1. Basics of Concrete Testing

This essential course covers virtually anything and everything you need to know about concrete, including manufacturing, testing, types, stages of curing and the pros and cons of using this popular material.

2. Concrete Structures: Corrosion of Embedded Metal and Reinforcement 

Types of reinforcement, different tests and various types of corrosion are carefully explained in this course, which is crucial to ensuring structures are safe, sound and stable.

3. Advanced Diploma in Maintenance and Repair of Concrete Structures 

It is one to design and build a concrete structure, but the job doesn’t end there - you have to maintain and fix it. This course examines waterproofing, surface repairs, corrosion and other common issues.

Concrete has been used as a durable building material for thousands of years. Today, it is widely employed in roads, foundations, dams, finishing walls, driveways, seawalls, jetties, bridges, pavements or sidewalks, breakwaters and myriad other residential, commercial and infrastructure projects. 

Concrete consists of cement, fine and coarse aggregates, and water. It comes in various grades with different strengths - an essential aspect of being a structural engineer or builder is knowing what grade is suitable for what aspect of the project. A mistake here could lead to the structure collapsing with ensuing injuries or fatalities.

If you want to work in any of the following fields, a strong understanding of concrete qualities, advantages and disadvantages is required:

• Structural engineering
• Construction
• Architecture