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Overview

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

• Understand the principles and procedures for designing anchors for soils and rocks.
• Learn how to select the right type of anchors and the best methods for their installation, grouting, and prestressing.
• Become knowledgeable about the corrosion protection methods used in anchoring.
• Gain insight into the long-term behavior of anchors in the ground.
• Review the application of anchoring in various contexts, including excavation, slopes, retaining walls, bridge structures, foundations, and water reservoirs.

Description
This course focuses on strengthening and stabilizing rock masses and resisting structural movements through prestressed reinforcement anchoring. Additionally, it covers using temporary soil tiebacks to withstand lateral forces during the construction of shallow foundations. Ground Anchoring systems are crucial for ensuring the stability and safety of various structures, preventing potential failures, and extending the lifespan of engineering projects.

Aimed at both design and construction engineers, this practical and informative course offers safe and economical methods for enhancing engineering structures. It includes detailed case studies, hands-on exercises, and the latest industry best practices.

Participate in this course to learn how to design anchors tailored to your specific applications and gain practical experience that you can immediately apply to your projects.

Who Should Attend
This course is perfect for designers, geotechnical engineers, structural engineers, construction managers, project managers, contractors, site supervisors, civil engineers, infrastructure planners, and other technical professionals.

If you're eager to delve into the latest advancements in anchoring technology for rock and soil, expand your expertise, and elevate your projects with cutting-edge solutions, this is the course for you.

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Syllabus

Day 1

Anchors in Speciality Geotechnical Engineering
A review of all the specialty geotechnical construction techniques, showing methodology, application soils, costs, etc., and highlighting the position of anchors

Soil Anchors
• Types of soil anchors 
• Tendon material
• Anchored walls
• Application of ground anchors
• Failure mechanisms of anchors

Rock Anchors
• Types of rocks
• Rock mass classification systems  
• Modes of failure of anchors in rock
• Investigation and evaluation of rocks with regard to anchoring
• Embedment and bond strength

Anchored System Design
• Selection of Soil Shear Strength Parameters for Design
• Evaluation of Earth Pressures for Wall Design
• Ground Anchor Design
• Anchored Slopes and Landslide Stabilization Systems

Day 2

Corrosion Considerations in Design
• Corrosion and Effects on Ground Anchors
• Corrosion Protection of Ground Anchors
• Selection of Corrosion Protection Level

Load Testing of Anchor Systems
• Monitoring concepts
• Testing equipment
• Types of test
• Performance tests
• Proof testing
• Creep testing
• Acceptance criteria

Contracting Approaches
• Method Contracting Approach
• Performance Contracting Approach
• Contractor Design/Build Approach

Construction Inspection and Performance Monitoring

Example Studies 
Examples of anchors associated with bridges, dams, micropiles, and slope stability, including soiling

Instructor

Abouzar Sadrekarimi, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Dr. Sadrekarimi is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Western University (London, Ontario). Dr. Sadrekarimi’s academic and professional expertise involves soil mechanics, foundation engineering, deep foundations, dam, advanced soil testing and characterization of soil behavior, in-situ testing, soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering, static and dynamic analysis of retaining walls, buried structures, and slope stability analysis. He joined Western after several years of engineering practical experience at Golder Associates Ltd. Dr. Sadrekarimi has over 50 published papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and journals.

Dr. Sadrekarimi is a member of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMFE), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Canadian Geotechnical Society, research director of Western’s Geotechnical Research Centre (GRC).