Geotechnical Engineering and Foundation Solutions Course

Learn ground investigation, soil behaviour, bearing and settlement, shallow and deep foundations, retaining systems, dewatering and ground improvement.

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Training Locations

This Geotechnical Engineering and Foundation Solutions Course is available in multiple cities. Please select your preferred location from the list below

Durrës

Albania

Tirana

Albania

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

Escaldes-Engordany

Andorra

Innsbruck

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

Vienna

Austria

Gomel

Belarus

Minsk

Belarus

Antwerp

Belgium

Brussels

Belgium

Banja Luka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Sofia

Bulgaria

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Split

Croatia

Zagreb

Croatia

Limassol

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus

Brno

Czech Republic

Prague

Czech Republic

Aarhus

Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

Tallinn

Estonia

Tartu

Estonia

Helsinki

Finland

Tampere

Finland

Lyon

France

Marseille

France

Nice

France

Paris

France

Berlin

Germany

Frankfurt

Germany

Hamburg

Germany

Munich

Germany

Athens

Greece

Thessaloniki

Greece

Budapest

Hungary

Debrecen

Hungary

Akureyri

Iceland

Reykjavík

Iceland

Cork

Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

Florence

Italy

Milan

Italy

Naples

Italy

Rome

Italy

Pristina

Kosovo

Prizren

Kosovo

Liepāja

Latvia

Riga

Latvia

Schaan

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Kaunas

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

St. Julian's

Malta

Valletta

Malta

Bălți

Moldova

Chișinău

Moldova

La Condamine

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monaco

Budva

Montenegro

Podgorica

Montenegro

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Netherlands

The Hague

Netherlands

Ohrid

North Macedonia

Skopje

North Macedonia

Bergen

Norway

Oslo

Norway

Gdańsk

Poland

Kraków

Poland

Warsaw

Poland

Faro

Portugal

Lisbon

Portugal

Porto

Portugal

Bucharest

Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

City of San Marino

San Marino

Serravalle

San Marino

Belgrade

Serbia

Novi Sad

Serbia

Singapore

Bratislava

Slovakia

Košice

Slovakia

Bled

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Barcelona

Spain

Madrid

Spain

Valencia

Spain

Gothenburg

Sweden

Stockholm

Sweden

Bern

Switzerland

Geneva

Switzerland

Zurich

Switzerland

Istanbul

Turkey

Kyiv

Ukraine

Lviv

Ukraine

Odesa

Ukraine

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

Manchester

United Kingdom

Rome (Vatican-adjacent)

Vatican City

Training Outlines

Introduction

Geotechnical engineering manages uncertainty in materials that are variable, anisotropic and influenced by stress history and groundwater. Reliable foundation decisions depend on an adequate ground model, representative parameters, appropriate failure and serviceability checks, and construction observations that confirm or challenge design assumptions.

This five-day course follows the geotechnical process from investigation planning to verified construction. Participants interpret field and laboratory evidence, assess bearing capacity and settlement, compare shallow and deep foundations, and examine excavations, retaining systems, dewatering and ground improvement. Risk registers, monitoring and observational methods connect analytical design with actual ground response.

Objectives

Plan a risk-based ground investigation.
Develop a defensible geological ground model.
Interpret soil and rock parameters.
Assess bearing capacity and settlement.
Select shallow or deep foundation systems.
Evaluate excavation and retaining solutions.
Compare ground-improvement and dewatering methods.
Plan geotechnical monitoring and verification.

Course Content

Day 1: Ground Investigation and Modelling

Desk study and site reconnaissance
Investigation scope and sampling
In-situ and laboratory testing
Groundwater characterization
Geological and geotechnical models
Investigation-design workshop

Day 2: Soil Behaviour and Design Parameters

Effective stress and drainage
Strength and stiffness behaviour
Consolidation and time effects
Parameter selection and variability
Characteristic and design values
Parameter-interpretation exercise

Day 3: Foundation Analysis and Selection

Shallow foundation bearing
Immediate and consolidation settlement
Pile capacity and load transfer
Pile groups and interaction
Rafts and piled-raft concepts
Foundation-option comparison

Day 4: Excavations, Retaining and Groundwater

Earth-pressure frameworks
Retaining wall system selection
Bracing and anchor concepts
Basal stability and ground movement
Dewatering and hydraulic risks
Excavation-risk case

Day 5: Ground Improvement and Verification

Compaction and replacement
Preloading and vertical drains
Stone columns and rigid inclusions
Grouting and soil mixing
Instrumentation and observational method
Geotechnical solution capstone

Training Schedule

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