To familiarise the student with the environmental assessment tool known as Life Cycle Assessment, some of its diverse uses, the ISO norms, the science behind some of its key impact categories (beyond carbon and water), its use to support decision-making in product systems, process systems or in policy-making. The course is spread over two sets of three half-days (13 - 15, 19 - 21 October), with 12 October for orientation.
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This course will present a systematic approach to the design of high-rise buildings in concrete and steel, from conceptual design and coverage of various structural systems, to advanced structural analysis, computational modelling and simulation of structural behaviour, detailed design in concrete and steel, and construction considerations. The course is presented for 2 hours a day over 8 days.
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This course is designed to expose participants to relevant theories and practices around effective and responsible land administration for securing property tenure and ensuring land rights for all. This is a 5-day course presented on Mondays, Wednesday and Friday between 16 and 25 November 2020
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SA-CMR, which is now an important feature in the calendars of many with an interest in advanced cardiovascular imaging, is the only one of its kind on the African continent and brings together cardiologists, radiologists, radiographers, physicists, biomedical engineers and both undergraduate and postgraduate trainees. The meeting has endorsement from the South African Heart Association and the Radiological Society of South Africa (RSSA) and is held jointly under the auspices of the Cardiovascular Imaging Society of South Africa, a special interest group of the SA Heart®, and the South...