Infrastructure Constructions in the Arctic

• Design and conduct surveying campaigns in remote Arctic areas and construct a local geodetic infrastructure at a construction site
• Organise and evaluate geographical data using GIS
• Conduct drilling operations in sediments and bedrock
• Plan and conduct classification experiments sediment and rock samples, and evaluate the results
• Investigate subsurface conditions using geotechnical and geophysical methods in the Arctic
• Design infrastructure constructions like roads, harbors, tunnels etc. for industrial installations in remote areas
• Design a thermal model of an infrastructure construction, and use it to evaluate changes in the thermal regime based on variations in climatic and geometric impacts.
• Design constructions in areas with permafrost

Core elements:
– Geotechnics and Geophysics
– Infrastructure Constructions

Topics:
Site investigations
Geophysics measurement methods
Permafrost
Construction of roads, harbours and landing strips
Infrastructure

11857/30857/11858/41882/11859/12859, A background in civil engineering, geotechnical/geological engineering, or related fields + the above mentioned courses or corresponding arctic experience. Some basic programming experience is recommendced

Lectures, Project/Group work, supervision, and field work.

The course takes place in Sisimiut, Greenland
The course can only be taken as part of the Arctic Semester package together with 30857, 41882 and 12859
The course can be taken as a stand-alone course under Open University.
The course may be taken separately by students on the BEng education in Arctic Civil Engineering.
Students must bring their own computer, which will be used for modelling and GIS assignments; there is no access to databar.

Minimum: 1, Maximum: 15.

Please be aware that this course has a minimum requirement for the number of participants needed, in order for it to be held. If these requirements are not met, then the course will not be held. Furthermore, there is a limited number of seats available. If there are too many applicants, a pool will be created for the remainder of the qualified applicants, and they will be selected at random. You will be informed 8 days before the start of the course, whether you have been allocated a spot.