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

Project Design Criteria

   Design speed
   Traffic volume
   Additional considerations

 Designing Roadways

   Selecting design parameters and constraints
   Reviewing design guides and standards
   Interstates, freeways and other four-lane highways
   Arterials, collectors and locals
   Urban and rural
   Temporary traffic control

Design Process

   Preliminary survey
   Schematic design
   Determining right-of-way

Environmental Studies

   Project planning
   Public involvement
   Environmental controls, commitments and documents

Designing Typical Sections

   Pavement
   Shoulders
   Ditches
   Medians
   Plan and profiles
   Subsurface conditions and investigations

Horizontal and Vertical Alignment

   Sight distance
   Horizontal alignment
   Vertical alignment

Cross Sections and Earthwork

   Balanced earthwork
   Suitable and unsuitable material

Intersections

   Signalized vs. un-signalized
   Signal warrants
   Turning movements

Hydraulic Design Considerations

   Drainage calculations
   Designing drainage structures

Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities

   Trails, sidewalks and cross-walks
   Complete streets
   ADA compliance

Credits

Professional Engineers
     7.0 PDHs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Georgia.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No.24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

This event offers road construction contractors a non-credit continuing education opportunity.

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.

CD/Manual Price: $289.00

Currently, our self-study products DO NOT qualify for AIA, LACES, ASLA or CLARB credit.

HalfMoon will mail you these materials via USPS. Please allow 5 weeks from the date of purchase to receive your product. If the live seminar is in the future, please allow 5 weeks from the date of the live seminar.

The CD/Manual package includes an audio recording of a live seminar on CDs, along with a bound copy of the manual that was distributed at the seminar. The manual contains written materials prepared by the seminar speaker(s).

The CDs contain embedded number codes, which you are required to document and return to HalfMoon if you wish to obtain a certificate of completion for the program. The acceptance of self-administered continuing education activities vary widely between states and professions. Before undertaking any self-study effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity.

HalfMoon Education guarantees its products. The self-study products are recorded from a live seminar and there are circumstances where an audio recording is not available. HalfMoon will contact you and issue a full refund if the product you ordered is not available. If you are not happy with a product you receive, you can return the product for a full refund. However, refunds will not be issued if completion certificates are requested.

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