Author Archives: Andy Goodwin

NEWS ON NEW STANDARDS

The following changes to British Standards commonly used by geotechnical and structural engineers have been published:
  • Corrigendum 1 to NA+A1:2015 to BS EN 1993-1-4:2006+A1:20105. Design of steel structures. General rules. Supplementary rules for stainless steels.
  • BS EN 14196:2016. Geosynthetics. Test methods for measuring mass per unit area of clay geosynthetic barriers.
Readers are referred to the BSI for further details about the standards.

COURSE FEEDBACK REVIEW – EXCELLENCE DEMONSTRATED!

As part of our quality processes we have recently audited our course feedback over the last few years. The headline finding was a 94% excellent / very good rating of all the quantitative feedback received for our courses, with a 2:1 bias to excellent. This superb feedback is something we are very proud of, and we aim to keep driving this percentage higher still. Digging deeper into the feedback we found numerous equally positive qualitative feedback comments too, such as:
  • “Excellent course! You are a great teacher” (EC7 course, February 2016)
  • “I liked the link between geotechnical and structural design” (Bespoke foundation engineering course, November 2015)
  • “Very good course – difficult topics made clear and interesting” (Bespoke geotechnical engineering course, October 2015)
  • “Great knowledge of subject matter and strong delivery” (Slope stability course, September 2015)
  • “Great day – look forward to the next course” (Bespoke mentoring course on geotechnics to engineering geologists, June 2015)
  • “Great course given the detailed subject matter” (EC7 course on foundations, March 2015)
Many thanks to all the people we have worked with and helped over the years, for all your feedback. Without it we would not be able to strive to continuously improve our performance and achieve our goal of helping you make the most of yourselves.

NEW COURSES ADDED TO 2016 CALENDAR

The following two courses have just been added to our 2016 course calendar due to demand:
  • Ground Risk Management for Managers & Architects, on 24 May 2016
  • Introduction to Ground Treatment & Improvement, on 7 July 2016
Each course costs just £220 + VAT per delegate, with discounts available for group bookings or delegates attending more than one course. Please call or email us to reserve your place on a course.

NEWS ON NEW STANDARDS

The following British Standard implementations of European Standard EN’s commonly used by geotechnical engineers have been published:
  • BS EN 14227-15:2015.  Hydraulically bound mixtures.  Specifications.  Hydraulically stabilized soils.
  • BS EN ISO 17892-3:2015.  Geotechnical investigation and testing.  Laboratory testing of soil. Determination of particle density.
You may also be interested to know that work has just started on reviewing  BS 1377-1.

NEARLY LAST CALL FOR COURSES IN MARCH & APRIL 2016….

The following courses are coming up in the next two months in Chesterfield, which are all designed to be practical and to be of immediate benefit.
  • Mentoring for Civil Engineers on Engineering Geology (1.5 days equivalent) on 2 March 2016, costing £295 + VAT per delegate
  • Slope Stability – Principles & Practice on 10 March 2016, costing £220 + VAT per delegate
  • Earthworks – Principles & Practice on 14 April 2016, costing £220 + VAT per delegate
  • CDM 2015 – One Year On, half day course on 18 April 2016 costing £125 + VAT per delegate
Discounts are available for group bookings or delegates attending more than one course. Please call or email us to reserve your place on a course.

EXTENDED MENTORING SERVICE AVAILABLE

Do you have graduates wanting to pursue a professional qualification with the ICE but you as an employer don’t have an approved training scheme? If so then we are pleased to announce that we are now able to offer an extended mentoring service to support you. Andy Goodwin of Surepath is now an approved Mentor for this new qualification route, which effectively allows him to act as an SCE to the graduates as if they were on an approved scheme. If this would be interest to you then please contact Andy on 01246 807808 or email him at andy.goodwin@surepathtraining.co.uk.  He will happily talk you through what we could do for you to add value to your existing arrangements and processes, without any obligation.

UPCOMING STRUCTURAL, CDM 2015 AND PROFESSIONAL REVIEW COURSES

We are pleased to announce the following courses are coming up in the next few months. All are running in Chesterfield:
  • CDM 2015 – One Year On, half day course on 18 April 2016 costing £125 + VAT per delegate
  • The ICE Professional Review – Overview & Preparation on 25 April 2016, costing £220 + VAT per delegate
  • REVISED DATE: Our 2 day course Design of Structural Concrete to Eurocode 2 is now being held on 19 & 20 May 2016 at a cost of £395 + VAT per delegate
Discounts are available for group bookings or delegates attending more than one course. Please call or email us to reserve your place on a course. More courses are available – see here for our 2016 calendar of public courses or here for our full list of courses including those available on a bespoke basis too.

GEOTECHNICAL COURSES FEBRUARY TO APRIL 2016

We are pleased to announce the following geotechnical courses are coming up in the next few months. All are running in Chesterfield unless indicated below:
  • LAST CALL: Geotechnical Design to Eurocode 7, a 2 day course on 22 and 23 February 2016, costing £395 + VAT per delegate
  • BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND… Mentoring for Civil Engineers on Engineering Geology (1.5 days equivalent) on 2 March 2016, costing £295 + VAT per delegate
  • Slope Stability – Principles & Practice on 10 March 2016, costing £220 + VAT per delegate (running in Chesterfield, and possibly in London on a later date TBC)
  • Earthworks – Principles & Practice on 14 April 2016, costing £220 + VAT per delegate
Discounts are available for group bookings or delegates attending more than one course. Please call or email us to reserve your place on a course. More geotechnical courses are available – see here for our 2016 calendar of public courses or here for our full list of courses including those available on a bespoke basis too.

LAST CALL: EC7 DESIGN COURSE, FEBRUARY 2016

If you missed the earlier publicity we are pleased to advise that we still have a few places available on a 2 day course entitled “Geotechnical Design to Eurocode 7”. The course is running on 22 and 23 February 2016 in Chesterfield and costs just 395 + VAT per delegate. Please call or email us to reserve your place on a course.  Discounts are available for group bookings or delegates attending more than one course. More geotechnical courses are available – see here for our 2016 calendar of public courses or here for our full list of courses including those available on a bespoke basis too.

NEWS ON NEW STANDARDS

The following changes to British Standards commonly used by geotechnical and structural engineers have been published:
  • Amendment to BS EN 1991-1-1: 2003 + A1: 2015. Eurocode 1. Actions on structures. General actions. Snow loads.
  • Amendment to BS EN 1993-1-4: 2006 + A1: 2015. Eurocode 3. Design of steel structures. General rules. Supplementary rules for stainless steels.
  • PD 6688-1-4: 2015. Background information to the National Annex to BS EN 1991-1-4 and additional guidance (supersedes PD 6688-1-4: 2009)
In addition the following standards have been confirmed as being of continued currency:
  • BS EN ISO 12236:2006. Geosynthetics. Static puncture test (CBR test).
  • BS EN ISO 13431:1999. Geotextiles and geotextiles related products. Determination of tensile creep and creep rupture behaviour.
  • BS EN ISO 13433:2006. Geosynthetics. Dynamic perforation test (cone drop test).
Finally, you may be interested to know that the following BS implementation of ISO text has been made without any change to the international standard:
  • BS ISO 18325:2015. Geosynthetics. Test method for the determination of water discharge capacity for prefabricated vertical drains.