Urban Storm Sewer System Design and Construction Seminar
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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 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Exploring Urban Hydrology and Environment
Principles of urban hydrology
Separate versus combined storm sewer systems
Introduction to green stormwater infrastructure (GSI)
Establishing municipal goals and working towards a green future
Reviewing Regulations and Doing Stormwater Modeling
Local municipal private development stormwater regulations
Stormwater modeling: rational method curve number, continuous simulation
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Implementation Case Study
Parking lot design
Technical considerations
Infiltration testing
Basin design
Regulatory considerations
Flood control
Water quality
Public health and safety
Designing a Separate Storm Sewer System
Reviewing drainage patterns
Locating and spacing inlets
Creating a system layout
Choosing pipe materials and diameters
Locating manholes
Design discharge
Gutter design
Longitudinal slopes
Utilities conflicts
Construction concerns
Gutter design
City-Scale Strategic Stormwater Planning
Sewer system renewal and aging dynamics
Progressive flood mitigation planning
Climate change adaptation
Storm Sewer Design Case Study
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Architects
6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects in most states, including Indiana. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for Indiana engineers.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this course for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for Indiana architect continuing education credit. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
Architects and engineers seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.5 CECs.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to building contractors. It has not been approved by any contractor licensing board 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
Gary LaForge
LaForge & Associates, LLCPresident at LaForge & Associates, LLC
Mr. LaForge primarily focuses on the areas of municipal services; road construction; stormwater management; flood control; hydraulics and hydrology; domestic water supply, distribution and treatment; and wastewater collection and treatment. His extensive experience includes all aspects of the above design areas, from collection of the initial raindrop through domestic use and wastewater treatment to recycling and reuse. Mr. LaForge has an extensive training background in all areas of capital improvement programs, municipal implementation programs, inspection techniques and stormwater management. His experience includes the use of geographical information systems (GIS) and modeling software to simulate the collection or distribution system of interest, and the experience to understand why the model does not match the actual system measurements. Mr. LaForge is registered as a professional engineer in Illinois and is a member of the American Public Works Association. He earned his B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.