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Structural Preservation Systems offers in-house seminars for both design professionals and general contractors to learn about structural repair and strengthening. These seminars may be tailored to focus on a particular topic.

For General Contractors - Structural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Structures

In this session, participants will learn:

General overview of how reinforced concrete is designed for:

Conventionally reinforced concrete
Post-tensioned concrete
Precast concrete

What happens on a jobsite that may impact the structural capacity of reinforced concrete:

Missing or misplaced reinforcement
Low strength concrete
Voids/honeycombs and cold joints
New loads on the structure
Cutting new penetrations

Practical strengthening techniques to add or restore structural capacity:

External post-tensioning
Externally bonded carbon fiber composites
Adding additional concrete – section enlargement and bonded overlays
Adding steel supports and span shortening
Techniques for strengthening new slab openings and penetrations
Grouting voids and honeycombs
Methods for blast upgrade of concrete structures

For Design Professionals - Structural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Structures

In this session, participants will learn:

Causes of structural deficiency
Structural strengthening process
Strengthening with external/internal post-tensioning (Design concepts and anchorages)
Strengthening with external FRP composites
FRP material properties and available forms
FRP installation procedures and techniques
FRP design principles and proper detailing
Applications for beams, slabs, columns, walls, pipes, tanks, and silos
QA/QC Procedures
Case studies

About the Speakers:

Tarek Alkhrdaji, Ph.D., P.E.,
Dr. Alkhrdaji is an active member of ACI committees 440 (FRP) and ACI 437 (Strength Evaluation), and is currently chairing an ACI subcommittee on strengthening of concrete structures using externally bonded FRP composites. He is also a member of ICRI and ASCE. Dr. Alkhrdaji has been a speaker in more than forty professional events such as ACI Annual Conventions, ASEC Seminars and SEA Seminars.

Jay Thomas
Mr. Thomas is Vice President for Structural Preservation Systems and has 26 years of experience in projects involving structural repair, strengthening, and protection of concrete and steel in public, commercial and industrial facilities. He is an active member of ACI committees 440 (FRP) and ACI 437 (Strength Evaluation) and a member of the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI).

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