Slope Stabilization and Landslide Prevention Seminar
DISCLAIMER
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 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:30 pm
Analyzing the Stability of Slopes
Evaluating types of slopes
• Natural slopes
• Engineered slopes
Reviewing geologic conditions
Examining soils and topography
Evaluating surface and groundwater conditions
Methods of slope failure
• Rock fall and rockslides
• Slump
• Mudslides
Methods of slope analysis
Slope Stabilization Methods
Unloading
Buttressing
Draining
Reinforcing
Installing retaining walls
Use of vegetation
Surface protection
Soil engineering
Rock slope stabilization
Reviewing Slope Stabilization Case Studies
Examples of slope stabilization using retaining walls
Examples of slope stabilization using minipiles and drilled shafts
Examples of slope stabilization using geotextiles, geogrid, and wire mesh
Examples of slope stabilization using combinations of methods
Credits
Architects
6.5 PDHS/Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW PDHs
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Mandatory Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs/contact hours (HSW) to architects, landscape architects, and engineers in most states, including Tennessee and surrounding states. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Tennessee.
This event has been 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. The AIA approval qualifies this program for North Carolina 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, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this activity for 6.5 CECs.
This seminar offers a continuing education opportunity for contractors; however, it has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing board for course 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
Joshua Cole
S&ME, Inc.Senior Geotechnical Engineer, S&ME, Inc.Mr. Cole is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer licensed in five states: Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, North Carolina and West Virginia. He has over 17 years of experience in deep foundation, shallow foundation, slope, pavement, and retaining wall analysis and design. Mr. Cole is a member of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers. He earned his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and his M.S. degree in Geological Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.