Concrete Quality Control on Hot Climate Training

Introduction

Structural engineers are encountering many problems due to the hot climate and the other environmental conditions. Quality control in the construction of the reinforced concrete structure is a complete function that involves management, statistics, and engineering. In this Concrete Quality Control on Hot Climate training course, the focus is on using the statistics as a tool to control all the activities of the construction projects, especially the concrete product. The quality control of the concrete is illustrated in the scope of the different codes and specifications. This training course will deliver a state-of-art methodology to control the concrete quality, introduces ways to control the specification recommendations in detail, and all the new modern techniques and methodology used in the concrete industry to enhance the concrete quality.

The case studies of this training course will be for oil and gas projects, as most projects are time-driven and need to be of high-quality to maintain the sustainable facilities along with the production-filled life. In a hot climate, it needs more precaution in the concrete industry and on the construction of the building to match the requirement of the weather. All the examples are real case studies of oil and gas projects.

This training course will feature:

• Different codes and standards for Quality control
• Quality control test (video presentation)
• Effects of quality in project sustainability and structure durability
• Main skills and required knowledge for QC On-Site
• QC procedure and precaution for concrete in a hot climate
• Effect of good QC on structure lifetime

Objectives

Upon the successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:-

• Be familiar with all quality management techniques and procedures
• Learn available non-destructive testing for concrete structure projects
• Understand the practical tools to control the concrete and the whole project that includes field-testing and the required laboratory facilities
• Be familiar with various techniques for evaluating the structures under construction
• Learn modern field measurements such as concrete strength
• Be familiar with all quality control techniques in the hot climate

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:-

• Structural and Civil Engineers
• Construction Engineers
• Project Managers
• Construction Managers
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control professionals

Course Outline

Day 1: Concept of TQM

• Total Quality management system

• Quality assurance

• Quality control

• Who will perform the quality control?

• Quality management constrain in oil and gas projects

• Pareto chart

• How to control the concrete from ready mix plant

• How to control concrete casting onsite

• Coefficient of variation

• Auditing the construction site quality

• Precaution in design mix in the hot climate

Day 2: Quality Control  for Materials

• Codes recommendation for the quality control

• Codes and specifications limitations as ACI and BS

• Comparison between different non-destructive testing

• Construction ways in the hot climate

• The nature of concrete variability

• Concrete materials properties

• Aggregate QC

• Cement QC

• Concrete mix QC

Day 3: Quality Control for Fresh Concrete

• Basic statistics

• Collecting data for evaluations

• Statistics for the quality control data

• Evaluating the grade of the quality

• Concrete design mix

• Precaution in design mix in a hot climate for remote area

• QC for fresh concrete

• Quality control for concrete forum

• Pouring concrete in hot climate

• Workability test for concreted

• Cube and cylinder test

• The replacement of the steel bars

Day 4: Quality Control to Maintain Concrete Durability

• The best ways of construction

• Curing methods

• Wooden and steel from QC

• Steel reinforcing QC

• Maintain concrete cover

• Procedure of QC onsite

• Corrosion phenomena affect the quality

• The different corrosion protection system

Day 5: Non-Destructive Testing for Concrete

• Comparison between different Non-destructive test

• Core test

• Rebound hammer

• Look test

• Load test for floor deck under the machine

• Ultrasonic test

• Concrete cover measurement

• Case study for the foundation in gas plant