Materials & Welding Challenges for Offshore Oil & Gas Industries

What are the Goals?

At the end of this training course, participants will:                 

• Be familiar new project management approach for brown field project
• New design methods and differentiates between codes and standard
• Familiar with new materials in concrete industry
• Be familiar with advanced method s of construction.
• Be familiar with HPC, HSC and SCC.
• Be familiar with all up to date materials and method of repair
• Capable to design and execute CFRP for concrete strengthening

Who is this Training Course for?

This course is designed for people in construction, oil and gas industry and government who are involved in building construction and maintenance and repair programs. This is also designed for those who are involved in preparing maintenance document package and diagnosis the reasons of failure and also the engineers who define and choose the methods of repair.

This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals:

• Civil Engineers
• Structure engineers
• Project Engineers
• Construction Engineers
• Project Managers
• Engineering Managers
• Construction Managers

Daily Agenda

Day One: Introduction to Advanced Materials

• Conventional Concrete Materials Limitations and Problems
• Concrete quality control
• Concrete design mix
• High Strength Concrete and High Performance Concrete
• Special Constituent materials and Admixtures
• Construction Practices for Concrete in the Gulf area
• Specifics of Gulf Environment
• Definition of hot weather for concreting processes
• Precautions for different concreting operations in the hot weather of Gulf region
• Standard Test Methods for Non-Conventional Concretes and Reinforcement
• Total Quality management system

Day Two: HSC and UHPC Characteristic

• High Strength Concrete: General
• Importance and Economy
• Durability Improvement
• Structural Improvement
• High Strength Concrete: Materials
• Slag (GGBS), Fly Ash, and Silica fume
• High Strength Concrete: Production
• Batching and Mixing High Strength Concrete
• Placing and Compacting High Strength Concrete
• Corrosion phenomena in steel bars
• Chloride cause corrosion
• Carbonation process

Day Three: Corrosion and Advanced Technique and Materials for Protection

• Standard test methods for properties of FRP rods
• Technical Specifications for Concrete and Reinforcement
• Sample concrete and reinforcement specifications
• Protecting steel reinforcement from corrosion by advanced materials
• Non-Traditional Types of Reinforcement Used in Concrete Structures
• Galvanized and epoxy coated bars
• Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) reinforcement for concrete
• Anodic inhibitor
• Cathodic protection system
• Standard test methods for fresh and Hardened Special concretes
• Standard specifications for epoxy coated bars

Day Four: Advanced Materials and Technique for Concrete Repair

• Rubber concrete
• Light weight concrete
• Concrete with fiper
• Evaluating the existing structure
• Define repair procedure
• Convention repair methods to slab and beam
• Foundation repair by new materials
• Using steel section to repair Latex Modified Concrete:
• Standard Specifications and Guides
• Latex Modified Concrete: Production
• Mix Proportioning
• Mixing and Placing
• Finishing and Curing
• Latex Modified Concrete: Properties and Applications
• Applications and Recent Development

Day Five: Using CFRP for Repair

• Repair technique by using CFRP
• Design of the CFRP philosophy
• Selecting the reasonable materials.
• Execution of the CFRP
• Advanced programs for inspection and repair