Practical Site Engineering: Science and Techniques
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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.
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 – 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
Site engineering for built elements
Sustainability goals: minimizing disturbance and preserving natural features
Jurisdictional permitting – reviewing state and local regulations
Stormwater management
Slope stabilization
Landscape aesthetics
Watershed, Topography, and Impact of Soils and Landforms
Understanding the watershed
Considering site topography: high points, low points and plane surfaces
Understanding the role of soils
Soil characteristics, classification and engineering properties
Identifying the underlying geological conditions
Site Plans
Site plan contents
Soil investigations and considerations
Surface water and groundwater considerations
Excavation specifications and hauling
Construction grade staking
Site Grading
Grading slope and your site
Drainage systems, siting considerations and their impacts
Grading for retaining walls
Grading for roads, sidewalks and paths
Grading for stairs and ramps
Site Engineering and Stormwater Management and Erosion Control
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans
Reviewing state and local regulations
Sediment traps and basins
Buffer zones
Earthwork Safety
Weight of soil and excavation hazards
Underground installations
Water accumulation
Site Program Management
Initiation, planning, execution and closure
Program governance
Quality control
Case Study: Applying Science and Technology to a Site Engineering Problem
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 Continuing Ed. Hours
Floodplain Managers
7.0 ASFPM CECs
Landscape Architects &
Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 LA CES HSW PDHs
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 continuing education hours/PDHs to professional engineers, 7.0 CECs to certified floodplain managers, and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to landscape architects and architects in most states, including Michigan architects and engineers. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Michigan.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education an approved Florida architect continuing education provider.
This course has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to LA/CES and AIA/CES.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this activity for 7.0 CECs.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any contractor licensing entity with a continuing education requirement.
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
Chris Zamaites
Burns & McDonnellCivil Engineer at Burns & McDonnell
Ms. Zamaites is a senior civil engineer with Burns & McDonnell in Chicago. She has 28 years of experience with planning and design covering municipal infrastructure and commercial, residential, and recreational development; along with planned community design. Ms. Zamaites’ experience includes utility design/relocation for water transmission and distribution systems, sewage collection, and stormwater management systems including that for arterial, collector and local street systems. She works on floodplain evaluation and management, utility relocation, hydrology and hydraulics, earthen dam inspections, stream modeling with scour countermeasures, erosion and sediment control, and meeting all regulatory criteria associated with local planning and zoning ordinances, stormwater ordinances, and other applicable regulatory criteria from local to the federal level. Ms. Zamaites’ hydrologic and hydraulic modeling experience includes HEC 1, HEC 2, WSP2, WSPRO, WIN TR-20, TR 55, SWMM, HEC-RAS, HydroCAD, SewerCAD, StormCAD, Culvert Master, and Flow Master.
AIA Info
AIA Provider Statement:
HalfMoon Education Inc. is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number J885. All registered AIA/CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider of learning program may be sent to AIA/CES (cesupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).
This learning program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.
AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA/CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.
Course Title: Practical Site Engineering: Science and Techniques
Delivery Method: Live
Course Description: This 7.0 hour live lecture presentation examines the multiple purposes of site engineering, watershed, topography and the impact of soils and landforms, site plans, site grading, stormwater management and erosion control, earthwork safety, and site program management.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to consider the site watershed, topography, soil conditions, and landforms when evaluating potential development efforts.
Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to identify the contents of site plans and explain why site investigations and surface and groundwater must be considered when drawing up plans.
Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to describe site grading techniques to accompany retaining walls, roads, sidewalks, paths, stairs and ramps, and to provide proper drainage.
Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to reference national, state, and local regulations for stormwater management requirements and be able to describe common best management practices.
LUs: 7.0 LU Type: LU|HSWs
Prerequisites: Experience with site planning and evaluation.
Advance Preparation: None
Program Level: Intermediate
Course Expiration Date: 05/06/2022
Complaint Resolution Policy:
Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to doug@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost, or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.