Instructor Led Concepts Training in Alberta, Canada

Flexible Pavement Design 3 PDHs Description Pavement is one of the main components of our transportation and infrastructure systems. During the last decades, the issue of proper design of pavements have been the focus of highway agencies, contractors, consulting engineers, and researchers. For those who are involved in the pavement design, it is critical to learn and understand concepts and methodologies in traffic loads,  more...

Resolving Conflict in the Construction Project Environment ...the patterns that conflicts take. It introduces the basic concepts of interest based negotiation and provides opportunity for participants to practice negotiation skills. Finally, the course introduces the basic concepts of interest based mediation and provides opportunity for participants to practice mediation skills. The course operates from the assumption that disputes and conflicts in  more...

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Workshop Description This two full-day course addresses, in a simple and systematic manner the concepts, theories and procedures of geotechnical earthquake engineering.  more...

Instrumentation Monitoring Condition Assessment for Engineers ... and electrical engineering together with some management concepts in a coherent modular format to bring participants up to speed. This continuing education course will fill a void in the education of most engineers. This short course is a comprehensive introduction, to instrumentation, monitoring and Condition Assessment of commercial, industrial, and residential structures. The course  more...

Geotechnical Materials and Analysis Refresher Workshop ...ralogy, site investigation and sampling procedures * Concepts of pore water pressure, effective stress and capillarity and their implications on soil behavior including swelling, shrinkage and frost action. * One-dimensional settlement and consolidation * Concept and measurement of soil shear strength * Design implications of consolidation, flow, settlement and shear  more...

AutoCAD for Beginners - Drawing and Modeling 24 PDH ...rawings with Layers Additional Layer Tools Dimensioning Concepts Dimensions Editing (Linear, Radial and Angular) Creating Dimension Styles Adding other Notes to a Drawing Lesson 7: Advanced Drawing and Modifying Commands Trimming and Extending Objects Creating Fillets and Chamfers Stretching and Offsetting Objects Creating Arrays or Matrices of Objects Lesson 8: Inserting and  more...

Ultraviolet UV Disinfection for Water and Wastewater Treatment Workshop 12 CEUs ...ht Absorption and transmission of UV light Session 3 a Concepts of Photochemistry Excited states Quantum yields Laws of photochemistry Action spectrum Examples of photochemical reactions Mechanism of UV disinfection Sensitivity of microorganisms to UV light Reactivation Session 4 a UV dose and its measurement UV dose and its measurement Fluence (UV dose) a response curves  more...

Technical and Business Writing for Engineers 24 PDHs Description: Effective communication is a vital skill in todaya ™s workplace. Engineers are typically more comfortable with numbers than with grammar or the writing process. To succeed as an engineer, you need more than technical know-how. This intensive, hands on course will address the key concepts and methodologies in writing clear, concise engineering communication. Engineers will  more...

Renewable Energy and Alternative Energy Systems REAE Description This two-day course is intended to introduce the basics of Renewable Energy to anyone with little or no experience in this field. Theoretical and practical applications in solar power, wind, micro-hydro, geothermal, solar thermal technologies, fuel cells and rechargeable batteries will be explored. Concepts such as energy efficiency, energy types, equipment basics and simple designs  more...

Design Construction and Rehabilitation of Culverts and Channels Description By participating in this workshop, you will focus on the practical application of sound planning, design, construction and maintenance practices for open channels and culverts. Culverts rehabilitation will also be introduced with the state-of-the-practice tools. An understanding of the hydrological and hydraulic principles that underlie practical design will also be developed. Case  more...

Sanitary and Storm Sewers and Water Distribution Systems Design Workshop ...r a civil engineering background as the civil engineering concepts will not be introduced in depth. This course deals with basic aspects of three areas: Sanitary Sewer Design, Storm Water Design and Water Supply Systems. These include: the importance of these systems in municipalities, the geological and geotechnical aspects of the ground conditions, simple estimation of Sanitary and Storm  more...

Soils Engineering For Practical Applications Description The Soils Engineering for Practical Applications Workshop is a basic geotechnical course which will provide practical knowledge for both generalists and those needs to upgrade their knowledge in geotechnical design field. Each theoretical concept presented will be linked to practical applications in the geotechnical engineering area. The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize  more...

Reliability Engineering for Asset Management Description Reliability Engineering for Asset Management is a 2-day short course that covers the basic concepts, methods, and tools for reliability analysis of engineering systems. These tools can be used to measure the reliability of a component, evaluate the reliability of a system, identify the weakest component in a system, determine the redundancy levels and spare inventory levels to ensure  more...

LRFD - Bridge Substructure Design Workshop ...e practical solutions in professional applications. Basic concepts and assumptions are described based on HBDC. Introduction to analysis and design of bridge foundations, piers, bridge abutment walls, and retaining walls based on Working Stress, Limit States based on OHBDC, Load Factor based on AASHTO are also covered. In this three day seminar, you will gain a strong working knowledge of the  more...

Mechanical Engineering for Non-Mechanical Engineers in a Process Plant ...ngineering training, can open the door to understand many concepts of mechanical design. To be effective, Engineers, Technicians and personnel of all disciplines should have a fundamental understanding of the principles that dictate the requirement of plant design by the Construction Code. This course is designed to give an insight to the plant piping with reference to Code ASME B31. 3 a  more...

Urban Drainage Design Workshop Description: This two day workshop provides a detailed introduction to urban roadway drainage design. Design guidance for solving basic problems encountered in urban roadway drainage design is provided. The topics are hydrology including rational equation, soil conservation method, regression equations, and synthetic hydrographs; and highway drainage including gutter flow, roadway inlet  more...

Slope Stability and Erosion Control Design Workshop ...equires an in-depth understanding of several subjects and concepts. It is imperative to harmonize slope stability and the use of erosion control techniques for retaining earth masses in attractive, environmentally compatible and cost-effective ways. This requires a thorough understanding of the erosion process, structural and mechanical methods to control erosion, as well as the mechanics of  more...

Engineering Asset Maintenance Management Description Engineering assets may refer to mining facilities, manufacturing facilities, telecommunication systems, vehicle fleets, power generation stations, and chemical processing facilities. These assets represent a significant amount of capital investment. Their management including maintenance plays a critical role to ensure effective utilization of their full capacity and their useful  more...