineers
- Architects
- Supervision engineers
- Inspectors from public agencies and private sector
- Contractors
- Project engineers
Course Outline
Day 1
Introduction and Overview
- Conventional Concrete Materials Limitations and Problems
- High Strength Concrete and High Performance Concrete
- Special Constituent materials and Admixtures
- Construction Practices for Concrete in the Gulf
- Specifics of Gulf Environment
- Precautions for different concreting operations in the hot weather of Gulf region
- Definition of hot weather for concreting processes
- Prestressing steel
- Galvanized and epoxy coated bars
- Non-Traditional Types of Reinforcement Used in Concrete Structures
- Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) reinforcement for concrete
Day 2
High Strength Concrete: General
- Importance and Economy
- Structural Improvement
- Durability Improvement
- High Strength Concrete: Materials
- Concerns
- Slag (GGBS)
- Fly Ash
- Silica
- Placing and Compacting High Strength Concrete
- Batching and Mixing High Strength Concrete
- High Strength Concrete: Production
- Finishing and Curing High Strength Concrete
Day 3
High Performance Concrete
- Definition
- Importance and Economy
- Performance Improvement
- Concerns
- Standard Test Methods for Non-Conventional Concretes and Reinforcement
- Standard specifications for epoxy coated bars
- Standard specifications for steel wires and strands for pre-stressed concrete
- Standard test methods for fresh and Hardened Special concretes
- Standard test methods for properties of FRP rods
- Specification definition and specified qualifications
- Specification types, features and format
- Technical Specifications for Concrete and Reinforcement
- Sample concrete and reinforcement specifications
Day 4
Latex Modified Concrete: Introduction & Materials
- Background
- Standard Specifications and Guides
- Materials
- Latex Modified Concrete: Production
- Mixing and Placing
- Mix Proportioning
- Finishing and Curing
- Properties of Fresh LMC
- Latex Modified Concrete: Properties and Applications
- Properties of Hardened LMC
- Applications and Recent Development
- Durability of LMC
Day 5
Repair Materials for Concrete Structures
- Required properties in repair materials
- Types of repair materials
- Repair methods and techniques
- Sample technical specifications for repair works
- Dosage and Over Dosage
- Advanced Concrete Materials: Problems and Solutions
- Workability
- Long Term Performance
- Setting and Finishing
- FRP versus steel reinforcement
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