NIStructE TRAINING CALENDAR FOR YEAR 2019

1.

QUALITY CONTROL & ASSURANCE IN REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Course Content

·   An Overview of the Importance of Quality Control in Reinforced Concrete

·   Materials & Code Provisions for Quality in Concrete

·   Simple Tests to Monitor Quality of Concrete

·   Concrete Mix Design; Ready Mix Concrete and Quality Control in Reinforced Concrete

·   Strength Tests; Destructive & Non Destructive for  Hardened Concrete

FEBRUARY

21^st – 22^nd, 

 2 019

NIStructE

Members

N50,000.00

Non – Members

N60,000.00

2.

PAVEMENT DESIGN FOR HIGHWAY & AIRFIELD

Course Content

·   Introduction to Highway Pavements – Types of pavement, Function of each course of pavement layer, Prevailing factors governing the selection of type of pavement, Factors affecting the design of pavements

·   Flexible & Rigid Pavements – Practical design of flexible & Rigid pavements

·   Airfield Pavement – Runway, Taxiway, Apron, Hanger, Types of landing gears and Practical Design of Airfield Pavement

·   Computer application to pavement – Introduction to pavement design software

MARCH

21^st – 22^nd, 2019

NIStructE

Members

N50,000.00

Non – Members

N60,000.00

3.

& MONITORING FOR ENGINEERS AND BUILDING SUPERVISORS

·   The need for effective Supervision – Types of Supervision, Charging for Supervision works, Site

Meetings – Expectations from the Structural Engineer, Site Inspection& Writing of Site instruction

·   What the Structural Engineer should request from the Contractor – Test results on reinforcements, Cube test result on Structural element, Concrete mix design result, Results of tests on materials and Interpretation of test results

·   Supervision of Foundation works – what the Structural Engineer should look out for during construction, Basement construction and ground floor, Raft slab construction and Ground beams

·   Columns, Beams, Suspended floor-Solid, Ribbed Slab etc. Staircases and Retaining Wall

·   Importance of cover to the integrity of structural elements, Reading, understanding and execution of structural drawings on site,  Anchorages – Cantilevers, Formworks stability

·   Ethics in Structural Engineering Practice

APRIL

25^th – 26^th, 2019

NIStructE

Members

N50,000.00

Non – Members

N60,000.00

4.

DETAILING, BENDING & FIXING

OF REINFORCEMENT

·   Detailing of Foundations, Walls, Columns, Beams

·   Detailing of Cantilever, Slabs, Staircases, Corbels, Half Joints and Nils

·   Site Visit: Construction Site.

·   Bending – General organization, Equipment for bending and fixing, Bending reinforcement, dimensions, marking for cutting, marking for bending and Hints on bending

·   Fixing the Reinforcement – Organizing the work, Placing the reinforcement, Maintaining correct cover, Junctions

MAY

23^rd  – 24^th, 2019

NIStructE

Members

N50,000.00

Non – Members

N60,000.00

5.

STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF BUILDINGS

·   Loading, Analysis of Structure

·   Slab Design – Cantilever, Simply Supported, Continuous, Two-way Slab

·   Beam Design –  Simply Supported Beam, Doubly

Reinforced Beam, Continuous Beam

·   Column Design – Axially Loaded,  Columns 

Subjected to Moments and Axial load

·   Foundation Design – Strip Foundations, Wide Strip Foundations, Pad Foundations

JUNE

27^th  – 28^th, 2019

NIStructE

Members

N50,000.00

Non – Members

N60,000.00

6.

DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE MEDIUM RISE BUILDINGS

Course Content

·   General Considerations for the Design of R.C

Medium-Rise Buildings.

·   Structural Arrangement of Medium Rise Buildings & Floor Systems.

·   Wind Load Analysis of Medium Rise Buildings.

·   Analysis and Design of Horizontal Structural Elements (Slabs & Beams).

·   Analysis and Design of Vertical Structural Elements (Shear Walls & Columns).

·   Analysis and Design of Shallow and Deep/Special Foundations for Medium-Rise Buildings (Pad/Strip/Combined/Raft Foundations and Pile/Cassion/Sheet Pile or Diaphragm Wall Foundations).

JULY

25^th – 26^th, 2019

NIStructE

Members

N50,000.00

Non – Members

N60,000.00

7.

INTRODUCTION TO BRIDGE DESIGN

·   Introduction & Conceptual Bridge Design Consideration –  Introduction, General Planning and Design Considerations, Choice of Bridge Site, Hydraulic Considerations, Factors affecting Design

·   Bridge Superstructure (Deck Structural Forms, Behaviour & Idealization) –  Introduction, Deck General Considerations, Deck Structural Forms, Load Distribution Behaviour and Idealisation

·   Bridge Deck Loading & Analysis – Introduction, Highway definitions, Application of loads, Bridge deck analysis

·   Tutorial Demonstration

AUGUST

29^th – 30^th, 2019

NIStructE

Members

N50,000.00

Non – Members

N60,000.00

8.

STRUCTURAL  STEELWORK DESIGN

·         Introduction to Steel Design.

·         Design of Portal frames for Warehouses.

·         Design of Space Trusses.

SEPTEMBER

26^th – 27^th, 2019

Members

N50,000.00

Non – Members

N60,000.00