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

Science of Structures and Soils

   Typical loads on foundations
      • Gravity loads
      • Lateral loads
   Typical loads on basement walls
      • Gravity loads
      • Soil loads
   Typical loads on slabs
   Soil mechanics and effects on structures
      • Soil properties
      • Bearing capacity
      • Effects on basement walls and retaining walls
      • Soil settlement
      • Effects of water, frost and freeze/thaw cycle

Foundation Design and Construction

   Design and construction of foundations
      • Continuous wall footings, column footings
   Design and construction of basement walls
   Design and construction of specialty features: walk-outs,
      partially-exposed foundations

Diagnosing Foundation and Slab Damage and Evaluating Repair Methods

   Identifying damage
      • Settlement
      • Frost heave
      • Expansive soils
      • Shrinkage
   Repair methods
      • Piers
      • Soil tiebacks
      • Underpinning
      • Rebuilding

Diagnosing Basement Wall Damage and Evaluating Repair Methods

   Identifying damage
      • Settlement
      • Frost heave
      • Expansive soils
      • Shrinkage
      • Cracking
      • Failure of connections to supporting diaphragms
   Repair methods
      • Piers
      • Soil tiebacks
      • Carbon fibers
      • Soldier beams
      • Crack repair methods

Credits

Architects
     6.5 HSW CE/Contact Hours
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Professional Engineers
     6.5 PDHs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education/contact hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in New Hampshire.

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 seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to building contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing board 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

Brian Nereson

GeoInsight, Inc.

Senior Project Engineer/Project Manager, GeoInsight, Inc.
Mr. Nereson has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of New Hampshire (2007) and is a professional engineer in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island. He possesses a wide range of geotechnical engineering expertise encompassing site characterization, reinforced soil structures, geosynthetics, embankments over soft soils, deep and shallow foundation design, groundwater control, retaining wall design, pavement design and rehabilitation, and construction oversight. Mr. Nereson also performs environmental remediation design and stormwater management, as well as contributing to staff development and corporate strategic planning.

Michael Penney

GeoInsight, Inc.

Senior Engineer/Principal, GeoInsight, Inc.
Mr. Penney graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1984 with a degree in Civil Engineering and has spent his last 33 years in private consulting working on geotechnical, environmental remediation, civil site design, and landfill projects. He specializes in the interaction of new and existing structures with soil, groundwater, and bedrock. His work assignments and responsibilities have enabled him to be directly involved in many thousands of investigation, evaluation and design projects throughout New England, and he has served as an expert witness on over 20 litigation cases. Mr. Penney is a professional engineer in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, and Maine, and he is a licensed site professional in Massachusetts. He has been with GeoInsight since 1993 and is their director of engineering. In addition to direct senior management of projects and senior peer review, Mr. Penney’s responsibilities include steering GeoInsight’s business activities with a small group of majority shareholders, and working on business development and client management.