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 – 5:00 pm

Soils

    Understanding the importance of soil testing
and gathering samples the right way
The importance of pH and organic matter and how
it is critical for sustainable vegetation
Biotic soil media (BSM) technologies and how they can
improve soils as an option to traditional compost

Causes of Erosion and Sediment Production

Types of erosion
Variables impacting erosion
Types of sediment and sedimentation
Damage caused by erosion and sedimentation

Goals for and Selection of Erosion
and Sediment Control Practices

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

Calculations for Determining Soil Loss and
Channel Stabilization

Review revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE)
Review Manning’s calculation
Design software Profileps3.com
Product selection using software

Non-Structural Erosion and Sediment Control
Best Practices

Temporary and permanent seeding, sodding and mulching
Mixing and applying hydraulic mulches
Use of blankets and turf reinforcement mats in channel applications

Credits

Professional Engineers
     7.0 PDHs

Architects
     7.0 Contact Hours (HSW)
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units

Landscape Architects
     7.0 Contact Hours (HSW)
7.0 LA/CES HSW PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     7.0 CECs

Contractors
     Non-Credit CE Hours

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW contact/continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states, including Kentucky. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Kentucky.

This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs. Courses approved by the LA/CES are deemed approved for Kentucky landscape architects. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and LA/CES.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects.

The Association of Floodplain Managers has approved this course for 7.0 CECs.

This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It is not approved by any state licensing entity for contractor continuing education credit. 

Speakers

Matt Welch CPESC CESSWI

Profile Products, LLC
Mr. Welch is the technical and business development manager for Profile Products, LLC, of Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Mr. Welch heads up Profile Products Free Soil Testing Program and online design software – Profile Soil Solutions Software (www.ProfilePS3.com). He works closely with specifiers to ensure that all erosion and sediment control plans, involving Profile’s line of products, will have a high rate of success. Mr. Welch holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Conservation and Environmental Sciences from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, with an emphasis on land resources and soil science. During and after college, he worked at an engineering and consulting firm out of Green Bay, Wisconsin. The firm he worked with was heavily involved in projects with erosion control and reclamation of land, many of which were on linear transmission line projects. This experience ultimately led to a smooth transition into the technical department at Profile Products. Mr. Welch is also a member of the International Erosion Control Association (IECA).

Stephen R. Zwilling

Profile Products, LLC
Mr. Zwilling is the Eastern U.S. market development manager for Profile Products, LLC, of Buffalo Grove, Illinois. He has 23 years of experience in erosion and sediment control and turf grass management. Mr. Zwilling has written several technical articles in industry trade publications on hydraulically-applied erosion control systems and applications. He was a prior owner/partner of the Conwed Fibers Corporation.

Mr. Zwilling holds a bachelor of science degree in Marketing Management from Pepperdine University. He is a past board member of the Erosion Control Technology Council (ECTC) and a member of the International Erosion Control Association (IECA), and he is on the Board of Directors of the Mid Atlantic IECA. Mr. Zwilling has been a volunteer instructor at several industry events including the IECA Muddy Water Blues and NCSU Erosion Control Field Days, and at several water resource workshops in the eastern United States and Canada.