Category Archives: SI

UPCOMING GEOTECHNICAL COURSES IN JUNE 2016

We are pleased to announce the following geotechnical courses are coming up in June 2016:
  • Earthworks – Principles and Practice is running on 13 June 2016 and costs £220 + VAT per delegate
  • Geotechnical Design to Eurocode 7 is a 2 day course running on 20 & 21 June 2016 at a cost of £395 + VAT per delegate
  • Ground Investigation – Principles and Practice is running on 30 June 2016 and costs £220 + VAT per delegate
All are running in Chesterfield. 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.

LAST CALL FOR COURSES IN MAY 2016

This is the last call for the following courses in May: Structural Concrete Design to EC2 (£395 + VAT per delegate) Due to demand dates for this 2 day course have been amended and it is now running non-consecutively in Chesterfield on 20 May & 9 June 2016. This practically biased course will provide delegates with the opportunity to learn how to apply EC2 in design, using numerous worked examples. The course will begin with an overview of the Eurocodes and EC2 in particular, before looking at the basis of structural design to EC2. The main focus of the course will be on the Eurocodes and their use in design practice, using beams, slabs, columns, shear walls and foundations as design topics to explore and illustrate the application of EC2. Ground Risk Management for Managers & Architects (£220 + VAT per delegate) By its nature the ground is variable and project issues commonly arise from not fully appreciating the hazards it presents. This one day course is running in Chesterfield on 24 May 2016 and is aimed more at those leading, managing or coordinating projects than geotechnical engineers. Its fundamental aim is to develop a core understanding of how ground risk can be managed to enhance project delivery. It will cover the major types and impacts of ground hazard, before looking at how ground risk can be assessed and managed. The importance of desk studies and phased ground investigations in hazard mapping and the risk management process will be addressed. Please contact us asap if you are interested in either course. 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.

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 COURSE IS A SUCCESS

Our new course, Ground Investigation Design to EC7 – The Essentials, was successfully delivered on 18 January to a small diverse audience in Chesterfield. The half day course addressed the likely impacts of EC7, and BS5930 and BS8004, on ground investigation design. The key focus of the course was on the EC7 design requirements for GI’s, and included a well received design exercise to examine the scale of changes that could be required. Analysis of the post-course feedback showed that 98% of the responses rated the course as very good or excellent. If you are interested in attending this course next time, then please note that is next scheduled to run on 22 September 2016. If though you have a small group that would benefit from a bespoke course before this date then please contact us to see how we could help you. IMG_2424 (300x225) - Copy IMG_2422 (300x225)