This course is designed to enhance the skills of delegates who already possess a basic understanding of concrete. It focuses on the effective specification, production, and utilization of concrete, enabling participants to further develop their expertise in these areas. The course covers both fundamental and advanced concepts, providing up-to-date knowledge on technology and techniques related to reinforced concrete structures.

Importantly, the course is designed to be practical and applicable in real-world scenarios, ensuring that participants can implement the learned concepts without disrupting plant operations. Advanced inspection methods for both fresh and hardened concrete will be explored, and participants will gain insights into developing and implementing maintenance plans for concrete structures.

By the end of the course, delegates will have gained valuable skills and knowledge in concrete specification, production, and end-use. They will also possess an understanding of advanced inspection techniques and be capable of devising maintenance plans for concrete structures.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:

Design, inspect, repair and maintain concrete structures in petrochemical plants
Identify the layout of process equipment in the petrochemical plant
Design the footing and foundation for several process equipment such as compressors, turbines, pumps, motors, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, boilers and distillation columns
Design reinforced concrete tanks as well as the supports/anchor blocks of pipelines/piping system
Design the foundations and structures of furnaces, process fired heaters and process reactors
Identify the various types of damage that can affect concrete and reinforced concrete structures as well as their effects in the assessment and rehabilitation of the structures
Determine the causes of concrete and reinforced concrete structure damage and identify the additional preventative measures being applied in concrete structures
Implement the latest methodology of damage assessment including the identification of service and exposure conditions of concrete structures
Carry out assessments of corrosion affected structures and explain the assessment of the reinforced concrete structures conditions
Repair and rehabilitate concrete structures including methods to prevent defects in concrete, rehabilitation methods against corrosion damage and determine the required properties of repair materials and systems in concrete structure
Implement a risk-based maintenance strategy with the required repair time, required time to start of corrosion and deterioration as well as cost analysis for different protection methods
The participants will be provided with detailed course material and will be familiarized with various features on concrete construction in petroleum projects
The engineer will be familiar with any problem and its solution in the concrete structure in the petrochemical industry and its causes of failure

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for design engineers, inspection engineers, maintenance engineers, civil engineers, integrity engineers, construction engineers, material engineers, maintenance technicians, and inspectors responsible for the integrity and maintenance of reinforced concrete structures in petrochemical plants.

Course Outlines:

Introduction

Loads that Affect the Structures
Loads that Affect the Pipe Rack, Tanks
Dead Load and Live Load
Wind Load and Seismic Load
Pipes Loads on Pipe Rack
Different between ACI and BS in Design
Pipeline Support Design

Principal of Design Foundation Under Machine
Concrete Tanks in Gas Processing
Design of Foundation Under (Separator, Kod, Static Equipment)
Concrete Production and Quality Assurance
Concrete Properties
Portland Concrete, Slag and Fly Ash Properties
Properties of Admixtures and Concrete Mixes
Principles of Concrete Mix Design
Inspection, Sampling and Compliance Testing
Corrosion Problem Onsi

Protection of Steel Bars from Corrosion
Advanced Technique to Protect the Steel Bars
CP system for Steel Protection
Advanced Method of Steel Protection
Design the CP System
Ways of Inspection the Concrete Structures
Diagnosis the Problems in Concrete Structures
Reasons of Fails and Cracks of Concrete Structure in Process Plant
Case Studies from Petrochemical Plants
Case Studies from General Industries

Inspection and Quality Control of Concrete
Sampling and Testing Concrete on Site
Methods of Test the Corrosion
Measuring the Corrosion Propagation
Concrete Structure Evaluation
Ways of Repair the Concrete Structure
Effective Supervision of Repairs
Selection of Materials — Cements, Aggregates, Additions and Reinforcement
Concrete Mixes and Specifications in Repair
Methods of Repair Slabs, Beams, Columns and Foundations
Best Ways of Using Epoxy in Repair
Case Study for Repair Ring Beam for Tanks
Case Study for Repair Foundation

New Modern Method for Repair
Repair by Using a Steel Sections
CFRP for Repair
Principal of CFRP Design
Integrity Management System

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