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Foundations and Retaining Structures Course

Foundations and Retaining Structures Course
4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country

What will I learn?

This course equips learners with practical expertise to design safe and efficient foundations alongside cantilever retaining walls in granular soils. It covers essential earth pressure theories, drainage systems, stability analyses, and reinforcement detailing, illustrated through straightforward numerical examples. Trainees gain proficiency in foundation type selection, settlement evaluation, and implementation of international safety standards on genuine projects.

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Develop skills

  • Design retaining walls by sizing stems, bases, and reinforcement for practical projects.
  • Calculate earth and water pressures using Rankine, Coulomb theories, and surcharges.
  • Check wall stability through sliding, overturning, and bearing capacity assessments.
  • Select appropriate foundations such as footings or rafts to manage settlement near walls.
  • Plan practical construction details including drainage, sequencing, and monitoring for safety.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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