1. Are you busy with your work schedule?
2. Can not attend training within week days?
3. Are you looking for refresher course on specific engineering topics and can not find an intensive course to serve your needs?
4. This course might be the right thing to meet your needs!

Objectives

The main objective of this refresher workshop is to apply the principles of Soil Mechanics to the design and analyses of geotechnical structures and enable participants to select the best foundation solution for different types of civil engineering problems. After completing the course, participants should be able to design deep and shallow foundations and supervise their construction. The course philosophy is to provide the participants with the information they need to design state-of-the-art foundations.

The information is supplied in a simple and systematic way, discussing topics where current knowledge is lacking and more understanding is needed. With the instructor’s long experience in design, construction and teaching of the foundation engineering topics, you will get the maximum benefits you are looking for.

General topics description is:

1. Characterization of natural deposits, subsurface investigation, field measurements.
2. Design procedures for settlement and stability of shallow and deep foundation systems in soil and rock.
3. Design of excavations and retaining structures; slopes and embankments.
4. Seepage through dams and landfills and the control of seepage through the use of filters and low permeability layers including the use of geosynthetic liners and filters.

The participant is expected to learn:

1. Design of Shallow and deep Foundations
2. Settlement analyses for shallow and deep foundations
3. Improvement techniques for foundation soils
4. The definition of capacity of deep foundations
5. Methods of calculating the axial capacity of driven piles
6. Pile/shaft group behavior
7. How to select a sound foundation system

Target Audience

Consultant, structural, civil engineers, college and university faculty, public works and construction department employees of federal, provincial and municipal governments; engineers responsible for large industrial, commercial or institutional facilities who must deal with different types of foundations.

The course will be of interest to a wide range of practicing civil engineers at different stages in their careers. Some familiarization with soil mechanics is desirable but the knowledge is not required at a specialist level. The course will be most beneficial to geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, foundation designers, project engineers, and highway/bridge engineers who are involved in the design and construction of foundations.

Special Features

The six full -days course will consist of a series of lectures and workshops. Worked examples with numerical reference will reinforce the lectures. Case studies which illustrate the full range of problems are a feature of the course. There will be workshops on bearing capacity, shallow and deep foundation design, and settlement analysis. You will be assigned weekly assignment and mock final exam to test your personal achievement of the learning outcomes.

Each participant should bring:

• Standard Engineering calculator

Recommended Text Books (not included in the course fees)

1. Das, B.M., 2004 Principles of Foundation Engineering, 5th Ed.
   
2. Das, B.M., 2002 Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, 5th Ed.
   
3. Canadian Foundation Engineering Manual

Recommended additional References

1. Bowles, J.E. Foundation Analysis and Design
   
2. R.F. Craig, Soil Mechanics, 5th Edition, Chapman Hall

Prerequisite: Basic Soil Mechanics Course, this could be covered by reviewing Chapter 1 Geotechnical Properties of Soil, from the assigned text book.

Tentative Course Outlines:

I Revision of Soil Mechanics topics

II Introduction

1. Foundation: Definition and Purpose
   
2. Foundation Classifications
   
3. Design Load for Foundations
4. General Requirements of Foundation

III Soil Exploration, Sampling and In-Situ Soil Testing

1. Purpose of soil exploration and soil Origin.
2. Methods of Exploration
3. Planning of subsurface exploration Program
4. Procedure of soil sampling and boring
5. The Standard Penetration Test
6. Cone penetration test
7. Van shear test
8. Core Sampling
9. Observation of water Table Location
10. Depth and Number of Borings
11. Soil exploration report

IV Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations

1. Introduction
2. Terzaghi's bearing capacity Theory
3. Meyerhof's bearing capacity Theory
4. Effect of Water Table on Bearing Capacity
5. Footings with Eccentric or Inclined Loads
6. Bearing Capacity from SPT and CPT Testing
7. Bearing Capacity of Footings on Slopes
8. Bearing Capacity of Foundations in Layered Soils
9. Safety Factors in Foundation Design and Allowable Bearing Capacity

V Foundation Settlements

1. Types of foundation settlements
2. Methods of Computing Immediate (Elastic) Settlements
3. Consolidation Settlements
4. Reliability of Settlement Computations
5. Structural Tolerance to Total Settlement and Differential Settlements

VI Mat Foundation

1. Types of Mat Foundation
2. Bearing Capacity of Mat Foundation
3. Settlement of Mat Foundation
4. Structural design of Mat Foundation

VII Retaining Structures

1. Forces on Retaining Structures
2. Stability of Walls and Sheet Piles
3. Allowable Bearing Capacity
4. Settlements
5. Tilting and overturning

VIII Deep Foundation

1. Bearing Capacity of Single Piles
2. Stresses on Underlying Strata
3. Settlements of Pile Groups
4. Pile Caps
5. Pile Driving Formulas
6. Negative Skin Friction
7. Pile Tests
8. Pier and Caissons Foundation

IVV Design of Water Structures

1. Seepage through earth Dames
2. Stability of Earth Dams

VV Slope Stability

1. Stability of Slopes
2. Factor of safety

Computer Usage:

1. Spreadsheets and word processors routinely used for homework and projects.
   
2. Selective usage of geotechnical software packages as required.
   
3. Some Internet resources for free demos Geotechnical Engineering programs:

Handouts and Learning Materials:

There will be copies of the lecture handouts of this course and they will be made available during the lectures. However, attendees are highly encouraged to read in the textbooks.

Assignments:

Assignments reinforce the concepts presented in this course. They will be collected for grading, and their solutions will be discussed.

Learning Assessment:

Assessment in this course is based on assignments and tests. The final grade will be computed according to the performance in assignments and exams.

Instructor:

Dr. Gamal Abdelaziz, P.Eng, MSc. has a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Currently he is a senior geotechnical engineer and adjunct professor at Ryerson University, Toronto , Ontario . He has over 25 years of experience in geotechnical and structural engineering, foundation design, teaching, research and consulting in Canada and overseas. Dr. Abdelaziz is specialized in numerical modeling for solving sophisticated geotechnical engineering problems with respect to pile foundation and the linear and nonlinear analysis of soil-structure interaction. He designed charts to predict pressures acting on tunnels Dr. Abdelaziz authored a number of technical papers and delivered numerous internal and external workshops on various geotechnical and Municipal engineering topics. Dr. Abdelaziz has been involved in a number of projects in Canada and overseas, such as tunneling, silos, buildings, retaining structures, siphons, irrigation networks and many other civil engineering projects in terms of design and construction. Dr. Abdelaziz is a member in different professional societies such as APEGGA, PEO, CGS, CDA, TAC and ABPA. He is also a reviewer for the Canadian Geotechnical Journal.