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 – 4:30 pm
The Many Functions of Trees for Exterior (and Interior) Spaces
Wind breaking
Passive cooling
Pollution reduction
Aesthetic impact
Human and wildlife habitat
Economic benefits
Tree Biology and Health
Tree biology and anatomy
Overview of native and non-native tree species and characteristics
Insects disease
Nutrients and how they affect tree health
Trees as Elements of Design and Not Obstacles or Afterthoughts
Environmental and site requirements for tree health
Designing with trees
Aligning tree characteristics with the site
Overview of planning, design and construction documents
Construction Strategy: Finding a Balance Between
Tree Environment and Construction Goals
Site analysis
Construction strategies for tree preservation
Completed project case studies
Implementing Ongoing Tree Maintenance and Protection Plans
Technology and people – GIS, management in the “cloud”
Providing a healthy environment for the long term
Tree management plans – goals and strategies
Project case studies
Handling Environmental Threats, Pests, Disease and Other Risks
Keys to survivability
Proactive and reactive options
Plant health care and integrated pest management
Questions and answers
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 Hours of Continuing Ed.
Architects and Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Certified Arborist and Municipal Specialists
6.5 ISA CEUs
Foresters
4.5 Category 1 CFE Credits
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 continuing education hours/PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 contact hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for Indiana engineers (License No. CE21700059). Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval for Indiana architects and landscape architects.
This course offers 6.5 HSW contact hours to landscape architects in most states, including Indiana. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Indiana.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this course for 6.5 Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing education System has approved it for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and the LA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved architect and landscape architect continuing education sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The International Society of Arboriculture has approved this course for in the following categories: 6.5 Certified Arborist, 6.5 Municipal Specialists, 3.5 BCMA-Practice, and 1.5 BCMA-Science and BCMA-Management.
The Society of American Foresters has approved this course for 4.5 Category 1 CFE credits.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contracts. It has not been approved by any contractor licensing board for 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
Andrew Lueck
Planned Forest Solutions LLCAndrew Lueck is president and consulting arborist at Planned Forest Solutions LLC, an urban tree consulting firm based in Chicago, Illinois. He has worked in the field of arboriculture/urban forestry for over 15 years, in which he has held roles in the commercial, municipal and higher education sectors. Through Planned Forest Solutions, he helps municipalities, homeowners and commercial firms manage trees in urban areas to achieve their maximum benefit. He has extensive experience in tree preservation, tree biology, urban forest master planning, and tree risk assessment, and he has been involved as an expert witness on trees.
Mr. Lueck holds a bachelor of science degree in Urban Forestry from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point and a masters degree in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a board certified master arborist, registered consulting arborist, LEED AP ND and is tree risk assessment qualified (TRAQ).