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

Evaluating Building Sites

   Desk study
   Geology
   Subsurface exploration
   Laboratory soil testing
   Soil/rock classification
   Subsurface design profile

Shallow Foundation Types and Design Considerations

   Spread footings
   Mat foundations
   Conventionally-reinforced slab foundations
   Post-tensioned slab foundations
   Use of drilled piers with slab foundations

Allowable Settlement and Consolidation

   Theories of bearing capacity
   Consolidation settlement of clay soils
   Elastic settlement of granular soils
   Calculating loads and determining bearing capacity

Subgrade Improvement and Construction Considerations

   Expansive soils
   Subgrade Improvement
   Dewatering and drainage
   Excavation and underpinning

Shallow Foundations for Retaining Walls

   Bearing capacities
   Lateral pressures
   Global stability
   Foundations on slopes
   Basement retaining walls

Credits

Architects
     6.5 HSW Contact Hours
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Professional Engineers
     6.5 PDHs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

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

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. 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.

This course also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. Course approval for contractors is not being sought in any state.

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.

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Mr. 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.