Low Impact Development
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Before undertaking any on-demand effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity.
It’s your responsibility to determine whether this on-demand course meets your continuing education requirements.
You must take and pass a quiz to receive credit. You can take the quiz as many times as needed and there is no time limit on the quiz.
Once the quiz is completed, you will be asked to download your certificate.
**Any on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Streamable MP4/PDF
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Click the link which appears at the end of the video to be taken to the course quiz.
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USB MP4/PDF
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**Any USB on-demand programs that qualify for LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
The link to the quiz will be available in a PDF in your USB drive marked QUIZ.
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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
Understanding and Implementing Principles of Low Impact Development (LID)
Urban environment and water quality
Conventional development and stormwater management
Drawbacks of conventional approaches
Origins of LID and green infrastructure
Principles and benefits of LID
Low Impact Development Hydrology Considerations
Water cycle and site hydrology
Defining hydrologic principles for LID
Identifying regional hydrologic considerations
Monitoring and evaluating hydrologic outcomes
Hydrologic tools for LID
Low Impact Development Site Planning
Incorporating LID and green infrastructure into
watershed and community master plans
LID site planning tools
Non-structural BMPs
Low Impact Development Structural BMPs
Choosing and designing best management practices (BMPs)
Pre-treatment BMPs
Naturalized ponds
Rain gardens and bioretention cells
Constructed stormwater wetlands
Media filters
Vegetated swales
Water harvesting and reuse
Green streets and alleys
Green walls
Vegetated roofs
Pervious pavement
Infiltration devices
Low Impact Development Economics, Construction,
and Maintenance Considerations
Economics of LID
Maintenance scheduling and responsibility
Erosion and sedimentation control
Low Impact Development Resources
Overview of LID resources
LID model ordinances
Credits
Architects
6.5 Contact Hours (HSW)
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.5 Contact Hours (HSW)
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Voluntary Cont. Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW contact hours to architects and landscape architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in most states, including Maine engineers.
This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor for architects and landscape architects 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 No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.5 CECs.
This seminar also offers a continuing education opportunity for contractors but not been submitted for approval to 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
John McAllister
Apex Companies, LLCApex Companies, LLCMr. McAllister is a civil consulting engineer and program manager for Waterways Engineering at Apex Companies, LLC. He has worked on projects involving dredging, marine construction, infrastructure assessment, stormwater control and drainage design, wastewater design and construction supervision, installation and stream-flow, and watershed hydrology services. Mr. McAllister has designed and overseen the implementation of over 30 raingardens and numerous low impact development strategies. Mr. McAllister is a registered professional engineer in the states of Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. He earned his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Tufts University and an MBA degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
