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 & McDonnell

Civil 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.

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