Mechanically-Stabilized Earth Walls (MSEWs) Seminar
DISCLAIMER
Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
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.
Learn more about the on-demand format in our FAQ or contact us at (715) 835-5900 or customerservice@halfmoonseminars.org
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 5:00 pm
Overview of Earth Retaining Systems
MSE wall systems evaluation
Description of MSE wall systems – components
MSE wall selection issues/project considerations
Soil reinforcement
MSE wall system design properties
Design of MSE Walls
Lateral earth pressure
External stability
Internal stability
Global stability
MSE wall design example
Construction of MSE Walls and Relevant Issues
MSE walls with complex geometry
Contracting methods and specifications
Quality Assurance and Geotechnical Monitoring
Case Histories
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Architects & Landscape Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours*
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
7.0 LA CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
7.0 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Voluntary Continuing Ed.
*Not mandatory in Maine
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in all states and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval for Maine engineers. Continuing education is not mandatory for Maine architects and landscape architects.
This program has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for architects and landscape architects in New York.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has aproved this seminar for 7.0 CECs for certified floodplain managers.
This seminar also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors, but it has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity.
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
Miltiades Zacas
Sustainability Solutions Inc.Dr. Zacas has over 35 years of experience in geotechnical investigation, design and consultancy on various projects in Maine and internationally (Greece, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Colombia). While in Greece, Dr. Zacas served for 14 years as managing partner of Pangaea Consulting Engineers, Ltd., a geotechnical engineering company based in Athens. He served as consultant for tunnel projects for the Greek Ministry of Public Works and Environment and for dam projects for the Greek Ministry of Irrigation and Agriculture. He is geotechnical engineering consultant for FGS/CMT, inc. (Bangor, Maine) for the design and management of geotechnical projects. Dr. Zacas is faculty associate at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the University of Maine and teaches courses in geotechnical engineering and sustainability in engineering.
Dr. Zacas’ diverse experience in geotechnical engineering includes services in a variety of projects such as bridges, dams, tunnels, harbors, highways and buildings. He has authored or co-authored numerous articles published in journals and seminars/conferences/symposia proceedings.
In 2018 he co-founded Sustainability Solutions Inc. in Maine, and he is in charge of the sustainability for the engineering and infrastructure section of the company.