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 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 Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs

Contractors
Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.

This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 HSW contact hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Tennessee.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885).

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

This seminar also offers a non-mandatory continuing education opportunity for contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing board for continuing education credit.

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

Paul Tucker

Professional Engineering and Inspection Services, PLLC (PEIS)

Professional Engineer and Owner/Partner at C2it and PEISMr. Tucker, a native of Dandridge, Tennessee, owns and operates PEIS, a structural and forensic engineering firm in his home town, which he started in 2006. Prior to starting PEIS, Mr. Tucker was a partner in Progressive Engineering Group, a structural engineering firm in Knoxville. Mr. Tucker has extensive design experience with cold-formed steel, as he started his career in the metal building industry working as a design engineer for A&S Building Systems in Caryville, Tennessee. In addition to running his engineering firm, Mr. Tucker has been an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville for the past two and a half years. Mr. Tucker teaches CADD Applications in Civil Engineering, Construction Methods and Management, Steel Connection Design, Analysis of Framed Structures, and Structural Systems in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University. Mr. Tucker earned his bachelor’s of science degree in Civil Engineering and master’s of science degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Tennessee, and he is currently pursuing his doctorate in Biosystems Engineering at the University. Mr. Tucker was a longstanding board member of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers – Knoxville Chapter and is the current past-president of The Tennessee Structural Engineers Association – East Region. Prior to becoming an engineer, Mr. Tucker was an Arabic Linguist with the United States Army, where he was stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in the 101st Airborne Division.

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