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
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
• Excavations
• Piers, piles
• 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 HSW PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW PDHs
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 HSW PDHs engineers and architects in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Alaska.
This course 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.
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.
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
Steven Halcomb, P.E., G.E.
Principal Geotechnical Engineer with Devise Engineering in Anchorage, AKMr. Halcomb has over 17 years of geotechnical and cold regions engineering experience and works for Devise Engineering in Anchorage, Alaska. He regularly oversees geotechnical efforts on projects ranging from several hundred thousand to multi-million dollars in various environments including the arctic, subarctic, and marine. Mr. Halcomb has experience in designing various geotechnical infrastructure including shallow and deep foundations, flexible and rigid pavements for vehicle and aircraft traffic, retaining structures, excavations, and dewatering. Mr. Halcomb is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Geo-Institute. He earned his B.S., M.C.E., M.S. in Arctic Engineering, and an Earthquake graduate certificate all from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
