21 December 2009
New training courses for basis and actions Eurocodes
 ICE’s training division, Thomas Telford Training (TTT), is launching a new training course in 2010 on BS EN 1990 ‘Eurocode: Basis of structural design’ and the key parts of Eurocode 1 on actions.
These codes are essential for all building structural design, irrespective of construction material, and need to be fully understood by engineers when Eurocodes become Britain’s new structural design standards on 1 April 2010.
The first one-day ‘Designing with Eurocodes – The Essentials (EN 1990 and EN 1991)’ course is being run Birmingham on 14 January 2010, followed by London on 4 March 2010. Further dates at both venues are planned in March and May - see the events and courses database of the Eurocodes Expert website.
The tutor is Haig Gulvanessian (pictured), former construction division director of BRE, visiting professor at Imperial College, chairman of the EN 1990 and former chairman of the EN 1991 drafting committees. He is also chairman of the ICE’s Eurocodes expert panel.
After a detailed introduction to BS EN 1990 - covering the scope of the Eurocodes suite and design requirements, situations, variables, verification and application - the course reviews the key parts of BS EN 1991 including densities, self-weight, imposed loads, snow loads, wind actions, thermal actions and actions during execution.
The aim is to enable practicing engineers to understand, appreciate and apply best practice in Eurocode design. Tutorial examples are used to illustrate key principles and delegate participation is actively encouraged.
The cost per delegate is £275 plus VAT. For further details please follow the web link below.
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