Mastering the critical engineering principles of cathodic protection design eliminates guesswork and allows asset managers to confidently extend the service life of ageing reinforced concrete structures. Balancing compliance with strict international standard requirements like BS EN 1504 and BS EN ISO 12696 often leaves engineering teams wondering if a structure is salvageable or a complete write-off.
This master-level engineering course walks you step-by-step through the vital pre-design investigation framework required before reinforcement corrosion protection and concrete repair systems are applied.
Rather than teaching manual field testing, this curriculum defines the exact data parameters required for assessment and teaches you how to map out a comprehensive Design Risk Register.
To justify a concrete repair principle, engineers must follow a multi-disciplined framework divided into three distinct investigation objectives:
Stage 1: Scoping Initial Feasibility – Determine if the concrete structure is salvageable or requires complete removal and replacement, establishing key protection objectives.
Stage 2: Assessing Structural Capacity – Evaluate the core load-bearing capability of the reinforced concrete asset in its current, deteriorated state.
Stage 3: Identifying Causes of Deterioration – Pinpoint the exact root triggers of material decay, evaluating chloride contamination, half-cell potential, and carbonation depth.
Concrete rehabilitation is intensely multi-disciplined, meaning critical elements of the repair process fall completely outside standard cathodic protection expertise.
This framework teaches you exactly when you must require specialised input from external structural engineers and concrete repair specialists to manage health and safety risks, structural loading, and concrete reinstatement compatibility.
By mastering these field-tested processes, you will effectively manage design risks, justify your choices under BS EN 1504 Principle 10 (Cathodic Protection), and save critical project time and budgets.
This element of the course has been extracted from the complete Fundamentals of Design for Cathodic Protection of Steel in Concrete Structures course as follows:
Module I - Welcome and Course Overview - Video
Purchasing Cathodic Protection Standards - Video
Module D1 - Pre-Design Investigation - Overview
Module D1 - Pre-Design Investigation - Video
Module D1 - Pre-Design Investigation - Slides
Module D1 - Pre-Design Investigation - Quiz
At the end of this module, you will have developed an understanding of the:
Module Quiz
At the end of this module, there is a quiz consisting of 15 questions that are aimed at reinforcing the learning and knowledge you have gained from attending this module.
Module D1 is the first of nine modules which form the complete Fundamentals of Design for Cathodic Protection of Steel in Concrete Structures course.
Completion of all modules of the full Fundamentals of Design for Cathodic Protection of Steel in Concrete Structures course provides you with a Continued Professional Development (CPD) completion certificate worth 50 hours.
I encourage you to continue with your learning and personal development to help identify that corrosion management can be used as an effective tool to support sustainable and low-carbon development now and in the future.
