Since 1979 the renowned Grouting Fundamentals & Current Practice short course has provided unique professional training and education to thousands of grouting professionals worldwide. The 2023 Munich course faculty includes 20 technical specialists representing 10 countries.
The exceptional group of international experts provides unparalleled depth and perspective concerning the fundamental requirements for successful grouting and best design and construction practices throughout continental Europe, Scandinavia, the UK, North America and beyond. This unique 4-day course covers pressure grouting as a method to improve geotechnical properties of soils and rock masses, with special focus on mechanisms, theories, and practical applications of grouting to ground densification and strengthening, permeability reduction and groundwater cutoffs. The curriculum is suited for Owners, Regulators, Consultants and Contractors having interest in pressure grouting for a broad array of geo-structural construction and remediation applications. Major course topics include:
- grouting theories
- grout materials and rheology
- geological characterization for grouting works
- overburden and rock drilling
- technologies
- compaction grouting
- slab jacking, lifting and leveling
- sinkhole, karst and void grouting
- permeation and fissure grouting
- grout curtain design and
- construction
- groundwater control
- grouting for tunnels, shafts and mines
- anchors and micropiles
- seepage cutoff walls and composite seepage barriers
- deep soil mixing
- jet grouting
- instrumentation and monitoring
An integral part of this course is the ½ day Field Demonstration. Contractors, manufacturers and suppliers will converge to provide an impressive array of hands-on instruction concerning grouting equipment, materials and procedures.
The curriculum is suited for Owners, Regulators, Consultants and Contractors having interest in the applications of pressure grouting to a broad array of geo-structural construction and remediation techniques.
This is the original and well-known course that has previously been hosted by The University of Texas at Austin, Colorado School of Mines, University of Florida and the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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Agenda (past edition / Munich 2023)
Monday (April 24)
Overview + Materials
08:30 – 08:35 Opening Remarks (S. Kieffer / C. Boley)
08:35 – 09:35 Introduction and Overview (D. Bruce)
09:45 – 10:45 Grout Types and Rheology (C. Justino)
11:00 – 12:00 Cementitious Grout Materials & Mix Design (C. Justino)
– Lunch Break –
13:00 – 14:00 Cement-Bentonite and Cement Grouts for Geotechnical and Structural Applications (S. Jefferis)
14:10 – 15:10 Chemical Grouting: Hydro-Mechanical Properties of Consolidated Soils (G. Spagnoli)
15:20 – 15:50 Chemical Grouting: Design and Validation Methods (C. Boley)
16:00 – 16:45 Chemical Grouting: Geotechnical Case Histories (R. Penczek)
16:50 – 17:30 Hybrid Injection System HIS: Applications in Environmentally Sensitive Settings (M. Weickenmeier)
17:30 – 21:00 Icebreaker Reception + Buffet
Tuesday (April 25)
Rock Grouting
08:00 – 09:00 Biogrouts: Fundamentals of Bio Controlled Mineral Precipitation, Applications and Challenges (S. Jefferis)
09:10 – 10:00 Rock Grouting: Tools for Optimizing Geotechnical Investigations (S. Kieffer)
10:10 – 11:30 Rock Grouting: Overview and Applications of Cement Grouting (T. Dreese)
11:40 – 12:30 Rock Grouting: The Grouting Intensity Number (GIN) (M. Katterbach)
– Lunch Break –
13:30 – 14:20 Rock Grouting: Real Time Grouting Control (RTGC) (M. Creütz)
14:30 – 15:20 Dam Remediation: N. American Case Histories (T. Dreese)
15:30 – 16:20 Rock Anchors for Dams (D. Bruce)
16:30 – 17:30 High Capacity Anchors in Soils & Weak Rock (SBMA) (D. Mothersille)
Wednesday (April 26)
Specialty Construction Methods & Field demonstration
08:00 – 08:45 Evolution of Small Hole Drilling Methods (D. Bruce)
08:55 – 09:40 Micropiles (D. Bruce)
09:50 – 10:35 Deep Soil Mixing (C. Kummerer)
10:45 – 11:30 Composite Seepage Barriers (D. Bruce)
11:40 – 12:25 Remedial Dam Grouting Case History (R. Granata)
12:30 – 17:00 Lunch + Hands-On Demonstration of Grout Materials and Equipment
Thursday (April 27)
Soil Grouting & Tunnels
08:00 – 08:30 Cut-Off Walls With Special Technical Requirements (K. Beckhaus)
08:40 – 09:40 Low Mobility Grouting/Compaction Grouting (M. Byle)
09:50 – 10:50 Permeation Grouting of Soils (M. Byle)
11:00 – 12:00 Compensation Grouting (P. Gabriel)
– Lunch Break –
13:00 – 14:00 Jet Grouting (W. Kühner)
14:10 – 15:10 Pre-Excavation Grouting in Rock Tunnels (H. Hognestad)
15:20 – 16:15 Post-Excavation Grouting in Underground Construction (S. Kieffer)
16:25 – 17:00 Grouting Data Management (P. Maroschek)
Address
Lecture Hall: UniCasino
Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39 / Bldg. 61
85579 Neubiberg
Directions for arrival by car, train, plane and public transport to the campus.
Map
Contact
COURSE LOGISTICS
Sarah Bräunlich (Project Manager Ernst & Sohn)
sarah.braeunlich@wiley.com
+49 (0) 30 47031 248
TECHNICAL QUERIES
Univ.-Prof. B.A. M.Sc. Ph.D. Scott Kieffer (Course Director)
kieffer@tugraz.at
+43 (0) 664 60 873 6370
This professional training event is organized by the Institute of Applied Geosciences at the Graz University of Technology together with the puplishing house Ernst & Sohn, in cooperation with the Institute of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering at the Bundeswehr University in Munich.
