Troubleshooting: Solutions to Concrete Field Problems
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Learn about real-life problems and how to come up with practical solutions. Best suited to those personnel asked to "take a look at it" and find out what happened and why.
When concrete starts to deteriorate, clients need a person who can
think on their feet and come up with solutions...that's trouble-shooting.
In this course, participants will learn about real-life problems
caused by inadequacies in design, construction, and maintenance
practices. Based on various problems, participants will learn how
to come up with suitable solutions.
How You Will Benefit
- Acquire skills from experts in the field to become a successful problem solver
- Learn how to survey and sample concrete in the field
- See how poor construction practices lead to concrete defects
- Discover practical solutions to correct existing problems
- Understand how construction procedures affect concrete performance
- Take home a binder full of useful information to aid in future trouble-shooting, including these industry reports:
Diagnosis and Control of Alkali-AggregateReactions in Concrete
Evaluation and Repair of Concrete Structures
Building Movements and Joints
Effects of Substances on Concrete and Guide to Protective Treatments
What You Will Cover
- Evaluation methods
- Corrosion
- Plastic shrinkage and thermal stress cracking
- Freeze-thaw damage
- Slab moisture vapor problems
- Settlement problems
- Problems associated with delivery and production, joints, polymer-based repairs, and portland cement-based repairs
- Petrographic evaluation and chemical analysis
- Moisture vapor problems in slabs
- Actual case studies, as experienced by the experts themselves
Who Should Attend
This program is ideal for those with a solid background in concrete technology who need to troubleshoot problems in the
field. It is especially beneficial for those who deal directly with clients' concerns, such as consultants, field service
representatives, contractors, inspectors, and government personnel.
There are no classes currently scheduled for this course.
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| This course can be used for credit toward NRMCA's CCPf designation. |   |
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