Foundations and Retaining Structures Course
Gain mastery in foundations and retaining structures, covering soil testing to full wall design, drainage planning, and stability verification. Discover practical techniques, key calculations, and precise detailing to create safer, more efficient builds for real-world construction projects, ensuring reliability and economy.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with hands-on skills to design strong, cost-effective foundations and cantilever retaining walls in sandy soils. You'll master earth pressure theories, drainage systems, stability analysis, and reinforcement details through straightforward numerical examples. Build expertise in picking foundation types, evaluating settlement, and using global safety standards on actual job sites.
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Develop skills
- Design retaining walls by sizing stems, bases, and reinforcement for practical sites.
- Compute earth and water pressures using Rankine, Coulomb theories, and surcharge loads.
- Verify wall stability through sliding, overturning, and bearing capacity assessments.
- Choose suitable foundations like footings or rafts adjacent to walls to manage settlement.
- Develop build-ready details including drainage, construction sequence, and monitoring plans.
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