Agenda

Registration:                    8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:             8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch (On your own):       12:00 – 1:00 pm

Afternoon Session:           1:00 – 4:30 pm

Slope Mechanics and Movement
E. Hanna

   Types of slope movement and instability
   Rock fall and rockslides
      • Translational and rotational failures
      • Debris flows and rapidly-moving landslides
   Analyzing the stability of slopes
   Slope stability concepts
      • Reviewing geologic conditions
      • Examining soils and topography
      • Evaluating surface and groundwater conditions
   Soil and rock mechanics overview
      • The influence of water
   Evaluating types of slopes
      • Natural slopes
      • Engineered slopes
   Methods of slope stability analysis

Slope Stabilization Methods
E. Hanna

   Use of vegetation
   Surface protection
   Unloading
   Buttressing
   Draining
   Reinforcing
   Installing earth retention structures
   Rock slope stabilization

Preserving Streambeds, Shorelines and Drainage Channels
G. Brown

   Preserving streambeds
   Maintaining shoreline
   Stormwater management and drainage

Reviewing Slope Stabilization Case Studies
G. Brown

   Slope stabilization using retaining walls
   Slope stabilization using geosynthetics
   Rock fall mitigation
   Brownfield sites
   Riverfront sites

Credits

Architects
     6.5 HSW Contact Hours
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Landscape Architects
     6.5 HSW Contact Hours
     6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs

Professional Engineers
     6.5 PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     6.5 ASFPM CECs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Cont. Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education/contact hours to architects and landscape architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in most states, including Pennsylvania. Courses and course providers are not subject to pre-approval in Pennsylvania.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor for architects and landscape architects 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 Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this seminar for 6.5 CECs.

This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been approved by 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

Gary R. Brown

President of RT Environmental Services, Inc.
Mr. Brown is president of RT Environmental Services, Inc., an environmental services firm located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. He is a professional engineer (P.E.) in 20 states, and he has been practicing environmental engineering in Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 1973. He is also a qualified environmental professional (Q.E.P) with over 30 years of diversified engineering experience, including 22 years of engineering management experience. Mr. Brown has worked in the waste management industry and designed stormwater facilities since 1978. He has completed expert work on state and federal court cases as well.

Ernest Hanna

GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.

Principal with GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.Mr. Hanna is a licensed engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as the States of New Jersey and New York. He has been practicing geotechnical engineering for over 25 years with GZA GeoEnvironmental. Mr. Hanna graduated in 1979 from the University of Rochester with a B.S. degree in Biology/Geology. Following five years of consulting work as a geologist, he received an M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986. Since that time, Mr. Hanna has been responsible for data review, site investigation, engineering design, report preparation and construction monitoring for numerous geotechnical projects that include building foundations, bridge abutments and piers, dams, slopes and tunnels.