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 am – 5:00 pm

Cities and Towns at the Frontlines of a Changing Climate

   How municipalities can lead on climate adaptation
   Identifying hazards to coastlines and to coastal construction
      • Sea level rise, flooding and storm surge
      • Extreme weather events, erosion, wind and sand movement
      • Earthquakes, temperature extremes and others

Regulation of Coastal Areas and Coastal Construction

   FEMA and National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
   Reviewing state and local building codes and land use regulations

Moving from Risks to Strengths and Prioritizing Actions

   Helping clients understand coastal resilience
      • Reviewing existing plans and mapping
      • Engaging municipal government, local stakeholders, vulnerable populations
      • Identifying information gaps, hazards and risks
      • Finding strengths, opportunities and prioritizing actions

Incentivizing Coastal Resilience

   MA Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program
      • Planning and action grants
   Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Coastal Resilience Grant Program
      • Vulnerability and risk assessments, public education and others
   Regional, national and other incentives

Coastal Management Techniques at Building, Site and Community Scales

   Building and site scale
      • Wet/dry floodproofing, retrofitting, raised ground floor and adding floors
      • Flood barriers
   Community-scale actions
      • Elevating structures
      • Coastal infrastructure
      • Managed relocation and buyouts
   Coastal design case study 1

Blue-Green, Hybrid & Gray Coastal Infrastructure

   Traditional coastal infrastructure
      • Coastal armoring: seawalls, levees, revetments, breakwaters
   Blue-green and hybrid coastal infrastructure
      • Beach restoration and nourishment
      • Living shorelines, constructed wetlands, marsh sills, living reefs & revetments
   Coastal design case study 2

Co-Benefits with Other Resilient Practices

   Emergency management, evacuation and transit links
   Integrated stormwater management inland and upland
   Increasing adaptive capacity: social networks and community resilience

Putting Coastal Resilience into Practice

   A rapid-paced workshop on a site-specific location

Credits

Professional Engineers
     7.0 Continuing Ed. Hours

Architects
     7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
     7.0 AIA LU|HSW

Floodplain Managers
     7.0 ASFPM CECs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 7.0 continuing education hours/PDHs for engineers in all states.

HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for engineers and architects via its registration with the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2) and §69.6(i)(2)).

This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System for 7.0 LU|HSW (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES. Visit www.halfmoonseminars.org to view complete AIA/CES information under this course listing.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 7.0 CECs.

This event offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state with a continuing education requirement for 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

Dave Hampton

re:ground llc | resiliency strategies

Owner and Principal re:ground llc | resiliency strategies Medford, Massachusetts
re:ground llc is a resilience strategies consultancy which involves everyday people in climate adaptation by integrating natural systems and built environments.
Mr. Hampton has over 20 years of design, construction administration, planning and adaptation experience. His work abroad includes Haiti, where he led post-earthquake recovery and redevelopment for Architecture for Humanity and J/P Haitian Relief Organization. Mr. Hampton contributed environmental resilience strategies to the Fond des Blancs Town Center Strategic Plan for Build Health International. In post-Hurricane Maria Dominica, he coordinated housing recovery for the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).
His work in the U.S. includes the design and construction administration for five senior centers for the City of Chicago Department on Aging, public engagement in Bridgeport, Connecticut for Rebuild by Design and contribution to a finalist entry for the Boston Living with Water competition, which proposed scalable and replicable disaster risk financing, regulatory intervention, and adaptation strategies. Mr. Hampton holds a master of Design Studies degree in Risk and Resilience from Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Virginia Tech. He is co-chair of the Boston Society of Architects Committee on Resilient Environments (CORE). Mr. Hampton is currently working with Clarendon Hill Consulting for the Town of Nahant as a Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program certified provider.

AIA Info

AIA Provider Statement:

HalfMoon Education Inc. is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number J885. All registered AIA/CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider of learning program may be sent to AIA/CES (cesupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).

This learning program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA/CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.

Course Title: Planning and Building for Coastal Resilience

Delivery Method: Live

Course Description: This 7.0 hour live lecture presentation covers the identification of hazards to coastlines and coastal construction, state and local building codes and land use regulations, helping clients understand coastal resilience, incentivizing coastal resilience, coastal management techniques at building, site and community scale, and adapting coastal infrastructure.

Learning Objectives: 

Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to identify hazards to coastlines and to coastal construction and be able to reference state and local building codes and land use regulations that address the impacts of climate change.

Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to assist clients in understanding coastal resilience and prioritizing and incentivizing actions to address extreme weather events, erosion, and wind damage.

Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to identify actions that can be taken for individual structures, including floodproofing, retrofitting, raised ground floors, and flood barriers.

Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to identify community and national level actions that can be taken to increase coastal resilience, including elevating structures, coastal infrastructure upgrades, managed relocation and buyouts, emergency management, evacuations, transit improvements, integrated inland and upland stormwater management, beach restoration, living shorelines, constructed wetlands, marsh sills, and living reefs.

LUs: 7.0                                                                                              LU Type: LU|HSWs.

Prerequisites: Familiarity and acceptance of the threat of climate change to communities, their habitability, and residents health, safety and welfare.

Advance Preparation: None

Program Level: Intermediate

Course Expiration Date: 02/18/2022

Complaint Resolution Policy:

Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to doug@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.