Dredging management – Online course

This four-day online course provides an overview of the environmental aspects of dredging, the latest technology and equipment that apply to dredging and the management of dredged material.

We have developed our classroom-based dredging management training into a four-day live online learning course.

Summary

Dredging is often a key part of coastal infrastructure projects. It is central to the delivery of construction aggregates to the UK and in maintaining the navigability of our waterways, estuaries, ports and harbours. The global dredging market is worth approximately £8 billion per annum. Dredging is a highly specialist discipline and not one which is typically covered in UK Civil Engineering (or similar) degree courses. The cost of undertaking dredging works is often high - it can be tens of thousands of pounds per day - and the activities commonly have considerable risks associated with them. These may relate to factors such as weather delays, unknown seabed conditions (and therefore the ability to dredge), and unexploded ordnance. This course is designed to provide an introduction to the subject of dredging and will assist those who are responsible for commissioning and managing dredging contractors and those who regulate dredging. The course will enable attendees to manage and regulate dredging projects and contractors more effectively and efficiently.

Course content

• Introduction to dredging and currently used terminology.
• Description of the different types of dredging equipment.
• Design of dredging works (capital-maintenance, marine-riverine).
• Modelling of dredging operations.
• Dredging optimisation. 
  
• Environmental aspects to consider during dredging.
• Licensing, consents and key stakeholders identification.
• Environmental monitoring of the dredging operations.
• Dredging contract types.
• Project implementation and management.
• Avoidance of common disputes.

Who should attend

Project owners, those managing contractors, regulators, port and harbour authorities, coastal engineers, conservation agencies.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course participants will understand:

• the key industry terms and most common dredger types available on the market, including how they operate and their working limits;
• how to plan, manage and monitor dredging with a view to reducing costs and risks in your own projects;
• how dredging is undertaken, including detailed explanations of the different stages/components of a dredging project;
• how dredging can impact the environment and how this can be addressed through planning, management, mitigation and monitoring of the project or activity;
• what the standard types of dredging contracts are, the key principles to consider when preparing a contract and how to minimise the risk of claims.

Course structure

• The course content is spread over four days and comprises of 12 hours of lectures and four exercises.
• There will be four hours of lectures on each day with the sessions taking place at:
  • 10:00 to 12:00 (GMT)
  • 14:00 to 16:00 (GMT)
    
• The course lectures will be delivered live using MS Teams.

The course fee per delegate is £395.00 (excluding VAT).

Full programme and links to the lectures issued on registration and payment of course fee.

Fees

Course leader(s)

Mark Lee

Technical Director

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Other tutors:
Tom Matthewson, Technical Director
An environmental consultant with over 25 years’ experience in the technical direction and management of marine environmental assessment studies for a wide range of projects and programmes, with a track-record in major projects. These include EIA, SEA, technical due diligence, R&D, and policy advice for the power, rivers and coastal, water utilities, transport, and marine minerals sectors.

Giulia Sforzi, Principal Engineer
Giulia is a Chartered Engineer in the Dredging Group with over seven years’ dredging experience. She has worked at all the phases of a dredging project from tender, to conceptual design and construction and monitoring.

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Testimonials

Excellent course, great speakers. Good exercises and well designed slides. Will recommend.”

“Good mixture of lectures, exercises and practical activities. Easy to understand and well explained.”

“The tour of the facilities was interesting and helped bring things into perspective.”

“The technical knowledge and experience of all of the speakers was evident throughout.

Past delegates of classroom course