By the end of this training course, participants will:

• Familiarise all quality management techniques and procedures
• Learn available non-destructive testing for concrete and steel structure projects
• Understand the practical tools to control the concrete and the whole project that includes field-testing and the required laboratory facilities
• Familiarise various techniques for evaluating the structures under construction.
• Learn modern field measurements such as concrete strength.
• Familiarise with all quality control techniques in hot climate

This training course is intended for structural and civil engineers responsible for the Quality Control and Quality Assurance, with the most recent non-destructive testing for concrete and steel structure.

This training course is also beneficial for Construction Engineers, Project Managers, Construction Managers, Quality Assurance and Quality Control professionals.

Day One

Competency Description: As an engineer you need to know the main element of quality management system on site.

Key behaviours:

• Understand the approach of ISO9001 and its application in oil and gas projects
• Understand the practical QA&QC for different oil & gas companies
• Understand the hot climate precaution and definition

Topics to be covered:

• Total Quality management system
• Quality assurance
• Quality control
• Who will perform the quality control?
• Quality management constrain in oil and gas projects
• Pareto chart
• How to control the concrete from ready mix plant
• How to control concrete casting onsite
• Coefficient of variation
• Auditing the construction site quality
• Precaution in design mix in hot climate

Day Two

Competency Description: As an engineer you need to know the construction methods and ways of QC for main structure foundations and building in oil and gas plant.

Key behaviours:

• Understand the approach of codes for QC
• Understand the roles of the inspector onsite
• Understand the main element of concrete QC
• Understand the main element of steel structure QC
• Piping and pipeline construction

Topics to be covered:

• Codes recommendation for the quality control
• Codes and specifications limitations as ACI and BS
• Comparison between different non-destructive testing
• Construction ways in hot climate
• The nature of concrete variability
• Concrete materials properties
• Aggregate QC
• Cement QC
• Concrete mix QC
• Steel sections QC
• Check laminar and porosity in steel sections
• Example of QC of concrete foundations construction under vibrating machine

 Day Three

Competency Description: As an engineer you need to know the ways of concrete QC onsite.

Key behaviours:

• Understand the concept of quality statistics
• Understand the hot climate effect on concrete mix
• Understand the QC for HSC
• Understand the characteristic of steel structure erection QC

Topics to be covered:

• Basic statistics
• Collecting a data for evaluations.
• Statistics for the quality control data.
• Evaluating the grade of the quality.
• Concrete design mix
• Precaution in design mix in hot climate for remote area
• QC for fresh concrete
• Quality control for concrete forum
• Pouring concrete in hot climate
• Workability test for concreted
• Cube and cylinder test
• The replacement of the steel bars
• The permissible deviation in erection steel structure
• Material receiving, storage and preservation at site.
• Interface between E&I, piping and structure in construction activities.

Day Four

Competency Description: As an engineer you need to know the NDT methods and the concrete durability.

Key behaviours:

• Understand the relation between QC onsite and design approach
• Understand the concrete NDT dynamic load characteristic
• Understand the relation between QC and concrete durability

Topics to be covered:

• Comparison between different Non-destructive test
• Core test
• Rebound hammer
• Lok test
• Load test for floor deck under machine
• Ultrasonic test
• Corrosion phenomena affect quality
• Different corrosion protection system
• QC for corrosion protection system for oil and gas plant
• Wooden and steel from QC
• Steel reinforcing QC
• Procedure of QC onsite
• Case study for foundation in gas plant

 Day Five

Competency Description: As an engineer you need to know the ways of steel structure QC on site.

Key behaviours:

• Understand the welding procedure
• Understand the ways of QC for steel structure
• Understand the overview the differences between the NDE methods
• Relation between QC and IMS for oil and gas plant

Topics to be covered:

• Materials that is using in welding in steel structure
• QC for Equipment preservation and installation for static equipment
• QC for tank construction
• QC for foundation construction and machine installation
• The precaution in welding process
• Anchor bolts QC
• The reasons of welding defects.
• Differentiate between Non-destructive test
• Overview of the 5 methods (PT,MP,RT,UT,VI)
• Integrity management system for oil and gas plants

RECTUS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration