Feedback wanted for proposed new training course

Eurocode 7 now requires every construction involving ground engineering to have a "Ground Model". Despite being a Formative requirement in the Code, the Code does not define what a Ground Model is, how it should be generated, the competences required to produce it and its use.

This newly proposed one-day course will provide professionals with an engineering background with the fundamental knowledge required to generate and use a "Ground Model" in accordance with EC7 (2nd Generation).

The planned course is designed to provide an appreciation of what a Ground Model is and what it is meant to do, and cover:

• How the Ground Model can reflect the Geotechnical Complexity Class of the works and its associated zone of influence
• What the model should contain and from where that information can be obtained
• How it can be generated and presented (as a word model, as vertical cross sections, as maps, as block diagrams, and as computer assisted 3D images and data sets)
• Checks on the accuracy and reliability of a Ground Model and how it handles uncertainties
• How the model interfaces between the Ground Model and the Geotechnical Design Model and Ground Reference Conditions
• The on-going role of a ground Model as a record of conditions encountered to the end of construction and into the serviceability of the works

Full details of the course proposal can be found here.

If this is something that would be of interest to you, please contact us at product@neccontract.com. We also welcome feedback about the proposed course content - is there anything this one day course doesn't cover but should?