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 shallow foundations
• Gravity loads
• Lateral loads
Typical loads on walls
• Gravity loads
• Soil loads
Typical loads on slabs
Soil mechanics and effects on structures
• Soil properties
• Bearing capacity
• Soil settlement
• Effects of water, frost and freeze/thaw cycle
Foundation Features, Materials and Functionality
Design and construction of shallow foundations
• Continuous wall footings, column footings
Design and construction of slab foundations
Design and construction of basements and retaining walls
Design and construction of specialty features:
walk-outs, partially-exposed foundations
Evaluating and Repairing Foundation/Slab Damage
Inspecting, monitoring and assessing damage
• Settlement
• Frost heave
• Expansive soils
• Shrinkage
• Subsurface erosion
• Subsidence
• Cracking
• Utility failures
Repairing foundations and slabs
• Piers, piles
• Soil tiebacks
• Underpinning
• Ground improvement
Evaluating and Repairing Wall Damage
Inspecting, monitoring and assessing damage
• Settlement
• Frost loading
• Expansive soils
• Shrinkage
• Poor drainage
• Utility failures
Repairing wall damage
• Piers, piles
• Soil tiebacks
• Carbon fibers
• Soldier beams
• Crack repair
• Secant-tangent walls
• Underpinning
• Reconstruction
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Ohio.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity for licensing maintenance.
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
Joseph S. Cooke P.E.
Geotechnical Engineer
Mr. Cooke’s work experience includes services in the geotechnical, construction, construction testing/inspection and environmental engineering fields. His project experience includes projects as large as 1,400 acres, buildings as large as 1.5 million square feet, “portfolio” work on as many as 75 projects in one package, and linear projects as long as 40 miles. His specific specialties include earthwork and soil issues, construction materials and project performance, forensic analysis of geotechnical and materials issues, large project planning and geotechnical-related construction planning and analysis. He has provided geotechnical engineering on over 1,500 projects in over 15 states.