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Course on land improvement in civil works and building
The engineering, public works, urban planning and architecture sector encompasses many aspects. Perhaps, some more important than others, but of course, when we talk about the terrain. Here the opinions are generalized is the key!
Understand how it works and what mechanisms allow us to improve a soil It is not an option, it is a must. Any mistake or bad execution will cause a lot of headaches, not to mention the economic aspect.
Compaction methods, types of piles, injection systems, screens, materials, machinery, etc. A long list of procedures and aspects that we often forget and is an essential subject that we must know as professionals in the sector.
The good news! That from the UPV this month they launch a free online course to refresh us techniques and procedures for land improvement commonly used in civil engineering and building works.
And, in addition, the course is directed by Victor Yepes. That apart from being a Professor at the UPV in the area of Construction Engineering, he is possibly one of the people who more knowledge of public works and civil engineering disseminates through social networks and his blog, a top ten, adding value to the sector!
Course features
East UPV course is released in format MOOC, that is, open enrollment for everyone. Anyone with a minimum of basic knowledge can do it.
The temary index especially in the Necessary machinery, in construction procedures, in applicability to different types of floors, in economic, environmental and safety aspects at work.
Aspects such as preload, inclusions in the ground, gravel columns, piles, dynamic compaction, mechanical compaction, ground injections, soil stabilization in foundations, deep mixing, anchors, control will be addressed. of the phreatic level, among other issues.
Duration:
The course agenda is organized for a 8 week period. In each week, a different module will be worked with an average of 4 to 5 Hours per week to learn the basic aspects of the terrain improvement techniques.
Remember that the UPV is very active in matters of free online training and we have already verified this with:
- Two free courses on urban sustainability by the UPV
- Excel online courses with some created by the UPV
Course objectives
- Understand the usefulness and limitations of the different land improvement techniques used in the construction of civil works and buildings.
- Evaluate and select the best construction procedure and machinery necessary for the improvement of the land under certain conditions, considering the economy and safety.
Temary
The training agenda it reaches many aspects and we wanted to list them in the following table:
| Construction procedures course syllabus: land improvement in civil works and building | |
| Classifications of soil improvement and reinforcement techniques | Work recommendations in compaction |
| Land substitution as an improvement technique | Soil injection techniques |
| Preloading as a technique for land improvement. | Procedures used in the injection of land |
| Vertical drains as a soil improvement technique | Materials used in the injection of land |
| Soil vacuum consolidation | Grout types and applicability of soil injection materials |
| Gravel columns | Injecting unstable grouts |
| Gravel column executed by conventional means | Injection of stable grouts |
| Gravel column by vibro displacement | Chemical slurry injection |
| Gravel column by vibrosubstitution | High pressure injections: Jet grouting |
| Compacted gravel columns | Compaction injections |
| Compacted sand piles | Hydrofracturing injections |
| Columns encapsulated with geotextile | Deep mixing of soils |
| Strengthening the ground through rigid inclusions | Springsol: land improvement using soil-cement columns |
| Piles and classifications concept | Screens made by deep soil mixing (Deep Soil Mixing Walls) |
| Compaction piles | Floor-cement screens with hydrofra (Cutter Soil Mixing) |
| Vibrated concrete columns | Bentonite-cement plastic screens |
| Controlled module columns | Floor Screens-Bentonite |
| Lime and lime-cement columns | Reinforced self-hardening mud screen |
| Injected gravel column | Thin mud screens executed by profile vibration |
| Displacement piles | Geomembrane screens |
| Wooden piles | Mechanically stabilized earth walls: Reinforced Earth |
| Metal piles | Geosynthetic reinforced soil |
| Driven metal piles | Soil nailing or nailed floor |
| Driven reinforced concrete piles | The bolonaje technique |
| Precast prestressed concrete piles | Concept and classification of anchors |
| Displacement pile with dowel | Areas of an anchor |
| “Franki” system for the execution of displacement piles | Execution of an anchor |
| Pile Driving with Free Fall Hammers | Safety in the execution of the anchors |
| Pile vibration driving | Soil stabilization |
| Silent pile driving | Soil stabilization with lime |
| Extraction piles | Soil stabilization with cement |
| Continuous auger drilled piles | Soil stabilization with bituminous binders |
| STARSOL: Piles with improved continuous helix | Stabilization of soils with chlorides |
| Micropiles | Gravel-cement |
| Soil improvement through vibrocompaction | Gravel-emulsion |
| Terra-Probe Improvement | Gravel-slag |
| Vibroalas method for improvement of non-cohesive soils | Land improvement by heating |
| Soil resonance compaction | Soil freezing |
| Dynamic compaction | Biological methods as a land improvement technique |
| Fast dynamic compaction | The problem of water in excavations |
| Dynamic substitution | Classification of water control techniques in excavations |
| Compaction with explosives | Selection of the water table control system |
| Electric impulse compaction | Excavation drainage by surface pumping and sumps |
| Hydroblasting compaction | Drainage of excavations using perimeter trenches |
| Mechanical soil compaction | Horizontal drainage with radial wells |
| Compaction curve of a soil | Excavation drainage through deep filter wells |
| Selecting a compaction equipment | Water table control by drainage lances (wellpoints) |
| Test sections in soil compaction | Electroosmosis as a soil drainage technique |
We can access the course on construction procedures for the improvement of land in civil works and building from the EDX platform HERE to register (Remember that the MOOC course is free, but if you want proof of having done it, you have to pay the corresponding fee).
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