Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 – 11:45 am

Lunch (On your own):         11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Afternoon Session:             12:45 – 5:00 pm

Contract Law Primer for Engineers

   Reviewing the necessary elements of any contract
   Understanding contract “legalese”
      • Determining performance 
      • What constitutes a breach of contract?
      • What are damages and remedies?
      • Liability-shifting contract provisions: warranties, guarantees and indemnities
   Making changes to contracts

Engineering Business Law

   Understanding forms of business organizations
      • Corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, sole proprietorships
   Complying with regulations governing design firms
   Preventing the unauthorized practice of engineering
   Understanding tax issues for business organizations
   Understanding employment law issues

Signing and Sealing Engineering Documents

   Meaning of seal and signature 
   Applying the seal and signature
   Using electronic seal and signature 
   Alterations to work
   Sealing work done by others
   Best practices for drawings, specifications and reports
   As built/record drawings

Handling Ethical Issues in Professional Engineering Practice

   Promoting health and welfare vs. managing risk: complementary or conflicting duties?
   Protecting the environment: meeting or exceeding legal requirements
   Watching the bottom line: identifying and balancing economic pressures 
      in design and construction
   Integrating new technologies: identifying and balancing the benefits and risks

Understanding the Investigatory and Disciplinary Practices of the 
New York State Education Department

   Understanding the Department’s disciplinary powers
   Reviewing prohibited practices and grounds for disciplinary action
   Investigatory procedures
   Disciplinary hearings
   Administrative and other penalties and enforcement

Developments in Federal and New York State Environmental Law

   Reviewing recent changes to and enforcement of:
      • Pollution prevention 
      • Water quality enforcement
      • Stormwater permitting 
      • Watersheds, wetlands, lakes and streams
   Reviewing recent and anticipated developments at the 
   US EPA and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Credits

This course offers New York professional 
engineers 7.0 continuing education hours, 
including 1.0 ethics hour.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 7.0 continuing education hours, including 1.0 ethics hour, to New York professional engineers.

HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for engineers via its registration with the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2)).

Engineers seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this event, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.

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

Matthew A. Noviello, Esq., P.E., L.S.

Principal in Noviello & Noviello, Esqs. and Principal in Matthew A. Noviello, P.E., L.S., in Carmel, NY

Mr. Noviello is an Attorney-at-Law, a Professional Engineer, and a Land Surveyor who enjoys teaching. In addition to teaching continuing education courses for Attorneys-at-Law, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Architects, he has taught real property law, survey law, alpine skiing, and, more recently, adaptive skiing. Mr. Noviello received his Masters of Engineering degree, his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, with honors, and his AAS degree in Engineering, all from Rochester Institute of Technology. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark. Mr. Noviello has maintained a professional engineering firm and a general practice law firm since 1984 and has practiced land surveying since 1991 including 10 years in industry and six years in government. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Noviello is a licensed Land Surveyor in New York and Connecticut. He is an Attorney-at-Law in New York and New Jersey State Courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York, and the Federal Court for the State of New Jersey.