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

   Slope stabilization
   Stormwater management
   Landscape aesthetics
   Engineering for built elements
   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
   Understanding the watershed
   Considering high points, low points and plane surfaces

Site Engineering for Stormwater Management and Erosion Control

   Determining volume and rate of stormwater runoff
   Stormwater modeling
   Evaluating stormwater management techniques
   Reviewing erosion and sediment control principles and processes

Digital Site Engineering and Modeling

   Site engineering software
   Site modeling

Site Grading

   Grading for roads, sidewalks and paths
   Grading for stairs and ramps
   Grading for retaining walls
   Grading slopes

Site Engineering Construction Management

   Initiation, planning, execution and closure
   Managing the contractor
   Quality control

Case Study: Applying Science and Technology
to a Site Engineering Problem

Credits

Architects
     7.0 PDHs/Contact Hours
     7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units

Professional Engineers
     7.0 PDHs

Landscape Architects
     7.0 HSW PDHs
     7.0 LA CES HSW PDHs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Cont. Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs/contact hours (HSW) to architects, landscape architects, and engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Tennessee.

This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs. The AIA approval qualifies this program for North Carolina architects

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, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

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

Mark Graham, P.E.

Mark V. Graham Engineering Consultants, PLLC

Mark V Graham Engineering Consultants, PLLCMr. Graham is the founder of Mark V. Graham Engineering Consultants, PLLC. His company focuses on site development, layout, grading, stormwater management, utilities, permit application (SWPPP, ARAP, SPAP) and stake holder coordination. He has extensive experience with paving, asphalt, concrete, and quarry operations. Additionally, Mr. Graham works on green site development applications, sustainability design, and tiny house projects. He has previously worked as the vice principal of an architectural engineering firm, managing national civil engineering land development projects. Mr. Graham received his BS degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 1987. He was commissioned in the US Army corps of Engineers, and served with the 844th Engr Bn (Combat) (Heavy). He is a registered professional engineer and is licensed in Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, and North Carolina.