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After participating in the seminar you will be able to do the following:

• Diagnose durability problems
• Apply non-destructive testing methods
• Design surface repair strategies
• Identify the best materials for repair
• Achieve cost effectiveness in restoration projects

Description:
Despite the costly and tragic failures of some North American concrete structures, there is currently a lack of guidelines and procedures for assessing, testing, classifying, and prioritizing preventive and corrective action for these structures. This course focuses on training participants to properly diagnose the root causes of damage in concrete structures, to develop effective repair strategies, and select the right repair materials.

Case studies and observations of existing structures will enhance the learning process, and participants will have the opportunity to discuss real cases that they have been exposed to in their professional practice.

Course Outline:

• Mechanisms of premature damage in concrete structures
• Non-destructive testing methods for hidden defects
• Surface repair methods for concrete structures.
• Epoxy injection of cracks
• Repairing and strengthening using fibre-reinforced polymers
• Condition survey of concrete structures
• Failure analysis and forensic engineering

Who Should Attend:
Designers, Construction & Structural Engineers • Project Managers • Technicians & Technologists • Engineers in Training • Construction Inspectors • Inspection Officials • Facility Managers • Architects 

Horaire : 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM EDT

Exigences techniques

Pour les utilisateurs de PC
OS: Windows 7, 8, 10 ou plus récent

Navigateur :
IE 11 ou plus récent, Edge 12 ou plus récent, Firefox 27 ou plus récent, Chrome 30 ou plus récent

Pour les utilisateurs de Macintosh
OS: MacOS 10.7 ou plus récent

Navigateur :
Safari 7+, Firefox 27+, Chrome 30+

iOS
OS: iOS 8 ou plus récent

Android
OS: Android 4.0 ou supérieur

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PROGRAMME

Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes, and Assessment Method

Day I

• Introduction: cement and concrete
• Causes of concrete deterioration
• Corrosion of embedded reinforcement
• Frost action
• Sulphate attack
• Alkali-aggregate reaction
• Dimensional stability (shrinkage, creep, thermal effects)
• Construction defects, faulty workmanship and excessive loading
• Shrinkage, thermal stress and other dimensional stability problems
• Examples and case studies

Day II

• Visual inspection
• Reading cracks
• Non-destructive testing methods:
• strength methods
• impact echo, and other ultrasonic techniques;
• Ground penetrating radar
• infra-red thermography
• non-destructive methods for corrosion inspection; surface assessment methods
• Concrete Surface Repair: Strategy and Economics
• Surface preparation methods
• Surface repair techniques
• Repair strategies
• Compatibility between substrate and repair material
• Replacing corroded bars
• Pinpointing and repairing structural deficiency
• Epoxy Injection of Cracks
• Causes and evaluation of cracks
• Technique and procedure
• Repairing cracks
• Case studies
• Repair Guide for Concrete Structures
• Materials for Concrete Repair
• Polymer modified concrete
• Fibre-reinforced concrete and shotcrete
• Elastomeric coatings
• Repair and Strengthening Using Fibre-Reinforced Polymers (FRP)
• Surface preparation
• Repair materials
• Strengthening for axial load
• Strengthening for flexural load
• Strengthening for shear load
• Case studies and design guidelines

Day III

• Condition Assessment and Evaluation
• Responsibilities
• Check list of inspection
• Inspection planning
• Documentation
• Field observations and condition survey
• Sampling and material testing
• Evaluation
• Final report
• Forensic Structural Engineering
• Implications of structural damage and failure
• Litigation issues
• Construction claims and the role of the engineer

Open Forum: Questions and Answers, Feedback on Achievement of Learning Outcomes

Concluding Remarks and Final Adjournment

FORMATEUR

Moncef L. Nehdi, P.Eng., Professor, FACI

Dr. Moncef L. Nehdi, Ph.D., P. Eng.

Moncef is an award winning academic, researcher, teacher and industry manager with over 25 years of experience in concrete technology, durability, sustainability and structural applications. He is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, and the Founder and Director of NCS Inc. He previously was Technical Director for Imasco Minerals Inc. and Technical Manager for BCS and MTL. A Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the American Concrete Institute and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering , he is recipient of many awards including the Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award, the Ontario Professional Engineers (PEO) Engineering Medal for Research and Development, the ACI Young Member Award for Professional Achievement, the CSCE Horst Liepholz Medal, the CSCE Whitman White Award, the Bill Curtin Metal from the UK’s Institution of Civil Engineers, the ASEE Faculty Fellow Award for Excellence in Engineering Education, along with several best paper awards. He has also been an invited keynote speaker for several international conferences. Moncef has been providing consulting services for high profile projects in Canada and abroad for related concrete technology and concrete structures. A prolific author with more than 350 peer-reviewed publications, he has been active in several technical committees of the American Concrete Institute and the Canadian Standards Association, and a member of the Editorial boards of several technical journals. .