TECH puts in your hands a first class program that will provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to practice with total success in this exciting field" 

postgraduate certificate in Retention Structures: Walls and Screens is academically designed to provide in-depth knowledge, based on advanced concepts already acquired in the world of civil engineering and from a practical application point of view, of the most important geotechnical aspects that can be found in different types of civil works.

The content ranges from the specific behavior of soils and rocks, with a constant differentiation of both types of terrain throughout all the topics, to their direct application in foundations and structures.

The Postgraduate Certificate, has a syllabus that mixes some of them with more applied theoretical load (such as those related to the models of ground behavior, the necessary requirements for a good identification of soils and rocks or the interaction of the ground with seismic disturbances), with others with eminent component of practical analysis, where the knowledge acquired on the behavior of the ground and its stress-strain states of this first part, are applied to the usual structures of Geotechnical Engineering: slopes, walls, walls, screens, tunnels…

Likewise, during this postgraduate certificate, the study of the thrusts present in soil retaining structures and the structural analysis of how they behave under these loads will be addressed, there is a large part of this module that will refer to the displacements at the back of these elements.

Surface settlement after the execution of these structures and lateral displacements of the structures together with the description of the elements involved in the design of bracing for deep excavations are points that are also addressed throughout the postgraduate certificate.

The topics covered during this training end with an approach to the statistical calculation and the safety coefficients used in the calculations of these elements in both provisional and definitive stages.

For this reason,  the postgraduate certificate in Retention Structures: Walls and Screens integrates the most complete and innovative educational program on the current market in terms of knowledge and latest available technologies, in addition to encompassing all the sectors or parties involved in this field. In addition, the Postgraduate Certificate consists of exercises based on real cases of situations currently managed or previously faced by the teaching team.

All this, along a 100% online training that provides the student with the ease of being able to take it wherever and whenever they want. All you need is a device with internet access, and you will be able to access a universe of knowledge that will be the main asset of the engineer when positioning themselves in a sector that is increasingly in demand by companies in various sectors. 

You will be provided with innovative teaching materials and resources that will facilitate the learning process and the retention of the contents learned for a longer period of time"

This postgraduate certificate in Retention Structures: Walls and Screens contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Practical cases presented by experts in Civil Engineering and Geotechnics
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Apply the latest advances in retention structures like walls and screens in your daily practice and give your resume a value boost"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide professionals with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive program, designed for training oneself in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced engineering experts.  

A 100% online training that will allow you to combine your studies with the rest of your daily activities"

TECH has designed this comprehensive postgraduate certificate with the aim of training engineering professionals to be able to design, implement and work on Civil Works, knowing everything related to this industry and technical and professional aspects at the national and international level that directly affect it. To this end, specific aspects of the profession that stand out for their enormous importance in today's business landscape will be addressed, and for which large corporations are increasingly demanding competent engineers with a solid specialized training.

With this program, TECH has only one goal: to help you grow in your profession and become a prestigious engineer"

General Objectives

• Delve deeper into kinds of grounds, not only in their typology but also in their behavior 
• Not only in the evident differentiation of stresses and deformations of soils and rocks, but also under particular but very common conditions, such as the presence of water or seismic disturbances
• Efficiently recognize the needs for soil characterization, being able to design campaigns with the optimal means for each type of structure, optimizing and giving added value to the study of materials
• Identify the behavior of slopes and semi-subterranean structures such as foundations or walls in their different typologies This complete identification must be based on understanding and being able to anticipate the behavior of the terrain, the structure and its interface Know in detail possible faults that each set can produce and as a consequence have a deep understanding of the repair operations or improvement of materials to mitigate damage
• Receive a complete tour of tunnel and gallery excavation methodologies, analyzing all drilling procedures, design constraints, support and lining

Specific Objectives

• Define and acquire a complete knowledge of the loads that the soil produces on the retaining structures
• Extend this knowledge with the analysis of the interaction of surface loads, lateral loads and seismic loads that may occur in the soil adjacent to this type of structures
• Go through the different types of retaining structures, from the most common continuous screens and piles, to other elements of more specific use such as sheet piling or “Soldier-piles”
• Deal with the deformational behavior of the backside of these elements, both in the short and long term With special interest in the calculation of surface seating in deep screens
• Learn more about the sizing and behavior of bracing structures, struts and anchors
• Analyze with current finite element calculation methods the most common safety coefficients in this type of structures as well as their correlation applying statistical reliability concepts   

A training designed based on practical cases that will teach you how to act in real situations in the daily practice of your profession"