Foundation Damage and Repair: Science, Materials and Techniques
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own) 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Science of Structures and Soils
Typical loads on foundations
•Gravity loads
• Lateral loads
Typical loads on basement walls
• Gravity loads
• Soil loads
Typical loads on slabs
Soil mechanics and effects on structures
• Soil properties
• Bearing capacity
• Effects on basement walls and retaining walls
• Soil settlement
• Effects of water, frost and freeze/thaw cycle
Foundation Design and Construction
Design and construction of foundations
• Continuous wall footings, column footings
Design and construction of basement walls
Design and construction of specialty features: walk-outs, partially-exposed foundations
Diagnosing Foundation and Slab Damage and Evaluating Repair Methods
Identifying damage
• Settlement
• Frost heave
• Expansive soils
• Shrinkage
Repair methods
• Piers
• Soil tiebacks
• Underpinning
• Rebuilding
Diagnosing Basement Wall Damage and Evaluating Repair Methods
Identifying damage
• Settlement
• Frost heave
• Expansive soils
• Shrinkage
• Cracking
• Failure of connections to supporting diaphragms
Repair methods
• Piers
• Soil tiebacks
• Carbon fibers
• Soldier beams
• Crack repair methods
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW PDUs/ContactHours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 Continuing Ed Hours
Contractors
Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours (CO PDUs) to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Colorado.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been reviewed by any state contractor licensing board for contractor continuing education purposes.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Edward L. Fronapfel, MSCE, PE, CBIE, CFCC, Fellow NAFE
President, 7272 ConsultingMr. Fronapfel has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in structural and forensic engineering. Ed’s a Certified Level 2 Infrared Thermographer, Certified 3rd Party EIFS Inspector, Certified Forensic Claims Consultant, Board Certified Building Inspection Engineer, and Certified Building Commissioning Professional. He is a registered engineer in the States of AL, AR, AZ, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MT, MO, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, and WY. Mr. Fronapfel has been deposed nearly 800 times and admitted into trial settings over 125 times. He has been used as an expert in arbitration and mediations over 500 times since the late 1990s. Mr. Fronapfel is an instructor for the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, the College of Contract Management, U.K., Diploma in Structural Forensic Engineering, and he has been an adjunct professor for the Burns School of Real Estate Management, University of Denver, since 2007. Mr. Fronapfel is a Board-Certified Member of the Association of Building Inspection Professionals, a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant through AACE, a Board-Certified member of the International Board of Forensic Engineering and Science and a Member of The Academy of Experts, U.K., and a Fellow Member of ASCE and of NAFE.