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.
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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
Accommodating Multiple Purposes of Site Engineering
Landscape aesthetics
Stormwater management
Engineering for built elements
Sustainability goals: minimizing disturbance and
preserving natural features
Site Screening (Considering the Impact of Soils,
Landforms and Other Factors)
Assessments – environmental site assessments (ESA), wetlands,
and geotechnical
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
Site Engineering for Stormwater Management
and Erosion Control
Determining volume and rate of stormwater runoff
Stormwater modeling
Evaluating stormwater management techniques
Reviewing erosion and sediment control principles
and processes
Site Grading
Grading for roads, sidewalks, and paths
Grading for stairs and ramps
Grading for retaining walls
Slopes
Case Studies
Credits
Architects & Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW CEPHs/Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Certified Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Cont. Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. It offers Texas architects and landscape architects 6.5 HSW contact hours (TX CEPHs) and professional engineers 6.5 PDHs. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Texas.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved 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.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this course for 6.5 CECs. Courses approved by the ASFPM qualify for Texas floodplain managers.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been approved by any state licensing entity for contractors.
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
Laton Carr
City of Round RockDevelopment Services Engineering Lead, City of Round RockMr. Carr is the Development Services senior engineering lead with the City of Round Rock, Texas. He facilitates permit applications for site and subdivision development from the point of annexation and platting through site construction and closeout. Mr. Carr conducts pre-development meetings with developers and engineers to help identify the quickest path to permitting, construction, and closeout. He also reviews plat applications as well as subdivision plans, site plans, wastewater capacity analyses, flood studies, and drainage studies for code compliance and technical correctness. Prior to working for the City of Round Rock, Mr. Carr worked for a consulting engineering firm in Austin designing and preparing plans and reports similar to what he is now reviewing. Mr. Carr earned his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, and he has served as a mentor for a senior civil engineering design class at the University of Texas for the past several years. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Carr is a professional engineer in Texas and is a certified floodplain manager.