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

Erosion and Sediment Control Requirements and Practices

   Environmental Protection Agency regulations
   State erosion and sediment control regulations
   Standards and specifications
   Permitting, approval and enforcement

Goals for and Selection of Erosion and Sediment Control Practices

   Causes of erosion and sedimentation
   Practices that minimize site disturbance
   Preservation of native vegetation
   Selecting appropriate practices for disturbed areas on the construction site

Non-Structural Erosion and Sediment Control Best Practices

   Temporary and permanent seeding, sodding and mulching
   Use of geotextiles
   Chemical soil stabilization
   Establishment of buffer zones

Stream and Bank Stabilization

   Stream bank erosion protection
   Bank stabilization and repair

Structural Erosion and Sediment Control Practices

   Earthen dikes
   Drainage swales
   Pipe drains
   Subsurface drains
   Silt fences
   Berms
   Check dams

Credits

Architects
     6.5 HSW Contact Hours*
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Landscape Architects
     6.5 HSW Contact Hours
     6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs

Professional Engineers
     6.5 PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     6.5 ASFPM CECs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Education

*SD and HSW details below


Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 HSW contact hours to architects and landscape architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in most states, including New Hampshire architects.

Attention New Hampshire architects: Your licensing board relies on each licensee to determine and claim appropriate credit hours regarding SD and HSW classification. See Architect Rule 403.02 (b) and (c).

HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education 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.

This seminar has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and LA/CES.

The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.5 CECs.

This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been approved for continuing education credit by any state contractor licensing entity

.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

Bryan Levesque

T/F. Moran

Civil/Geotechnical engineer for T/F. MoranMr. Levesque has developed storm water pollution prevention plans (SWPPP) and inspections for various public and private projects in several states and provides other construction support services including construction earthwork, construction vibration monitoring, and pre-construction surveys, as well as development of project operations plans for excavation and dewatering within contaminated areas. Additionally, he is experienced in aspects of geotechnical engineering ranging from site investigations and foundation design and evaluation, to slope and retaining wall design and evaluation.