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Training Course:

Construction Materials

School/Trainer:

Symmons Madge Associates Ltd.
Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Exeter, Glasgow, Slough, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' 2 day course to improve knowledge of construction materials. At least 1 year of construction experience is required of delegates.

Course Objectives:
To improve knowledge of material properties. How to order, offload, store, handle and check common construction materials.

Course Outline:
Steelwork

Properties of steel, ordering, offloading and storage of steel on site
Safe Steelwork assembly on site
Corrosion, steelwork detailing, bolted and welded connections, inspection
Construction tolerance and codes of practice
Concrete & Reinforcement

Material & properties on concrete, concrete mixes and concrete pressures
Strength gain and durability
Understanding concrete specifications, sampling and testing concrete
Placing, curing and making good concrete
Shrinkage, cracking and expansion joints, cold weather working
Timber & Plywood

Properties of timber, grading of timber, ordering and storage of timber
Structural connections
Typical timber construction and other use of timber on site
Exposed timber
Brick & Blockwork

Properties of brick and block, quantities ordering, offloading and storage
Understanding specifications and achieving quality (sample & reference panels)
Laying brick and block, properties of mortar, sampling and testing
Cavity construction, damp proof, cavity trays, insulation and ties Mortar bed reinforcement, spanning opening and expansion joints
Cold weather working
...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Please go to the school's official website for training price and schedule:
http://www.symmonsmadge.co.uk/

Phone:01446 775959

School Address/Venue(s):

Vale Forge
North Road
Cowbridge
Vale of Glamorgan
CF71 7DF
United Kingdom

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