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 – 5:00 pm

Overview of Earth Retaining Systems

    MSE wall systems evaluation
   Description of MSE wall systems – components
   MSE wall selection issues/project considerations
   Soil reinforcement
   MSE wall system design properties

Design of MSE Walls

   Lateral earth pressure
   External stability
   Internal stability
   Global stability
   MSE wall design example

Construction of MSE Walls and Relevant Issues

   MSE walls with complex geometry
   Contracting methods and specifications

Quality Assurance and Geotechnical Monitoring
Case Histories

Credits

Professional Engineers
     7.0 PDHs

Architects & Landscape Architects
     7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours*
     7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
     7.0 LA CES HSW PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     7.0 ASFPM CECs

Contractors
     Voluntary Continuing Ed.

*Not mandatory in Maine

 Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in all states and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval for Maine engineers. Continuing education is not mandatory for Maine architects and landscape architects.

This program has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.

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

The Association of State Floodplain Managers has aproved this seminar for 7.0 CECs for certified floodplain managers.

This seminar also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors, but it has not been approved 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

Miltiades Zacas

Sustainability Solutions Inc.

Dr. Zacas has over 35 years of experience in geotechnical investigation, design and consultancy on various projects in Maine and internationally (Greece, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Colombia). While in Greece, Dr. Zacas served for 14 years as managing partner of Pangaea Consulting Engineers, Ltd., a geotechnical engineering company based in Athens. He served as consultant for tunnel projects for the Greek Ministry of Public Works and Environment and for dam projects for the Greek Ministry of Irrigation and Agriculture. He is geotechnical engineering consultant for FGS/CMT, inc. (Bangor, Maine) for the design and management of geotechnical projects. Dr. Zacas is faculty associate at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the University of Maine and teaches courses in geotechnical engineering and sustainability in engineering.
Dr. Zacas’ diverse experience in geotechnical engineering includes services in a variety of projects such as bridges, dams, tunnels, harbors, highways and buildings. He has authored or co-authored numerous articles published in journals and seminars/conferences/symposia proceedings.
In 2018 he co-founded Sustainability Solutions Inc. in Maine, and he is in charge of the sustainability for the engineering and infrastructure section of the company.