Soil Mechanics, Foundation Design, Soil Liquefaction and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Seminar
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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 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:30 pm
Soil Mechanics
Types of soils and soil classification
Site investigation
Soil permeability
Compaction
Total and effective stresses in soil
Consolidation
Soil strength
Foundation Design
Shallow foundations – bearing capacity
Shallow foundations – settlements
Deep foundations – axial load
Deep foundations – lateral load
Soil Liquefaction
Critical state soil mechanics (monotonic/cyclic and
drained/undrained shear behavior of saturated sands)
Fundamentals of soil liquefaction
Liquefaction triggering analysis using simplified
SPT-and CPT-based procedures
Consequences of liquefaction (post-liquefaction settlements
and lateral spreading)
Ground mitigation techniques for liquefaction mitigation
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Probabilistic and deterministic seismic hazard analysis
Response spectra
Effects of site conditions on ground motions
Seismic site classification
Development of code-based design spectra per ASCE 7-10
(MCER and DE)
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW CE Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Contractors
6.5 Commercial CE Hours
6.5 Residential Elective CE
Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Oregon.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).
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, New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar offers 6.5 continuing education hours to Oregon commercial contractors, 6.5 CE hours (elective) to residential contractors. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval.
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
Arash Khosravifar
Portland State UniversityAssistant Professor, Portland State University
Dr. Arash Khosravifar joined the Geotechnical Engineering Group in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Portland State University (PSU) in December 2015. He teaches courses on soil mechanics, geotechnical design and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Prior to joining PSU, he worked for Fugro Consultants Inc. in California where he worked on seismic hazard studies for transportation projects (bridges) and energy developments (oil and gas, and offshore wind turbines). Dr. Khosravifar earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Davis where he conducted research on analysis and design of piles in liquefied soils. Dr. Khosravifar is a registered civil engineer (PE) in California.