Course Catalogue.

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Recognize the correlation of the structural design and construction of scaffolding, formwork and shoring
• Apply design principles for scaffolding, formwork and shoring on your projects
• Prevent failure of scaffolding, formwork and shoring having developed insight into the causes of such failure
• Design, erect and inspect formwork, scaffolding and shoring in construction projects

Description
The collapse of a temporary structure during construction involves a high risk of serious injuries, deaths and substantial property loss. Clearly, the design of such structures is a critical function. In this intensive two-day course/workshop, you learn about the essential elements of design and construction of scaffolding, formwork and shoring. Potential failures because of a lack of proper design and/or field modifications without a complete understanding of their implications will be summarized.

Although relevant standards, codes, and regulations are mentioned, the most recent prevailing ones should be adhered to for engineering projects.

Who Should Attend
Structural, Construction and Municipal Engineers • Design Engineers • Engineers in Training • Project Engineers • Project Coordinators • Construction Manager • Consulting Engineers • Contractors • Construction Inspectors

Course Syllabus

Day I

Welcome, Introduction, Learning Outcomes & the Assessment Method

Types of Loads on Temporary Structure

• Service & Factored Loads
• Load Factors & Load Combinations
• Dead Loads
• Live Loads
• Construction Loads
• Environmental Loads
• Analysis of Beams
• Loads & Moments transferred to Columns
• Lateral Stability

Introduction to Design of Wood Members

• Design for Flexural & Shear
• Design for Axial Concentric & Eccentric Loads
• Design for Combined Axial & Flexure Loads
• Design of Connections

Scaffolding & Shoring

• Types of Scaffolding
• Potential for Collapse
• Scaffolding Componenets
• Scaffold Design

Workshop
Participants will work under the guidance of the instructor to solve different problems.

Day II

Concrete Formwork Design

• Formwork Materials
• Types of Forms
• Bending, Shear and Deflection
• FormDesign Example
• Safety Issues
• Causes of Formwork Failure
• Estimating Concrete Formwork

Falsework Design

• Falsework Risk
• Falsework Accident
• Falsework Design Criteria
• Load Paths for Falsework Design

Support of Existing Structure

• Basic Building Materials
• Examples of Existing Structure Support

Workshop
Participants will work under the instructor's guidance to design formworks/supporting structures.

Questions & Answers

• Questions & Answers, Feedback on Achievement of Learning Outcomes
• Concluding Remarks & Final Adjournment