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

Soil Investigation and Classification

    Properties of soil
      • Importance of recognizing soil properties
      • Formation of soils
      • Types of soils
   Soil investigation
      • Site reconnaissance
      • Geology and visual observations
      • Drilling and boring
      • Test pits
      • Establishing appropriate investigational methods
      • Obtaining and reviewing geotechnical reports

Reviewing Hydraulic and Mechanical Properties of Soils

   Soil permeability
   Compressibility of soil
   Soil hydraulics
      • Saturation, hydraulic gradient, and conductivity
   Drained and undrained shear strength
      • Vertical and lateral earth pressure
   Stress and failure in soils

Determining and Increasing Bearing Capacity

   Calculating bearing capacity
   Bearing capacity of shallow foundations
   Bearing capacity of piers and piles
   Increasing bearing capacity
      • Draining and compaction
      • Soil improvement

Determining and Increasing Slope Stability

   Natural and engineered slopes
   Reviewing basic concepts of slope stability
   Understanding slope failures
   Impact of surface water and groundwater
   Examining slope stabilization methods
      • Unloading
      • Draining and compaction
      • Reinforcement
      • Soil improvement

Credits

Professional Engineers
     6.5 PDHs

Architects
     6.5 Contact Hours (HSW)
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Landscape Architects
     6.5 Contact Hours (HSW)
     6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs

Contractors
     Non-Credit CE Hours

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW contact/continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states, including Kansas. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Kansas.

This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Courses approved by the LACES are deemed approved for Kansas landscape architects. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/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 and landscape architects.

This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It is not approved by any state licensing entity for contractor continuing education credit.

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

Robert Parsons

University of Kansas

Director of Construction for the School of Engineering Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering University of Kansas
Dr. Parsons is a professor in the Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department at the University of Kansas, where he has been since 1998. In addition to teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels, Dr. Parsons has an active research program with emphases on soil stabilization, aggregate testing, deep foundations, mechanically-stabilized earth, and railroad ballast characterization and improvement. He is an author of dozens of publications for many research journals, conference proceedings and technical reports. He is the current chair of the Committee on Cementitious Stabilization for the Transportation Research Board (a part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine). Dr. Parsons has also served as director of construction for the School of Engineering at KU since 2014, where he represented the School on 80 million dollars of new construction that included two new buildings and renovation of the Engineering Library, in addition to ongoing renovation activities.

AIA Info

AIA Provider Statement:

HalfMoon Education Inc. is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number J885. All registered AIA/CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider of learning program may be sent to AIA/CES (cesupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).

This learning program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA/CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.

Course Title: Soil Mechanics, Bearing Capacity, and Slope Stabilization. 

Delivery Method: Live

Course Description: This is a 6.5 hour live lecture presentation with the instructors and students together in the same room. It will be conducted in a handicap-accessible conference room with ample seating space and writing surface for all attendees. Bound written materials, authored by the faculty, will be distributed to all participants at the program. Attendance will be monitored and reported to AIA/CES. This course covers soil investigation and classification, hydraulic and mechanical properties of soils, determining and increasing bearing capacity, and determining and increasing slope stability.

Learning Objectives:

Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to discuss hydraulic and mechanical properties of soils and why understanding these properties impact site development and structures.

Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to differentiate natural and engineered slopes, explain basic concepts of slope stability, understand why slopes fail, and be able to describe slope stabilization methods.

Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to recognize the importance of understanding soil properties, be able describe various methods of soil investigation, and be able to explain how this knowledge is relevant to site development.

Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to calculate soil bearing capacity and describe strategies for increasing bearing capacity with drainage and compaction and soil improvement.

LUs: 6.5                                                                                              LU Type: LU|HSWs.

Prerequisites: Previous experience with construction and stabilization techniques.

Advance Preparation: None

Program Level: Intermediate

Course Expiration Date: 09/23/2019

Complaint Resolution Policy:

Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to doug@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost, or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.