Irish Concrete Society Course - Fundamentals of Concrete Technology

About

The Fundamentals of Concrete Technology is a three half day course suitable for all those involved in the production, design and supervision of concrete. In addition to the course delegetes have the opertunity to gain an internationally recognised qualification in Concrete Technology by successfully completing the Institute of concrete technology’s stage 1 exam, which will be held in December 2016 in Dublin. This course has a limited nuymber of spaces and will normally be fully booked. Over 130 people have already taken this course with over 30 having successfully completed the ICT Stage 1 exam.

Lecture Dates

1st lecture - 7th of October 2016. Second lecture - 2nd of Novemeber 2016

SIte session and ICT stage 1 exam dates TBC

Lecture Venues

1st lecture - Newstead Building UCD, Belfield, Dublin

2nd lecture - DIT Bolton Street, Dublin

Course Content
Covering essential information that will help all those attending better understand the most used construction material in the world.

1. Concrete Constituents 2. Concrete Mix Design 3. Specifying, Ordering, Deliveryand Acceptance

4. Fresh Concrete Properties 5. Laboratory Session: Cube and Slump Testing

6. Formwork, Pre-Pour Checks and Placing 7. Compaction and Finishing 8. Curing and Strength Gain

9. Concrete Defects 10. Testing Hardened Concrete 11. Site session: Health and Safety with Concrete

12. Site Session: Drawings, Bar Bending Schedules 13. Site session: Pre-Pour Inspections

14. Site session: Concrete Pour

Speakers Include - more TBC

Prof. Roger West - Trinity College Dublin, Mr Brendan Lynch, Consultant, Dr. Éanna Nolan - Irish Cement Ltd, Dr. Ciaran McNally - University College Dublin, Mr Thomas Holden - Roadstone Ltd., Dr. Thomas Callanan - Infrastruct Asset Management Services Limited, Mr Barry Gilroy - Mattest Ltd.and Mark Coatsworth - John Paul Construction.

International qualification

Delegates who are successful in the Institute of Concrete Technology’s (I.C.T.) Stage 1 exam are eligible for ICT ‘Technician’ membership and use the associated designatory letters TechICT.

The ICT recognise the Irish Concrete Society as course providers for CT&C Stage 1 examinations.

Visit: www.concrete.ie for more info.