Design and Construction of Earthworks
Fee: $2,345 / Online / Jun 1 - 3, 2027 / Course Code: 18-0604-ONL27
OVERVIEW
Please note, This instructor-led course has specific dates and times:
This course is held online over 3 days on the following schedule (All times in Eastern Time Zone): 10 am to 6 pm Eastern Time
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Apply soil mechanics principles to earthwork design, construction, and performance assessment
- Interpret geotechnical reports, specifications, and standards related to earthworks
- Evaluate soil, groundwater, seepage, settlement, and slope stability conditions that affect project risk
- Select appropriate construction methods, equipment, and procedures for earthwork applications
- Apply practical quality control, dewatering, excavation, and stabilization strategies to support safe and efficient project execution
Description
Designing and constructing earthworks requires balancing technical, environmental, and construction considerations that are often interconnected. Soil conditions, groundwater behaviour, excavation requirements, and stability concerns must all be evaluated to ensure safe, effective, and constructible project outcomes.
This course strengthens your ability to apply soil mechanics principles to real-world earthwork projects. You will explore how soil characterization, compaction, seepage, settlement, shear strength, subsurface exploration, lateral earth pressures, and retaining systems influence project outcomes and construction decisions.
Through technical instruction and applied examples, you will develop a more structured approach to evaluating site conditions, managing geotechnical risk, and selecting appropriate construction, dewatering, excavation, and stabilization strategies.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for:
- Geotechnical engineers, civil engineers, and municipal engineers involved in earthwork design or construction
- Engineering technologists, technicians, geologists, and land surveyors working with soil, excavation, or site development projects
- Contractors, construction managers, site supervisors, owners, and developers responsible for earthwork planning or execution
- Environmental engineers, environmental scientists, consultants, and urban planners involved in projects affected by soil, groundwater, slope, or excavation conditions
- Early-career through experienced technical professionals seeking to strengthen their practical understanding of earthworks
SYLLABUS
Day I
- Index properties of soil and soil characterization
- Soil compaction
- Design and control of compacted earthworks
- Water in soil, seepage analysis
- Stress in soil, change in stress, and seepage effect on stress
- SEEP/W seepage analysis examples
- Settlement analysis
- Dewatering techniques for fine-grained soils
Day II
- Shear strength of soils
- Subsurface exploration
- Slope stability analysis
- SLOPE/W examples
- Slope stabilizations
Day III
- Lateral earth pressures
- Retaining walls: gravity and cantilever walls
- Geosynthetic walls
- Deep excavation in soils
- Sheet piles and braced cuts
INSTRUCTOR
Professor — Carleton University, Dept of Civil & Env Eng
Ottawa, ON
Dr. M.T. Rayhani is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and the director of Geo-engineering Research Group at Carleton University. He has over a decade of experience in research, teaching and engineering consulting, and has collaborated extensively with industry leaders worldwide. He has received research grants from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Transport Canada, and other funding agencies.
Dr. Rayhani has presented short courses, seminars, and guest lectures on various topics related to frontier research in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering in Canada, the USA, France, Germany, Italy, India, Iran, and other countries. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario and he is the author of over 50 publications in different areas of geo-engineering.
Dr. Rayhani is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.
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