Practical Site Engineering: Science and Techniques
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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 – 5:00 pm
Accommodating Multiple Purposes of Site Engineering
Engineering for built elements
Slope stabilization
Stormwater management
Landscape aesthetics
Sustainability goals: minimizing disturbance and preserving natural features
Considering the Impact of Soils and Landforms
Understanding the role of soils
Soil characteristics, classification and engineering properties
Identifying the underlying geological conditions
Understanding the watershed
Considering site topography: high points, low points and plane surfaces
Site Engineering and Stormwater Management and Erosion Control
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
and stormwater pollution prevention plans
Reviewing state and local regulations
Sediment traps and basins
Drainage systems
Buffer zones
Slope stabilization
Earthwork Safety
Weight of soil and excavation hazards
Underground installations
Water accumulation
Site Plans
Site plan contents
Soil investigation and considerations
Surface water and groundwater considerations
Excavation specifications and hauling
Construction grade staking
Site Grading
Grading for roads, sidewalks and paths
Grading for stairs and ramps
Grading for retaining walls
Grading slopes
Site Program Management
Initiation, planning, execution and closure
Program governance
Quality control
Case Study: Applying Science and Technology to a Site Engineering Problem
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 Continuing Ed. Hours
Architects &
Landscape Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
7.0 LA CES HSW PDHs
Contractors
Non-Credit Conintuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 continuing education hours to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states, including Michigan architects and engineers. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Michigan.
This course has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to LA/CES and AIA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects and landscape architects.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any contractor licensing entity with a continuing education requirement.
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
Chris Zamaites
Burns & McDonnellCivil Engineer at Burns & McDonnell
Ms. Zamaites is a senior civil engineer with Burns & McDonnell in Chicago. She has 28 years of experience with planning and design covering municipal infrastructure and commercial, residential, and recreational development; along with planned community design. Ms. Zamaites’ experience includes utility design/relocation for water transmission and distribution systems, sewage collection, and stormwater management systems including that for arterial, collector and local street systems. She works on floodplain evaluation and management, utility relocation, hydrology and hydraulics, earthen dam inspections, stream modeling with scour countermeasures, erosion and sediment control, and meeting all regulatory criteria associated with local planning and zoning ordinances, stormwater ordinances, and other applicable regulatory criteria from local to the federal level. Ms. Zamaites’ hydrologic and hydraulic modeling experience includes HEC 1, HEC 2, WSP2, WSPRO, WIN TR-20, TR 55, SWMM, HEC-RAS, HydroCAD, SewerCAD, StormCAD, Culvert Master, and Flow Master.