Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 11:45 pm
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 5:00 pm
Slope Mechanics and Lab Testing
Types of slope movement and instability
• Scope of work
• Soil borings & sampling
• Lab testing
Characterize the sampled soils for analysis
Slope stability
• Review of geologic conditions
• Examining topography
• Typical geotechnical reports
Slope stability analysis
• Static analysis of slopes
• Seismic analysis of slopes
Slope Stabilization Methods
Use of keyway and benching
Use of helical piles
Review of lateral earth pressures
Use of cantilever soldier beams
Use of cantilever retaining wall
Use of tiered retaining walls
Use of soil nail walls
Use of tieback walls
Use of tangent piles
Use of secant piles
Use of Engineering Software
Slope stability software
Cantilever retaining wall software
Cantilever shoring software
Tieback wall software
Credits
Architects & Landscape Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
7.0 LA/CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Geologists
7.0 PDHs
Contractors
7.0 Continuing Ed. Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects, 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers, and 7.0 continuing education hours to geologists in most states with continuing education requirements. This subject of this course does not qualify for the California architect accessibility continuing education requirement. Continuing education is not mandatory in California for engineers, landscape architects, and geologists.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the ACA/CES and LA/CES.
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 architects.
This course also offers a 7.0 hour continuing education opportunity for construction contractors. Credit approval is not being sought in any state with a contractor continuing education requirement.
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
Liiban Affi
Foundation Engineering ConsultantsFoundation Engineering Consultants, Inc
Mr. Affi is the founder of Foundation Engineering Consultants, Inc., in the state of California. He specializes in excavation support analysis, drilled pier foundations and sub-structural engineering software. Mr. Affi is a licensed civil engineer in California and has authored three books. He was recently awarded a U.S. patent in a new method of supporting lightly-loaded foundations and pavements on highly-expansive soils. Mr. Affi is very interested in filling the practice gap between geotechnical and structural engineers when it comes to foundations and earth retaining structures.