Retaining Wall Design and Slope Stabilization Techniques
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 – 4:30 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 – Part I
Soil design parameters
Lateral earth pressure
External stability
• Sliding
• Overturning
• Bearing capacity
• Settlement
• Scour
Retaining Wall Design – Part II
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
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW CEPHs/Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW CEPHs/Contact Hours
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Mandatory CEOpportunity
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. It offers 6.5 HSW CEPHs to Texas architects and landscape architects and 6.5 PDHs to Texas professional engineers to whom the subject matter is professionally relevant. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Texas.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects and landscape architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this eventfor 6.5 CECs.
This course offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity.
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
Rajendra Meruva, P.E.
Delek LogisticsMr. Meruva is a geotechnical engineer with 22 years of experience. He is a professional engineer (PE) in Texas, New Mexico, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Mr. Meruva has worked on a variety of projects, including nuclear facilities, wind turbines, bridges, hospitals, parking garages, highrise buildings, refineries, gas plants, schools, dams, landfills, and hydraulic fracking pits, and he has worked in the oil and gas industry. In his current role with Delek, he serves as a lead civil engineer providing civil/geotechnical/structural support on oil and gas midstream facilities. He also provides training to junior and entry-level staff. Mr. Meruva earned his M.S. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Houston in Houston, Texas.
