Schedule
Week 1
- Trench cross section
- Types of pipe
- Rigid versus flexible pipe theory
Week 2
- Soil classification
- Soil density, percent compaction
- Laboratory tests
- Field tests
- Compaction methods
Week 3
- Transportation
- Handling storage
- Initial inspection
- Stringing
- Trench excavation
- Crossing pipelines/cables
Week 4
- Foundations
- Trench walls
- Bedding
- Laying
Week 5
- Embedment backfill
- Backfilling crossing
- Pipelines/cables
Week 6
- Flowable fill
- Pipe structure connections
- Acceptance inspection
- Leak testing
This course outline is subject to change.