Course leader: David C Entwisle

Aims and objectives:

• To introduce the subject of engineering geology.
• To explain how earth materials are described and classified for engineering purposes and outline how this information is used.
• To enable geologists and others to include information focussed to the needs of the engineering geologist/civil engineer industry in geological reports.

Who should attend:

All geoscientists who deal with or are likely to be involved with the geological aspects of civil engineering and engineering geology; in particular field geologists and those who describe earth materials.

Course description:

This introductory course provides an understanding of how earth materials are described and classified for engineering purposes. It is based on the recently revised BS5930:1999 — Code of Practice for Site Investigation.

Course outline:

The course covers the following:

• What is an engineering soil?
• What is an engineering rock?
• Soil description and classification
• Rock description and classification
• Description of discontinuities
• Rock mass classification
• Weathering

The course is mainly classroom-based but includes some laboratory and core description work.

Duration of course: 2 days

Contact Training for course fees, scheduling and availability

• School of Field Geology