Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:00 – 1:00 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:00 – 4:30 pm

Seminar Overview Land Development Process Overview

   Land development types
      Residential
      Industrial
      Light commercial
      Redevelopment and infill
      Large commercial
   Land development stakeholders
      Owners
      Agencies
      Developers and investors
      General public
      Municipal officials

Land Use & Zoning

   Workflow elements
      Planning codes and statutes
      Relief options
      Ordinance review
      Municipal involvement
      Site location
      Eminent domain
   Software applications
      GIS
      Online data
   Data availability
      GIS online
      County websites
      Other third party

Conceptual Planning

   Workflow elements
      Base plan
      Site due diligence
      Marketability
      ProForma cost estimates
      Develop proposed uses
      Use to zoning balance
   Software applications
      GIS
      SiteOPS
      SketchUp
      AutoCAD
   Data availability
      Public access GIS
      Online data
      Google
      3D warehouse

Permits and Regulatory Agencies

   Workflow elements
      Permit applications
      Permit requirements
      Initial meetings with agencies
      Design considerations
      Cost analysis
   Software applications
      Site/region specific
      Permit forms
   Data availability
      Agency websites
      Federal guidelines
      GIS databases

Detailed Site Design

   Workflow elements
      Concept/sketch plan
      Preliminary plans
      Final development plans
      Permit drawings
      Finalization and recording
      Legal agreements
      Security bonding
   Software applications
      CAD software applications
      Ancillary design software
   Data availability
      Initial design phases
      Base surveys
      Other proximate project data

Construction Management

   Workflow elements
      Project approvals
      Kickoff meetings
      Mobilization coordination
      Milestone identification
      Permit compliance inspections
      Inspection schedules and bond release
         Finalization and closeout
   Software applications
      Spreadsheet applications
      MS project
      Others
   Data availability
      Contractor PM input
      On-site inspections
   Similar project performance data

Example Project Workflow

   Walk through of a small multi-use land development project using planning elements discussed during seminar
      Allows for class input and/or options based on common experience and project testimony

Credits

Professional Engineers
   6.5 PDHs

Architects
   6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
   6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Contractors
   Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects.  Educators and courses for Pennsylvania engineers are not subject to pre-approval.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).  Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.

HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved architect continuing education 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 program offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors.  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

Mark D. Jones, P.E.

Principal, Hartech Engineering & Consulting, LLC, in Mechanicsburg, PA

Mr. Jones, P.E., is president of Hartech Engineering, which was founded in 2007 as a multi-discipline civil engineering consulting firm providing infrastructure, development, and municipal design services for the public and private sectors. Bringing over 30 years of engineering expertise along with specific state-of-the-art, computer-aided technology to achieve efficient, cost saving design solutions, he also provides hydrology and hydraulic studies and reports along with general civil engineering support for prime consultants to PennDOT or local municipality projects. Mr. Jones is a licensed pilot and studied Military Civil Engineering while serving in the U.S. Air Force and continues his master’s education locally through Penn State. He is also a registered professional engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona, and Georgia.