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
Project Design Criteria
Design speed
Traffic volume
Additional considerations
Designing Roadways
Selecting design parameters and constraints
Reviewing design guides and standards
Interstates, freeways and other four-lane highways
Arterials, collectors and locals
Urban and rural
Temporary traffic control
Design Process
Preliminary survey
Schematic design
Determining right-of-way
Environmental Studies
Project planning
Public involvement
Environmental controls, commitments and documents
Designing Typical Sections
Pavement
Shoulders
Ditches
Medians
Plan and profiles
Subsurface conditions and investigations
Horizontal and Vertical Alignment
Sight distance
Horizontal alignment
Vertical alignment
Cross Sections and Earthwork
Balanced earthwork
Suitable and unsuitable material
Intersections
Signalized vs. un-signalized
Signal warrants
Turning movements
Hydraulic Design Considerations
Drainage calculations
Designing drainage structures
Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities
Trails, sidewalks and cross-walks
Complete streets
ADA compliance
Credits
Professionals Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Alabama.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700),North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers.
This program offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to Alabama construction contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity 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
Sidney May
Civil Engineer in Birmingham, ALMs. May is a multi-state licensed professional civil engineer with over 15 years of work experience in transportation design and construction, civil site design, and environmental planning and compliance. She is the president and principal engineer of her own women-owned small business (WOSB) engineering firm. Ms. May attended the University of Alabama and holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. Her areas of expertise include public works processes for local, state, and federal projects; designing and managing capital improvements projects; developing project scope documents; creating project estimates and budgets; preparing design drawings; developing specifications for bidding purposes; and managing projects during construction. Ms. May develops course curriculums and instructs PDH seminars and professional engineering exam review courses. She volunteers with local engineering academies and S.T.E.A.M. programs and serves as a professional mentor for civil engineering students at the University of Alabama. She recently served as the Birmingham Branch Director of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and is on the National Policy Committee for Professional Licensure.