Geotechnical Quality Engineer course outlines
1. Lecture 1&2: Soil improvement techniques
a. Importance of getting the soil parameters of the soil
b. How to get the soil parameters in the field tests such as boreholes works including SPT test, and others tests such as CPTU, DCPT
c. Supervision of Stone columns
d. Supervision of Vibro compaction
e. Supervision of Wick drains
f. Supervision of soil replacement and how to evaluate the Plat bearing test
2. Lecture 3&4&5&6&7:
a. Intro to side support systems
b. What are the forces that are affecting any side support system?
c. Main types of vertical side support systems
i. Bores piles
ii. Secant piles
iii. Sheet pile walls
iv. Diaphragm walls
v. Purlin walls
d. Main types of Lateral supports
i. Struts system
ii. Prestressed anchors
1. How to make the injection process?
2. How to evaluate the working anchors according to The DIN code?
iii. Others
3. Lecture 8: intro to project management from the PMP Book version6
4. Lecture 9&10: supervision of bored piles and the pile load tests
5. Lecture 11: supervision of various types of dewatering systems
6. Lecture 12: intro to Tunneling
a. Types of tunneling machines
b. How the pipe jacking technique is being done?
7. Lecture 13: supervision of pipe jacking technique
a. Importance of intermediate jacking station
b. Quality control steps of open face tunneling
8. Lecture 14&15: case study of a tunnel
a. how to use permeation grouting to support the open face machine
b. steps of injections
9. lecture 16: application of statistics for Geotechnical Engineers using Hypothesis testing
10. lecture 17: Types of sinking rooms techniques
a. when to use sinking technique
b. Slip form technique
c. Design of sinking rooms
d. Checking uplift and how to design the plug of the room
e. Injection technique of the plug
11. Lecture 18: supervision of Metro station
a. Relationship between the side support systems and Ground water control systems
b. Soft gel Injection
c. Steps of execution of a metro station
d. Other types of injection method such as jet grouting
12. Lecture 19&20: intro to Quality management
a. Six sigma methodology
b. How to use SIPOC
c. Agile mindset values and principles
