Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:15 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:15 – 1:15 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:15 – 5:00 pm

Types of Retaining Walls

    Traditional cantilevered retaining walls
      – Reinforced concrete walls
      – Reinforced concrete masonry walls
   Soldier pile and lagging walls
   Traditional timber walls
   Traditional gravity walls
   Reinforced soil retaining walls
   Anchored retaining walls (tie-backs, soil nailing, etc.)
   Temporary retaining walls
   Over-steepened reinforced slopes
   Gabion walls
   Crib walls
   Private-sector vs. highway retaining wall systems
   Cost of retaining walls

Retaining Wall Design

   Soil design parameters
   Lateral earth pressure
   External stability
      – Sliding
      – Overturning
      – Bearing capacity
      – Settlement – Scour
   Internal stability
   Global stability
   Special considerations for tiered retaining walls
   Backfill
   Groundwater
   Service life
   Design software

Slope Stabilization

   Science of slope stability
   Surficial vs. deep-seated slope stability
   Long term vs. short term stability
   Slope stabilization techniques
      – Regrading
      – Excavation and replacement
      – Slope reinforcement/pinning
      – Ground improvement
      – Toe retaining walls

Retaining Wall and Slope Stabilization Case Histories

   Various commercial, residential projects
   Various highway and institutional projects

Credits

California Engineers
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Architects &
Landscape Architects
     7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
     7.0 LA/CES HSW PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     7.0 ASFPM CECs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 non-credit continuing education hours to California professional engineers and architects. It will qualify for required continuing education credit in all other states, except Florida architects.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, 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 provider for New York architects. Other states do not preapprove educators or courses.

The American Institute of Architects has approved this seminar for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). The subject matter of this seminar does not qualify for California architect continuing education credit.

This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to California landscape architects. It has been approved by the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs.

The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 7.0 CECs.

This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved in any state with a mandatory continuing education.

Attendance will be monitored and reported, as required. 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

Binod Tiwari

California State University, Fullerton

California State University, Fullerton
Dr. Tiwari is a professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of California State University, Fullerton. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Geotechnical Engineering in 2003 and is expert in the fields of slope stability and stabilization, landslide mitigation, applied GIS, soil behavior and characterization, and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Dr. Tiwari is a member of various technical committees for ASCE and the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, and he is editor as well as reviewer for various international journals. He was post-doc at Niigata University, Japan, and at Virginia Tech for more than three years prior to joining CSUF in the fall of 2006. Dr. Tiwari is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California and has more than 20 years experience in design and implementation of projects pertinent to slope stability and stabilization.