Symmons Madge Associates Ltd.
Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Exeter, Glasgow, Slough, United Kingdom
http://www.symmonsmadge.co.uk/

Traffic Signal Design

In the current climate of ever increasing traffic on the roads, junction capacity has become an important issue. One tool in the fight to improve capacity on the country’s roads is Traffic Management and an increasingly important way to achieve that is well designed/maintained traffic signals. This course will enable the delegate to undertake basic signal design and so aid in improving cap......
 

Any traffic analysis and subsequent design has to be based on sound data. Any work based on inaccurate or unreliable traffic data is open to question at a later stage. Correcting such uncertainty can lead to delays and significant extra cost. It is important to be sure that traffic data are appropriate, and collected in a controlled and auditable manner to avoid such issues. However, often budg......
 

The basic skills traffic engineers and planners need include understanding how junctions work, and how to assess how they will perform in practice. Traffic engineers and planners also need to be able to understand the limitations of such analyses. The most common way of assessing priority junctions and roundabouts is by using PICADY or ARCADY - industry-standard computer analysis packages. This......
 

A one day course covering a wide variety of temporary works design principles and practical examples of good practice. Three years practical construction experience and limited design experience is assumed of delegates. Course Objectives: To raise awareness of basic design principles and practical site issues. To aid designers in producing economic and practical designs. To raise awarene......
 

A 1 or 2 day appreciation of legal, safety and practical issues associated with temporary works on site. Subjects covered can be tailored to suit specific client requirements from an approved list given below. Limited previous experience is assumed. Course Objectives: Be the first part of a companies’ procedure for appointing competent and suitably trained "temporary works co......
 

The direct and consequential cost of temporary works is a significant portion of the total cost of a civil engineering or building project. It is therefore essential that proper attention is paid to the economic design, construction and safety aspects of these works. The simple principles of installation and extraction will be explained, together with numerous practical hints based on the le......
 

Temporary works incurs a significant portion of the cost of a civil engineering or building project, and is potentially the most dangerous element. It is therefore essential that proper attention be paid to the economic design, construction and safety aspects of these works. This course has equal time devoted to conceptual and detail design, and to installation, whilst health and safety is infu......
 

The overall aim is to develop in delegates an understanding of scaffold components, methods of construction and inspection procedures to comply with current legislation and codes of practice. Course Objectives: are to ensure that at the end of the course delegates will be able to: Identify and inspect tubes, boards, ladders, gin wheels, ropes and fittings correctly. State the main req......
 

Course Objectives: To make site personnel aware of the correct safety procedures to be adopted when accessing and working from scaffolds, mobile towers and stagings. Course Outline: The Health and Safety at Work Act Codes of Practice Scaffolding components Types of scaffold structure The role of individual components Safe use of ladders and stagings Safe use of mobile towers ......
 

To give delegates an understanding of the need for a TWC on site and the importance of complying with the TWC procedures. Delegates will gain an understanding of the behaviour of temporary works and gain confidence in their ability to check formwork and falsework and issue permits to load and unload. Course Outline: Temporary Works: Definition Scope Statutory Duties HSWA 1974 ......
 

Aims & Objectives: On completion of this course, delegates will be able to: Understand the nature of temporary works Know the relevant statutory duties that are attracted in temporary works design or management Be able to produce adequate design briefs for a variety of temporary works situations Learning outcomes: On completion of this course delegates will have a working knowledge o......
 

A practical course covering a wide variety of site concreting practice and access issues. Course Objectives To raise awareness of practical concreting and access issues on site. To help prevent accidents and provide practical, safe and economic solutions to typical site problems. To allow delegates to coordinate and supervise common site concreting and access activities. Course Outli......
 

Most engineers come into contact with formwork but don’t understand the design or detailing that is required to produce an effective and safe scheme. Course Objectives This course will provide the engineer with a basic knowledge of this specialist subject and increase his awareness of its use on site. Course Outline Concrete pressures and the principles of formwork design Conc......
 

The course is designed for site managers, trainee engineers, site engineers and those who are involved in setting out and establishing survey control for construction and building work. The course is suitable for staff with some theodolite knowledge, but little or no total station/EDM experience. Course Objectives: On completion of the course delegates will be able to:- Set up and use To......
 

The course is designed for site managers, foremen, supervisors and trainees who are required to set out for construction and civil engineering work. It is aimed at staff with little or no theodolite experience, or as a refresher for those who have not used the equipment for sometime. Course Objectives: On completion of the course delegates will be able to:- Set up and use modern electroni......
 

The course is designed for engineering staff, who may have graduated from university with some instrument knowledge but little practical experience. It is also relevant to site based consultants and other specialist engineers who require basic setting out knowledge and skills Course Objectives: On completion of the course delegates will be able to:- Use a level, record and check results a......
 

The course is designed for site managers, foremen, supervisors and trainees who are required to level and set out for construction and civil engineering work. Little or no previous experience is required but some basic understanding of the need to use and transfer levels is desirable Course Objectives: On completion of the course delegates will be able to:- Set up and use automatic levels......
 

The course is designed for managers, surveyors, engineers and those who are involved in surveying, setting out and establishing survey control. The programme is suitable for those who have survey experience and require an appreciation of current and potential applications of Global Positioning Systems. A discussion of GPS applications to meet the needs of attending delegates will be undertaken.......
 

This course starts from first principles and takes the delegates through the key rules of writing specification. The course uses example clauses to illustrate good and bad practices and worked examples to give attendees the opportunity to practise the rules. Course Objective: To provide those attending the course with the tools and understanding to enable them to write clear and effective s......
 

This course provides an introduction to the measurement of building works, providing delegates with the theoretical knowledge of measurement, and through case study work the opportunity to work through practical examples. Course Objectives: At the end of the course, participants should be able to: - Understand the reasons for measuring building works Take off quantities from drawings a......
 

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