Deep Foundations Seminar
Agenda
Deep Foundation Site Evaluation
Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Soil mechanics overview
Geologic hazards
Requirements of the proposed structures
Subsurface soil/rock conditions
Site geotechnical considerations
Types of foundations
Overview of Deep Foundations
Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 12:30 – 2:00 PM CST
Types of deep foundations
• Driven piles
• Drilled shafts
• Augercast piles
• Others
Pile groups
Selecting foundation type
Deep Foundation Pile Design
Thursday, January 18, 2018, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CST
Estimating axial capacity
Skin friction
• Granular soils and cohesive soils
End bearing
• Soil and rock
Uplift capacity
Computing settlement
Downdrag
Lateral capacity design
Deep Foundation Installation and Testing
Thursday, January 18, 2018, 1:00 – 2:00 PM CST
Construction preparation
Construction techniques
Quality assurance/quality control
Field records
Pile testing
Performance/integrity
Restriking
Webinar Instructions
Each webinar session earns continuing education credit and can be registered for individually. All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
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Credits
Architects:
5.0 HSW CE Hours
AIA:
5.0 HSW LUs
Engineers:
5.0 PDHs
Continuing Education Credit Information
HalfMoon Education is an American Institute of Architects-approved continuing education sponsor (No. J885), and is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in New York. These webinars are not approved for Florida architects. Other states do not preapprove educators or courses. Check each webinar for the number of continuing education hours available. HalfMoon Education is an approved engineer continuing education provider in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. Other states do not preapprove educators or courses. These webinars offer engineer continuing education credit in all states. Check each course listing for the number of PDHs available. Participation and knowledge retention will be verified for these webinar events, certificates of completion will be provided, and LUs will be reported to the AIA. Please see individual course listings for credit approval.
Speakers
Robert G. Trazo M.sc. Pe Ge D.ge
Southern California Geotechnical, Inc.
Southern California Geotechnical, Inc. (SCG) specializes in providing great service to its fantastic clients on commercial, industrial, residential, public, governmental and retail projects. The company has been structured since its founding in 1998 as a streamlined organization with hands-on involvement by the principals of the company. Because of that, SCG has been and continues to be a valued and trusted member of development design teams in Southern California. Mr. Trazo has 23 years’ experience in the geotechnical industry beginning with analyzing forensic projects associated with the 1994 Northridge Earthquake and Malibu landslides to building large residential, municipal and bridge projects in Orange County to building large commercial, industrial and retail buildings throughout Southern California. Mr. Trazo has served as a part-time professor of civil engineering at California Polytechnic University, Pomona since 2003. Mr. Trazo has also taught the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Review Class for California Professional Engineer license exam students since 2001. In addition, Mr. Trazo has served the California Board of Professional Engineers since 2005 as a geotechnical exam development team member and as a geotechnical subject matter technical expert reviewing cases involving other geotechnical engineers in California. Mr. Trazo is a devoted family man and is involved with community service projects throughout Southern California.