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

Overview of Deep Foundations

   Types of deep foundations
      • Driven piles
      • Drilled piles
      • Others
   Advantages/disadvantages
   How to select particular deep foundation
   Life
   Cost
      • Availability
      • Access
      • Soil conditions

Building Site Evaluation

   Site examination objectives
   Site examination techniques
   Subsurface investigation
   Soil sampling and testing
   Soil mechanics overview
   Review of laboratory and field results

Pile Design

   Effective stress
   Estimating axial capacity
   Skin friction
      • Granular soil       • Cohesive soil
   End bearing
      • Soil                    • Rock
   Uplift capacity
   Computing settlement
   Downdrag
   Lateral capacity design
   Moment resistance
   Battered piles

Installation and Testing

   Construction preparation
   Construction techniques
   Quality assurance/quality control
   Field records
   Pile testing
   Performance/integrity
      • Load test            • PDA
      • CAP/WAP          • PIT/PET
   Restriking

Credits

Architects
     6.5 HSW Contact Hours
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Professional Engineers
     6.5 PDHs

Contractors
     Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.

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 pre-approval in Pennsylvania.

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 (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

This program offers a non-mandatory continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity for continuing education 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

David Harmanos, P.E.

Branch Manager at Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates, Inc., in Pennsylvania

Mr. Harmanos is a professional engineer with extensive experience in subsurface exploration, soil testing, infiltration testing, geosynthetics, and seismic and advanced analysis. His expertise includes commercial, industrial and institutional foundation design; retaining wall and steep slope design; sinkhole remediation; landfill design; site work; forensic engineering; LEED consulting; and construction quality control/assurance (CQA/QC). Mr. Harmanos is a graduate of Drexel University where he received both his BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering (Geosynthetics and Geotechnical). Hillis-Carnes performs geotechnical engineering consulting and laboratory testing services. Its construction services include evaluation of bearing materials, inspection of pile driving, slope inclinometer installation and monitoring, and retaining wall construction observation.