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Foundations and Retaining Structures Course

Foundations and Retaining Structures Course
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.

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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