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School: Symmons Madge Associates Ltd.

Traffic Signal Design
Course Format: Classroom
In the current climate of ever increasing traffic on the roads, junction capacity has become an important issue. One tool in the fight to improve capacity on the country’s roads is Traffic Management and an increasingly important way to achieve that is well designed/maintained traffic signals. This course will enable the delegate to undertake basic signal design and so aid in improving cap...
 

Traffic Data Collection, Analysis and Validation
Course Format: Classroom
Any traffic analysis and subsequent design has to be based on sound data. Any work based on inaccurate or unreliable traffic data is open to question at a later stage. Correcting such uncertainty can lead to delays and significant extra cost. It is important to be sure that traffic data are appropriate, and collected in a controlled and auditable manner to avoid such issues. However, often budg...
 

Priority Junction Operation and Capacity Analysis
Course Format: Classroom
The basic skills traffic engineers and planners need include understanding how junctions work, and how to assess how they will perform in practice. Traffic engineers and planners also need to be able to understand the limitations of such analyses. The most common way of assessing priority junctions and roundabouts is by using PICADY or ARCADY - industry-standard computer analysis packages. This...
 

Temporary Works Design
Course Format: Classroom
A one day course covering a wide variety of temporary works design principles and practical examples of good practice. Three years practical construction experience and limited design experience is assumed of delegates. Course Objectives: To raise awareness of basic design principles and practical site issues. To aid designers in producing economic and practical designs. To raise awarene...
 

Site Temporary Works
Course Format: Classroom
A 1 or 2 day appreciation of legal, safety and practical issues associated with temporary works on site. Subjects covered can be tailored to suit specific client requirements from an approved list given below. Limited previous experience is assumed. Course Objectives: Be the first part of a companies’ procedure for appointing competent and suitably trained "temporary works co...
 

Sheet Piling & Cofferdams
Course Format: Classroom
The direct and consequential cost of temporary works is a significant portion of the total cost of a civil engineering or building project. It is therefore essential that proper attention is paid to the economic design, construction and safety aspects of these works. The simple principles of installation and extraction will be explained, together with numerous practical hints based on the le...
 

Sheet Piles and Cofferdams
Course Format: Classroom
Temporary works incurs a significant portion of the cost of a civil engineering or building project, and is potentially the most dangerous element. It is therefore essential that proper attention be paid to the economic design, construction and safety aspects of these works. This course has equal time devoted to conceptual and detail design, and to installation, whilst health and safety is infu...
 

Scaffolding Safety Inspection
Course Format: Classroom
The overall aim is to develop in delegates an understanding of scaffold components, methods of construction and inspection procedures to comply with current legislation and codes of practice. Course Objectives: are to ensure that at the end of the course delegates will be able to: Identify and inspect tubes, boards, ladders, gin wheels, ropes and fittings correctly. State the main req...
 

Scaffold Safety Awareness
Course Format: Classroom
Course Objectives: To make site personnel aware of the correct safety procedures to be adopted when accessing and working from scaffolds, mobile towers and stagings. Course Outline: The Health and Safety at Work Act Codes of Practice Scaffolding components Types of scaffold structure The role of individual components Safe use of ladders and stagings Safe use of mobile towers ...
 

Role of the Temporary Works Coordinator
Course Format: Classroom
To give delegates an understanding of the need for a TWC on site and the importance of complying with the TWC procedures. Delegates will gain an understanding of the behaviour of temporary works and gain confidence in their ability to check formwork and falsework and issue permits to load and unload. Course Outline: Temporary Works: Definition Scope Statutory Duties HSWA 1974 ...
 

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