Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Selecting Stormwater Best Management Practices
Site topography, hydrology and soils
System sizing and design
System performance
Selection criteria
Reducing Site Disturbance and Increasing Natural Landscaping
Benefits of natural landscaping
Choosing native species for plantings
Cost considerations and maintenance
Permeable Pavers
Site criteria and product selection
Preparation and installation
Cost considerations and maintenance
Vegetated Roofs
Benefits and life cycle cost
Extensive roofs
Intensive roofs
Maintenance
Rain Barrels, Cisterns and Rain Gardens
Stormwater collection
Water storage
Reuse
Garden sizing and design
Cost considerations
Filter Strips and Drainage Swales
Benefits and design considerations
Choosing appropriate vegetation
Cost considerations and maintenance
Detention Basins and Ponds
Benefits and site selection
Sizing and design
Choosing native vegetation
Maintenance considerations
Stormwater Best Management Case Studies
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Architects
7.0 HSW CE Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
7.0 HSW CE Hours
7.0 LA CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
7.0 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects in most states, including Pennsylvania. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Pennsylvania.
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 AIA/CES and LA/CES.
Engineers, architects and landscape architects seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to claim the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects and landscape architects. 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 7.0 CECs for certified floodplain managers.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors.
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
Mark D. Jones, P.E.
Principal, Hartech Engineering & Consulting, LLC, in Mechanicsburg, PAMr. Jones, P.E., is president of Hartech Engineering, which was founded in 2007 as a multi-discipline civil engineering consulting firm providing infrastructure, development, and municipal design services for the public and private sectors. Bringing over 30 years of engineering expertise along with specific state-of-the-art, computer-aided technology to achieve efficient, cost saving design solutions, he also provides hydrology and hydraulic studies and reports along with general civil engineering support for prime consultants to PennDOT or local municipality projects. Mr. Jones is a licensed pilot and studied Military Civil Engineering while serving in the U.S. Air Force and continues his master’s education locally through Penn State. He is also a registered professional engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona, and Georgia.