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Grouting and Ground Improvement

May 13, 2019 - May 16, 2019

Date

Start: May 13, 2019
End: May 16, 2019

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Venue

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO United States

Organizer

Colorado School of Mines

Grouting and Ground Improvement is a 3½ day course that covers engineering, equipment, materials and methods for grouting and ground modification used in civil and geotechnical engineering, underground construction, tunneling and mining. It includes topics in engineering, equipment, materials and methods for grouting and ground modifications used on various types of projects. The course consists of classroom presentations by internationally-recognized experts and hands-on laboratory demonstrations and testing of grouts and grouting methods as well as off-campus field demos.

Classroom and lab topics include:

Grouting Methods (Jet, Compaction, Fracture, Permeation, Consolidation, Backfill and Contract)
Grouting Materials (cementitious and chemical)
Ground Freezing for Shafts, Tunnels and Cross Passageways

Course highlights include a field demo day providing participants with the opportunity to see grouting and ground improvement field equipment in action. Field demonstration include compaction grouting, chemical grouting, cellular grouting and permeation grouting.

Venue

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO United States