Programs and Events

Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics

Monday, May 10, 2010

8:30am - 4:30pm
$855.00 Members, $955.00 Nonmembers
AGC Conference Center, Wellesley

May 10, 11, 12 & 13, 2010 

8:30 am – 4:30 am Monday -Wednesday; 8:30 am – 12:00 noon Thursday

Prerequisite:  Course 500, 501, 510 or 511

This course focuses on OSHA standards and on the safety aspects of excavation and trenching.  Students are introduced to practical soil mechanics and its relationship to the stability of shored and unshored slopes and walls of excavations.  Various types of shoring (wood timbers and Hydraulic) are covered.  Testing methods are demonstrated and a one-day field exercise is conducted, allowing students to use instruments such a penetrometers, torvane shears, and engineering rods.  2.5 CEUs, TCH

MCAP Contributors All MCAP-contributing firms will receive 50% reimbursement of their registration fees - up to a maximum of $2000 per program, after full registration is paid to AGC.