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

Principles of Pavement Design

   Goals of pavement design
      • Smooth, stable surface and longevity
   Terminology and basic components
      • Pavement section
      • Asphalt and concrete components
      • Loading
   Consulting guidelines and standards
   Collecting data necessary for design
   Economics and lifecycle analysis

Flexible Pavement Design

   Soil support and subsurface preparation
   Reclamation and recycling
   Mixture content and pavement thickness
   Preparing and overlaying existing pavement

Rigid Pavement Design

   Soil support and subsurface preparation
   Mixture content and pavement thickness
   Preparing and overlaying existing pavements
   Joint design

Maintenance and Rehabilitation

   Goals
   Distresses
   Preservation techniques
   Rehabilitation practices

Other Pavement Topics

   Pavement drainage
      • Water sources                           • Effects of water
      • Surface/Sub-surface drainage     • Water retention
   Pavement management
      • Condition assessment                • Future conditions
      • Project-level                               • Network-level

Credits

Architects
     6.5 HSW 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 hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Michigan.

This course has been 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 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 contractors a non-credit continuing education opportunity; it has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity 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

Tyler Dawson, PhD PE

Vice President at NTH Consultants, Ltd.

Dr. Dawson is in his 12th year as a pavement, geotechnical, and subsurface utility engineer with NTH Consultants, Ltd. (NTH). He has a wide background in pavement research, management, and design. He has completed research projects for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) involving pavement design, material characterization, maintenance, and management. He has participated in and led numerous projects which have included pavement surface and structural evaluations, geotechnical explorations, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), and transportation utility coordination. Dr. Dawson’s geotechnical design experience includes earth retention, embankment, road sign and signal, ITS structure, bridge, and other deep and shallow foundations using LRFD and other techniques. He has also led several geophysical investigations to locate buried structures/utilities and subsurface voids.