New Training Structure to Test Skills of Elite Operators
13/10/2016
CSDA has announceed the opening of its new and improved concrete training structure, ready for the association’s latest series of advanced certification courses.
Located on St. Petersburg College’s (SPC) Clearwater campus in Florida, the new 50-foot-long, 37-foot-wide CSDA concrete training structure features a series of horizontal and vertical surfaces, 2-foot-diameter cylindrical columns and a concrete masonry unit block wall.
The structure contains a high volume of steel rebar and hidden objects, included to test the skills of experienced sawing and drilling operators and trained ground penetrating radar technicians.
The next set of CSDA training courses at SPC Clearwater is scheduled for October 31 to November 5, 2016, when contractors from across the U.S. and beyond will send their best and most experienced employees to become CSDA Certified Operators in the disciplines of concrete slab sawing, core drilling, wall sawing and wire sawing.
As the original concrete structure also contained large amounts of rebar, the demolition phase required advanced planning.
The November 2015 class of CSDA Certified Operators had the opportunity to saw and core drill away a good portion of the structure before all remaining concrete was broken down by the association’s inaugural Robotic Demolition course in January 2016. Now, with all the work completed, the new structure is ready for use.
Since its inception in 1993, CSDA Training Programs have grown to over 30 hands-on, classroom and online courses. To date, over 5,000 industry professionals have graduated from one or more of the association’s courses.
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