The objective of this course is to assist a licensed design professional, structural engineers, consulting engineers or/and a licensed general contractor to deeply understand how to design the temporary structural supports which are used in construction when an existing structure requires temporary support during demolition, construction, or retrofitting.

Learning Objectives

• Important matters must be considered before design of temporary supports
• When are temporary supports used?
• Detailed example represents more challenging and unusual temporary support situations.
• Determine (calculate) the weight of the structure being supported
• Determine where the structure can be supported
• Determine what supporting elements can be used and what are the longest spans?
• Detailed case study discussed in this course representative of temporary support situations that one may encounter in heavy civil construction.