Field Mapping in stratified rock, basic measurements and interpretation for geotechnical and environmental purposes

ONE DAY FIELD COURSE FOR GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS

Geotechnical and environmental engineering interacts with the ground. Decisions on investigation, instrumentation, design and analyses are based on field observations, their measurement and interpretation.

This course is designed to revisit geological principles encountered on site, the terms to describe them, to quantify them where possible and to combine those them to produce a ground model for geotechnical and environmental purposes. It will also demonstrate how to systematically make field notes so as to have a clear paper trail available, should this become necessary.  

The growing requirements of the Environmental Agency, the need for Reference Conditions, and of Risk Analyses can best be met by practical knowledge of ground conditions in situ.

The course will be of direct relevance to geoscientists, environmental scientists and civil engineers with wish to improve their field skills in the acquisition of raw data from exposures and outcrops. 

The course aims to impart sufficient practical experience and knowledge to allow the participants to use geological terminology confidently, to understand how a ground model is put together and to see what is involved in doing so.

The course will provide personal tuition so as to impart the skills necessary to complete field work at a site scale and develop a preliminary geotechnical model of the ground studied. The course is supported by a package of information designed to help with these tasks.