THE Myanmar Engineering Society (MES) will soon offer a bore pile technology course in cooperation with the Public Works Department under the Ministry of Construction, said an official from the society.

“We are currently in discussion about the course with the Public Works Department,” said U Han Zaw, the vice president of the society. “We expect to offer the course this month or next month.”

“The course will focus on the design and construction of bore pile foundations and the problems experienced in actual work environments,” he said.

Bore pile technology is used in Myanmar to build deep foundations in bridge construction projects.

U Han Zaw said the Japan International Cooperation Agency introduced bore pile technology to Myanmar during a modern bridge technology course in 1986 and helped build Thaketa Bridge in Yangon in cooperation with the Public Works Department later that year.

“Nawaday Bridge in Pyay was opened in 1997 and was the first river-crossing bridge in Myanmar to be built using bore pile technology,” he said.

“Before bore pile technology, we used well-shaped foundations. It takes four to six months to build a well-shaped foundation but only two months to build a foundation using bore pile technology.”

The Myanmar Engineering Society frequently holds seminars and courses at its headquarters on the Hlaing University campus in Yangon with the aim of promoting efficient engineering in Myanmar.