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Foundations and Retaining Structures Course

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

What will I learn?

This course equips you with hands-on skills to design secure and cost-effective foundations plus cantilever retaining walls in sandy soils. Master earth pressure concepts, drainage systems, stability analysis, and reinforcement specs via straightforward numerical cases. Build assurance in picking foundation options, evaluating settlement risks, and using global safety standards on actual sites.

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Develop skills

  • Design robust retaining walls by sizing stems, bases, and reinforcement for practical sites.
  • Compute earth pressures and water loads using Rankine, Coulomb theories, and surcharge effects.
  • Verify wall stability through sliding, overturning, and bearing capacity assessments.
  • Choose suitable foundations like footings or rafts adjacent to walls to manage settlement.
  • Develop practical construction details including drainage, build sequence, and monitoring for secure execution.

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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