Practical Site Engineering
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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.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Seminar Overview Land Development Process Overview
Land development types
Residential
Industrial
Light commercial
Redevelopment and infill
Large commercial
Land development stakeholders
Owners
Agencies
Developers and investors
General public
Municipal officials
Land Use & Zoning
Workflow elements
Planning codes and statutes
Relief options
Ordinance review
Municipal involvement
Site location
Eminent domain
Software applications
GIS
Online data
Data availability
GIS online
County websites
Other third party
Conceptual Planning
Workflow elements
Base plan
Site due diligence
Marketability
ProForma cost estimates
Develop proposed uses
Use to zoning balance
Software applications
GIS
SiteOPS
SketchUp
AutoCAD
Data availability
Public access GIS
Online data
Google
3D warehouse
Permits and Regulatory Agencies
Workflow elements
Permit applications
Permit requirements
Initial meetings with agencies
Design considerations
Cost analysis
Software applications
Site/region specific
Permit forms
Data availability
Agency websites
Federal guidelines
GIS databases
Detailed Site Design
Workflow elements
Concept/sketch plan
Preliminary plans
Final development plans
Permit drawings
Finalization and recording
Legal agreements
Security bonding
Software applications
CAD software applications
Ancillary design software
Data availability
Initial design phases
Base surveys
Other proximate project data
Construction Management
Workflow elements
Project approvals
Kickoff meetings
Mobilization coordination
Milestone identification
Permit compliance inspections
Inspection schedules and bond release
Finalization and closeout
Software applications
Spreadsheet applications
MS project
Others
Data availability
Contractor PM input
On-site inspections
Similar project performance data
Example Project Workflow
Walk through of a small multi-use land development project using planning elements discussed during seminar
Allows for class input and/or options based on common experience and project testimony
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 continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects. Educators and courses for Pennsylvania engineers are not subject to pre-approval.
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.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved architect continuing education 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 program offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity for continuing education approval.
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
Mark D. Jones, P.E.
Principal, Hartech Engineering & Consulting, LLC, in Mechanicsburg, PAMr. Jones, P.E., is president of Hartech Engineering, which was founded in 2007 as a multi-discipline civil engineering consulting firm providing infrastructure, development, and municipal design services for the public and private sectors. Bringing over 30 years of engineering expertise along with specific state-of-the-art, computer-aided technology to achieve efficient, cost saving design solutions, he also provides hydrology and hydraulic studies and reports along with general civil engineering support for prime consultants to PennDOT or local municipality projects. Mr. Jones is a licensed pilot and studied Military Civil Engineering while serving in the U.S. Air Force and continues his master’s education locally through Penn State. He is also a registered professional engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona, and Georgia.
