Civil, Rail & Smart Cities
299 online programmes, designed with industry and taught by practising engineers.
Civil, Rail and Smart Cities in Canada
Canada's infrastructure needs drive significant civil engineering activity, from highways and bridges to urban transit and water systems. Major transit projects in Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver and Calgary involve rail, tunnelling and smart city technologies. Rail operators and suppliers, including Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National, depend on engineering expertise in track, signalling and structures. Provincial ministries of transportation and municipal engineering departments are key employers, alongside consulting firms.
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Course in Operational Continuity in Urban Water
The Course in Operational Continuity in Urban Water provides key knowledge in risk management, emergency planning and vulnerability analysis for drinking water and sanitation systems. It…
Course in Operational Resilience in Water, Energy and Transport
Online 300-hour course in Operational Resilience in Water, Energy and Transport. 6 modules covering Directive (EU) 2022/2557 on the resilience of critical entities (CER), ISO 22316…
Course in Outcomes-Based Contracting in Smart Cities
Online 300-hour course in outcomes-based contracting in smart cities. 6 Modules Covering Law 9/2017 on Public Sector Contracts, Directive 2014/24/EU on Public Procurement and Microsoft Excel.…
Course in Parametric Design for Singular Structures
Online course of 300 hours in parametric design for singular structures. 6 modules covering algorithmic design, structural geometry and form-finding, integrated analysis, optimisation and digital fabrication…
Course in Pathology and Repair of Concrete Structures
Online course of 300 hours in pathology and repair of concrete structures, structured in 6 modules covering durability, defects and their causes, diagnosis, EN 1504 repair…
Course in Preventive Maintenance of Steel Bridges
Online course of 300 hours in preventive maintenance of steel bridges, structured in 6 modules covering deterioration, maintenance planning, corrosion protection, inspection and maintenance interventions, with…
Course in Railway Bridge Design Criteria
Online course of 300 hours in railway bridge design criteria, with 6 modules covering bridge types, load models under EN 1991-2, high-speed dynamic analysis, track-structure interaction,…
Course in Redundancy Strategies for Urban Services
Online 300-hour course in Redundancy Strategies in Urban Services. 6 modules covering IEC 61078 Reliability block diagrams, IEC 61025 Fault tree analysis and ReliaSoft BlockSim. Assigned…
Course in Repair of Post-Tensioned Concrete Bridges
Online course of 300 hours in repair of post-tensioned concrete bridges, structured in 6 modules covering post-tensioning systems, defects, inspection techniques, structural assessment and repair and…
Course in Resilient Infrastructure Engineering
Online 300-hour course in Resilient Infrastructure Engineering. 6 modules covering UNE-EN 1990 Eurocode: basis of structural design, UNE-EN 1991-1-7 Eurocode 1: accidental actions and SAP2000. Assigned…
Course in Risk Management in Bridge Projects
Online course of 300 hours in risk management in bridge projects. 6 modules covering risk in infrastructure projects, risk identification and analysis, quantitative analysis, risk response…
Course in Safety in Bridge Construction
Online course of 300 hours in safety in bridge construction, structured in 6 modules covering risk assessment, work at height, construction processes, lifting operations and safety…
Course in Seismic Dynamics of Bridges
Online course of 300 hours in the seismic dynamics of bridges. 6 modules covering seismology applied to bridges, structural dynamics, seismic behaviour of piers and abutments,…
Course in Seismic Risk in Urban Areas
Online course of 300 h in seismic risk in urban areas. 6 modules covering NCSE-02 Seismic Construction Standard (RD 997/2002), UNE-EN 1998-1 Eurocode 8: design of…
Course in Smart Resilience and Digital Twins for Cities
Online 300-hour course in Smart Resilience and Digital Twins for Cities. 6 modules covering OGC CityGML 3.0, ISO 16739 Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) and FIWARE. Personal…
Course in Strengthening of Bridge Foundations
Online course of 300 hours in strengthening of bridge foundations, structured in 6 modules covering foundation types, scour, investigation and diagnosis, strengthening techniques and execution in…
Course in Structural Monitoring of Infrastructure
Online course of 300 hours in structural health monitoring (SHM) of infrastructure, structured in 6 modules covering sensors, data acquisition, operational modal analysis, damage detection and…
Course in Technological Innovation in Airports of the Future
300-hour online course in Technological Innovation in Airports of the Future. 6 modules covering Regulation (EU) 139/2014, requirements and procedures for aerodromes, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, General…
Course in Technological Innovation in Urban Resilience
Online 300-hour course in Technological Innovation in Urban Resilience. 6 modules covering Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on Artificial Intelligence, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation and…
Course in the Economics of Urban Resilience
Online Course of 300 h in the Economics of Urban Resilience. 6 modules covering Regulation (EU) 2021/241 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility, Regulation (EU) 2020/852…
Course in the Future of Urban Resilience
Online 300-hour course in the Future of Urban Resilience. 6 modules covering the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the United Nations New Urban Agenda…
Course in the Use of FRP in Bridge Rehabilitation
Online course of 300 hours in the use of FRP in bridge rehabilitation, structured in 6 modules covering FRP materials, bond and anchorage, flexural and shear…
Course in Urban Air Quality Regulations
Online 300 h course in urban air quality regulations. 6 modules covering Directive 2008/50/EC, Law 34/2007 on air quality and atmospheric protection, and ADMS-Urban. Assigned tutor…
Course in Urban Critical Infrastructure Regulation
Online 300-hour course in Urban Critical Infrastructure Regulation. 6 modules covering Law 8/2011 on the protection of critical infrastructure, Royal Decree 704/2011 Regulation on the protection…