Shallow Foundation Design, Construction and Repair Seminar
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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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
Shallow Foundation Science
Science of shallow foundation design
• Early trial and error
• Advent of theoretical soil mechanics
• The new branch of civil engineering: geotechnical
Evaluating Building Sites
Role of experts in site evaluation process
Site examination techniques
Soil mechanics overview
Soil sampling and testing
Review of laboratory and field results
Shallow Foundation Design
Possibility of subsidence
Shallow foundations on sand
Foundations on clay
Special soil/site conditions
Spread footings
Mats
Shallow Foundation Construction
Grading and soil improvement
Dewatering and drainage
Excavation and underpinning
Complying with building codes
Managing Special Situations in Foundation Design and Construction
Foundations on expansive and stratified soils
Maintaining slope stability
Retaining walls and basement walls
Diagnosing and Repairing Foundation Problems
Causes of foundation damage
Repair techniques
• Supporting interior floors
• Mudjacking
• Underpinning
• Deep grouting
• Soil stabilization
Credits
Architects
6.5 Continuing Ed. Hours (HSW)
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 Continuing Ed. Hours
Contractors
Voluntary CE Opportunity
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 (HSW) continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 continuing education hours to engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Virginia.
This event has been 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 (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors but 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 program. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
David Harmanos, P.E.
Branch Manager at Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates, Inc., in PennsylvaniaMr. Harmanos is a professional engineer with extensive experience in subsurface exploration, soil testing, infiltration testing, geosynthetics, and seismic and advanced analysis. His expertise includes commercial, industrial and institutional foundation design; retaining wall and steep slope design; sinkhole remediation; landfill design; site work; forensic engineering; LEED consulting; and construction quality control/assurance (CQA/QC). Mr. Harmanos is a graduate of Drexel University where he received both his BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering (Geosynthetics and Geotechnical). Hillis-Carnes performs geotechnical engineering consulting and laboratory testing services. Its construction services include evaluation of bearing materials, inspection of pile driving, slope inclinometer installation and monitoring, and retaining wall construction observation.