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3010
- Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics
Cost: $550.00
General CEU's: 1.9
ABIH: 3.0 Safety CM Points (approval 05-3271)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course focuses on OSHA standards and on the safety aspects of excavation
and trenching. Students are introduced to practical soil mechanics and its
relationship to the stability of shored and unshored slopes and walls of
excavations. Various types of shoring (wood timbers and hydraulic) are covered.
Testing methods are demonstrated and an exercise is conducted, allowing
students to use instruments such as penetrometers, torvane shears, and engineering
rods.
COURSE DATES - click on location for directions, hotel and address information
Location |
Start Date |
End Date |
2008 |
| Orlando, FL |
June 09 |
June 11 |
| Tampa, FL |
August 18 |
August 20 |
| West Palm Beach, FL |
September 15 |
September 17 |
| West Palm Beach, FL |
December 08 |
December 10 |
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COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
Exercise on use of instrumentation and soil testing methods.
COURSE TOPICS
- Excavations
- Soil classification
- Sloping and benching
- Timber shoring for trenches
- Aluminum hydraulic shoring for trenches
- Alternatives to timber shoring
- Selection of protective systems
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Accommodations for Disabilities: Please notify the CPE Office, 12901 Bruce B.
Downs Blvd., MDC Box 60, Tampa, Florida, 33612 or call (813) 974-6695 a minimum
of ten working days in advance of the event if a reasonable accommodation for
a disability is needed. Events, activities and facilities of the University of
South Florida are available without regard to race, color, sex, national origin,
disability, age, or Vietnam veteran status as provided by law and in accordance
with the University's respect for personal dignity.
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