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In Underpinning Techniques for Existing Foundations, you'll learn ...
- What Is Underpinning?
- Types of works for selection of underpinning
- The reasons to suggest underpinning for stabilization of a substructure
- The various methods of underpinning
Overview
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Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 12 pages
Underpinning is a process implemented to strengthen or increase the depth of a structure's foundation, typically in response to changes in the physical characteristics of the soil supporting it, or alterations to the building itself.
The need for underpinning often arises in situations where the foundation of a building has started to show signs of stress, due to factors such as soil instability, construction of nearby structures, seismic activity, or inadequate initial foundation design. Other times, it may be necessary when the usage of a building changes, such as adding additional floors to an existing structure, thereby increasing the load on the foundation.
Underpinning involves a variety of techniques, each chosen based on factors such as the nature of the ground, the depth of the excavation, the loads to be carried, and the local experience and availability of materials and equipment.
This course will help you understand underpinning and its application in the maintenance and renovation of existing structures.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Underpinning: meaning & purpose
- Selection of the suitable underpinning method
- Structural conditions which requires underpinning
- Purposes of underpinning
- Necessity of underpinning foundations
- Methods of underpinning in details
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 1 PDH
Length: 12 pages
