Agenda

Registration:                    8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:             8:30 am – 11:45 am

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

Afternoon Session:           12:45 – 4:30 pm

Structure Loads, Soils, Groundwater and Drainage

   Structural foundation, slab, basement, retaining wall loading

   Soil mechanics and structures

      • Soil properties

      • Groundwater and site drainage

      • Underground utilities and roof drains

      • Foundation bearing capacity and settlement

      • Soil loads on basement and retaining walls

Foundation Design and Construction

   Design and construction of foundations

      • Continuous wall footings, column footings

   Design and construction of basement walls

   Design and construction of specialty features: walk-outs, partially-exposed foundations, and retaining walls

Evaluation of Foundation Slab Damage and Repair Alternatives

   Inspection, monitoring, and damage assessment

      • Settlement

      • Frost heave

      • Expansive soils

      • Shrinkage

      • Subsurface erosion

      • Sinkhole subsidence

      • Mine subsidence

      • Pumping-dewatering

      • Cracking

      • Utility failures

   Repair methods and example case histories

      • Piers, piles

      • Soil tiebacks

      • Underpinning

      • Ground improvement

Evaluation of Wall Damage and Repair Alternatives

   Inspection, monitoring, and damage assessment

      • Settlement

      • Frost loading

      • Expansive soils

      • Shrinkage

      • Poor drainage

      • Utility failures

      • Failure of connections to supporting diaphragms

   Repair methods and example case histories

      • Piers, piles

      • Soil tieback

      • Carbon fibers

      • Soldier beams

      • Crack repair

      • Secant-tangent walls

      • Underpinning

      • Reconstruction

Credits

Architects

     6.0 HSW Contact Hours
     6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units

Professional Engineers

     6.0 Contact Hours/PDHs

Contractors

     Non-Mandatory Cont. Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers in all states.

HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for architects via its affiliation with the American Institute of Architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New York engineers (NYSED No. 35) and New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).

The American Institute of Architects has approved this event for 6.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey and District of Columbia architects.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, and North Dakota.

This event offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors, but 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

Michael Perlow Jr., P.E.

Retired Civil & Geotechnical Engineer

Michael Perlow Jr., P.E. is a retired civil & geotechnical engineer with more than 45 years of experience in engineering geology, geotechnical engineering and failure investigations. He is a registered professional engineer and a graduate of Lehigh University with BSCE and MSCE degrees. He is also the author of some 35 technical publications and has presented at numerous conferences, seminars, and meetings.
Mr. Perlow retired from full-time consulting in January 2016 and continues to work part-time in retirement. He provides continuing education seminars and webinars on Foundation damage assessment and repair and is completing a three year applied research effort on drilled foundation limit state pile capacity verification along with a book on geo-environmental hazard risk management.
Mr. Perlow has extensive foundation failure assessment-repair experience associated with major sinkhole stabilization projects, utility main breaks and geo-environmental hazard triggered failures. He has directed geologic, geophysical, groundwater quality, and geotechnical investigations for major projects including the $100 million AT&T Solid State Technology Center, Interstate 78 through the Schantz Spring Aquifer in Lehigh County in Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Regional Postal Facility as well as the Vera Cruz Road and Macungie sinkhole collapses. He also has extensive marine geotechnical experience with coastal, offshore and university research projects.