All About Asphalt – Jeff Farrington
- Course for civil engineering and building site workers to learn about asphalt use and selection. Delegates gain clear understanding of asphalt factors and problem resolution on site. Focus on ensuring long-lasting and sound asphalt works for employers. Modules cover asphalt technology, production, quality control, and site preparation. Delegates also receive a free one-year email service for asphalt queries.
Overview
The Asphalt Training course is designed for individuals in civil engineering or building roles, including young graduates with limited asphalt experience. It covers various aspects of asphalt use, from motorways to car parks, aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of asphalt factors and selection. Participants learn to identify and resolve site issues efficiently to ensure durable asphalt works. The course includes modules on asphalt technology, production, quality control, site preparation, paving, and testing. Upon completion, delegates can deliver long-lasting asphalt works. Additionally, delegates receive a one-year email support service for asphalt queries.
Who should attend
Civil Engineers, Designers, Graduates
Course Content
A course for those working on civil engineering or building sites or employed on the design or specification of asphalt work, and especially young graduates and others who have little or no experience of asphalt work.
It deals with all aspects of asphalt’s use on sites ranging from heavily trafficked motorways, all classes of non-motorway roads, through heavy goods vehicle parking areas, footways and car parks.
Delegates will have a clear understanding of the factors influencing the successful use of asphalts as well as knowing about the full range of asphalts and be able to select the best ones for a range of problems and needs.
They will also be able to confidently identify problems on site affecting the works, their underlying causes, the responsibility for them, how to ensure they are resolved quickly to avoid delays and disruption and especially problems in the completed works.
On completion of the course delegates will be able to ensure their employers get asphalt works which are as sound and long lasting as possible. The cost of the course, considerably less than a load of asphalt, will be repaid many times each year.
Delegates also enjoy a free one year e-mail service to deal with any asphalt queries.
Modules include:-
- An introduction to basic asphalt technology including different asphalt mixtures
- Asphalt production and quality control, including what sometimes goes wrong
- The selection of the correct asphalts to meet the specific requirements of various sites, ie what to use where.
- Understanding the Scottish Executive’s specification requirements for asphalt paving work and those in British Standard 594987
- Working with asphalt sub-contractors, how to ensure they don’t have reasons to claim for delay and disruption and deciding who does what.
- Site preparation works, ensuring any sub-base is correctly laid and compacted, asphalt substrates prepared for inlays or overlays, including bond coats and tack coats and ironwork correctly fixed to new levels
- Transport of asphalt for both paving machine work and hand lay work, checking delivery and laying temperatures, and dealing with non-compliances
- Paving and compaction, checking compliance with asphalt compaction, levels, thickness, forming joints, ends of load problems and dealing with delays in deliveries.
- Hand lay work
- Sampling and testing and how non-compliances in any part of the works can affect the asphalt’s durability and cause serious contractual disputes
Duration:1 Day
Cost:£275 + VAT
Asphalt Training Scotland
