Shallow Foundation Design and Construction Seminar
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You must take and pass a quiz to receive credit. You can take the quiz as many times as needed and there is no time limit on the quiz.
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**Any on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Streamable MP4/PDF
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USB MP4/PDF
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**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
The link to the quiz will be available in a PDF in your USB drive marked QUIZ.
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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 CEPHs/Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Contractors
Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 HSW continuing education hours (TX CEPHs) to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not pre-approved in Texas.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this event 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 seminar offers contractors a continuing education opportunity, but 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
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.