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 – 5:00 pm

Slope Mechanics and Movement

    Types and causes of slope movement and instability
      • Rock fall and rockslides
      • Subsidence
      • Landslides, mudslides and mudflows
   Soils, water and geology
      • Reviewing geologic conditions
      • Examining soils and topography
      • Evaluating surface and groundwater conditions
      • Natural slopes
      • Engineered slopes
   Effects of construction on soils and water management

Slope Stabilization Methods

   Use of vegetation
   Surface and erosion protection
   Drainage
   Walls
   Installing earth retention structures
   Rock slope stabilization
   Geosynthetics
   Lime stabilization

The Impacts of Water on Soil Stability

   Preserving stream corridors
   Restoration of streams
   Floodplains
   Surface water
   Groundwater
   Stormwater management and drainage
   Sub-surface drainage systems

Credits

Professional Engineers
     7.0 PDHs

Architects
     7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
     7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units

Landscape Architects
     7.0 HSW CPE Hours
     7.0 LA CES HSW PDHs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers, 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects, and 7.0 HSW CPE hours to landscape architects in most states, including New Mexico. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in New Mexico.

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.

Professional engineers, architects and landscape architects seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.

This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity.

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

Deborah A. Fisher P.E. CFM. CPESC

Owner, Senior Water Resources Engineer at Water Engineering Solutions LLC
Ms. Fisher has over 30 years of experience in hydrology and hydraulics, having designed hundreds of drainage and water quality treatment facilities all along the front range of Colorado. She has also authored hundreds of drainage studies and is well versed in low impact development, groundwater investigation, and emergency flood mitigation. She was the continuing education director for Martin/Martin for over ten years, and she conducted several hundred classes for the civil department. Ms. Fisher’s current passion is helping people and solving water problems, particularly related to floodplains, and understanding water migration and control, both on the surface and underground. She has evaluated hundreds of sites and performed water issue evaluations of floodplains and for conditions such as standing water, wet basements, excessive sump pump discharges, and multiple other drainage issues.

CD/Manual Price: $289.00

Currently, our self-study products DO NOT qualify for AIA, LACES, ASLA or CLARB credit.

HalfMoon will mail you these materials via USPS. Please allow 5 weeks from the date of purchase to receive your product. If the live seminar is in the future, please allow 5 weeks from the date of the live seminar.

The CD/Manual package includes an audio recording of a live seminar on CDs, along with a bound copy of the manual that was distributed at the seminar. The manual contains written materials prepared by the seminar speaker(s).

The CDs contain embedded number codes, which you are required to document and return to HalfMoon if you wish to obtain a certificate of completion for the program. The acceptance of self-administered continuing education activities vary widely between states and professions. Before undertaking any self-study effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity.

HalfMoon Education guarantees its products. The self-study products are recorded from a live seminar and there are circumstances where an audio recording is not available. HalfMoon will contact you and issue a full refund if the product you ordered is not available. If you are not happy with a product you receive, you can return the product for a full refund. However, refunds will not be issued if completion certificates are requested.

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