Practical Site Engineering: Science 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 – 5:00 pm
Accommodating Multiple Purposes of Site Engineering
Stormwater management
Landscape aesthetics
Engineering for built elements
Sustainability goals: minimizing disturbance and preserving natural features
Considering the Impact of Soils and Landforms
Assessments – environmental site assessment, wetlands and geotechnical investigations
Understanding the role of soils
Soil characteristics, classification and engineering properties
Using grade changes effectively
Grading Slopes and Contours
Obtaining topographic data
Determining and analyzing slopes
Visualizing contour lines
Grading planar surfaces
Construction Specifications
Leveraging specification language to achieve successful implementation
Rock: identification, extraction and quantification
Using Non-invasive Techniques to Augment Geotechnical Data
Seismic refraction
Multi-channel analysis of surface waves
Seismic site classification
Site Grading
Grading for roads, sidewalks and paths
Grading for stairs and ramps
Grading for retaining walls
Grading for slopes
Case Studies
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Architects
7.0 HSW PDHs
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
7.0 HSW PDHs
7.0 LA/CES
Floodplain Managers
7.0 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW contact hours to architects in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Alabama. This course offers 7.0 HSW PDHs to Alabama landscape architects. The American Institute of Architects approval of this course qualifies it for Alabama landscape architects.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor for architects and landscape architects in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects for7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this activity for 7.0 CECs.
This course offers a continuing education opportunity for construction contractors. 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
Amin Tomeh
Matrix Engineering Group, Inc.Principal, Matrix Engineering Group, Inc.
Mr. Tomeh is a principal and co-founder of Matrix Engineering Group, an award-winning consultancy group, based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, construction materials testing, special inspections and geophysical surveys. He is a registered professional engineer and a certified project management professional. Mr. Tomeh has pioneered several systems and work flow processes as they relate to ICC special inspections and construction materials testing; and he has innovated the use of geophysics (refraction and multi-channel analysis of surface waves) to non-invasively enhance and supplement the traditional geotechnical characterization of sites and important structures. He is an adjunct professor at Southern Polytechnic State University Department of Construction Management and serves on the Commercial Construction Management Advisory Board at Gwinnett Technical College. Mr. Tomeh is a voting member in ASTM Committee D18 and is a member of the American Concrete Institute. He earned his bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and his master of science degree in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Mr. Tomeh was accepted in 2015 into the Academy of Geo-Professionals (AGP), as a diplomate, geotechnical engineering (D.GE). Considered one of the highest designations in the geo-profession, only about 300 engineers have achieved the D.GE status.