Quality Control & Quality Assurance in Concrete & Steel Structure Projects

What are the Goals?

By the end of this training course, participants will:

• Familiarise all quality management techniques and procedures
• Learn available non-destructive testing for concrete and steel structure projects
• Understand the practical tools to control the concrete and the whole project that includes field-testing and the required laboratory facilities
• Familiarise various techniques for evaluating the structures under construction
• Learn modern field measurements such as concrete strength
• Familiarise with all quality control techniques in hot climate

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course on Construction Quality Control on Site is also beneficial for:

• Construction Engineers
• Project Managers
• Construction Managers
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control professionals

Daily Agenda

Day One: Introduction Total Quality Management (TQM) of Concrete

• Total quality management system
• Quality assurance & Quality control
• Who will perform the quality control?
• Quality management constrain in oil and gas projects
• Pareto chart
• How to control the concrete from ready mix plant
• How to control concrete casting onsite
• Coefficient of variation
• Auditing the construction site quality
• Precaution in design mix in hot Weather

Day Two: Components of Concrete Material

• Codes recommendation for the quality control
• Codes and specifications limitations as ACI and EN
• Comparison on different non-destructive testing
• The Nature of Concrete Variability
• Preparation before concreting
• Concrete materials properties such as Aggregate and Cement
• Check the corrosion in steel bars
• Example of QC of concrete foundations construction under vibrating machine

Day Three: Properties of Fresh Concrete

• Basic statistics
• Collecting a data for evaluations
• Statistics for the quality control data
• Evaluating the grade of the quality
• Concrete design mix
• Precaution in design mix in hot climate for remote area
• QC for fresh concrete
• Quality control for concrete formwork
• Pouring concrete in hot weather problems
• Workability test for concrete
• Cube and cylinder test
• The replacement of the steel bars
• The permissible deviation in erection steel structure
• Applied load on the steel structure of pipe rack in construction activities

Day Four: Comparison between Different Non-destructive Tests

• Comparison between Different Fresh Concrete Tests
• Core test
• Rebound hammer
• Lok test
• Load test for floor deck under machine
• Ultrasonic test
• Corrosion phenomena affect quality
• Different corrosion protection system
• QC for corrosion protection system for oil and gas plant
• Applying QC on Wood formwork and steel
• Steel reinforcing QC
• Procedure of QC onsite
• QA/QC Case study for foundation in gas plant

 Day Five: Integrity management

• Materials used in welding steel structure
• QC for Equipment preservation and installation for static equipment
• QC for tank construction
• QC for foundation construction and machine installation
• The precaution in welding process
• Anchor bolts QC
• The reasons of welding defects
• Overview of the 5 methods (PT,MP,RT,UT,VI)
• Integrity management system for oil and gas plants