Agenda

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Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before the start time.

Tuesday, June 18, 2024
8:30 am – 4:30 pm EDT

 

Presented by: Jeffrey A. Brem, P.E.

Feasibility Planning

  • Client objective
  • Use, regulatory review, mapping

Conceptual Planning

  • Site visit
  • Limited on-site survey
  • Wetland delineation
  • Identify potential constraints and opportunities

Project Types

Residential

  • Single family
  • Townhouses
  • Mid/high rise/multi-family/apartments

Commercial, Institutional, Recreation, Agriculture, Other

  • Parking
  • Utilities
  • Traffic studies and improvements
  • Walks
  • Street access/ curb cuts/signals
  • Off-site improvements

Site Design – Residential

  • Roadway planning – calming curves, finalize concept
  • Roadway plan view
  • Roadway profile view
  • Grading and auto grading

Site Design – Commercial

  • Layout
  • Grading
  • Drainage
  • Utilities
  • Lighting
  • Landscaping
  • Signage

Site Grading

  • Roadway
  • Drainage
  • Stormwater
  • Septic system design
  • Single family lots/multi-family/commercial

EPA – NPDES-Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans

  • SWPPP
  • Erosion control

Computer Applications

  • Standard – MS Word, Excel, others
  • AutoCAD and other design programs
  • HydroCAD and other drainage design programs

Project Management, Permitting, Entitlements

  • Consulting proposal and contract
  • Schedule
  • Invoicing
  • Team members
  • Application process
  • Permits
  • Peer review
  • Presentations

Construction Engineering

  • Value engineering
  • Pre-construction
  • Shop drawing review

   

Webinar Instructions

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.

Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.

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Credits

Engineers
7.0 PDHs

Architects
7.0 HSW CE Hours

AIA - American Institute of Architects
7.0 LU|HSW

Landscape Architects
7.0 HSW CE Hours

LACES - Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System
7.0 HSW PDHs

ICC - International Code Council
.7 CEUs (Sitework)

 

Continuing Education Credit Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 7.0 PDHs for professional engineers, 7.0 HSW continuing education hours for licensed architects, and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours for landscape architects in all states that allow this learning method. Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider License No: CEA362), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700) and North Carolina (S-0130). HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York 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)). Other states do not preapprove continuing education providers or courses.

The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System has approved this course for 7.0 HSW LUs (Sponsor No. J885). Only full participation is reportable to the AIA/CES.

The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System has approved this course for 7.0 HSW PDHs. Only full participation is reportable to the LA CES.

The International Code Council has approved this event for .7 CEUs in the specialty area of Sitework (Preferred Provider No. 1232).

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).

On-Demand Credits

The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate. The following pre-approvals may be available for the on-demand format upon request:

7.0 HSW LUs (AIA)

Speakers

Jeffrey A. Brem, P.E.

Owner and Registered Professional Engineer, Meisner Brem Corporation

Mr. Brem has been a registered professional engineer since 1987 in California and holds active registration in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. He has led his own small civil engineering and land surveying practice for over 32 years with two offices and up to 28 employees. His experience includes designing private land developments, stormwater management systems, sanitary sewer systems, wastewater treatment facilities, and roadways. His firm provides land surveying, construction management, engineering site design and a host of other professional services primarily for private, for-profit companies. He has been involved in the design of over 4000 residential single-family house lots many of which were open space or cluster developments, thousands of condominium units, and over 3 million square feet of commercial/ industrial/institutional space. He has advised MassDEP in numerous task forces and committees including as a present full member of the Stormwater Advisory Committee and on the Title 5, Septic System Stakeholders Group. He is the past president, past treasurer and member of the Board of Directors for HBRAM (the Massachusetts Homebuilders Association), past president of Northeast Builders and Remodelers Association (NEBA), and a national delegate of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) based in Washington, DC. In 2024 Mr Brem was appointed by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey to serve on the prestigious “Unlocking Housing Production Commission” to advise the Governor and the Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities on strategies and recommendations to create over 230,000 new residential units in Massachusetts over the next 10 years. He is a proud 35+ year member of the Westford Rotary Club. He has co-authored, with Harvard Law School Professors Joseph William Singer and Brandon Storm, a legal case study on real estate development entitled the Case of the Interfaith Neighbors, July 2016 (PSW021-SM01). In addition to engineering, Mr. Brem has been a land developer and homebuilder, recently constructing 25 residential homes in four separate projects in Massachusetts. He enjoys skiing, golfing, Cape Cod, and his family.

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: Civil Site Design for Residential and Commercial Development in Northern New England

Delivery Method: Live Online

Course Description: This seven-hour course examines site feasibility planning, conceptual planning, distinctions between residential and commercial site development and construction, site grading, drainage and stormwater management, septic system planning, and project management and permitting, with a focus on challenges specific to northern New England.

Learning Objectives:

Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to participate in site feasibility and conceptual planning that will identify potential constraints and opportunities.

Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to identify the design elements for, and distinctions of, residential site planning and commercial, institutional, and recreational site design.

Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to explain how site grading for roadways, single family lots, multi-family lots, and commercial lots accomplishes drainage requirements for stormwater, stormwater pollution prevention planning, and septic systems.

Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to understand the capabilities, applications and functions of AutoCAD, HydroCAD, 3-D modeling and other programs in site design.

LUs: 7.0                                                                                              LU Type: LU|HSWs.

Prerequisites: Experience with site development planning and construction

Advance Preparation: None

Program Level: Intermediate

Course Expiration Date: 04/16/2027

Complaint Resolution Policy:

Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to fchapman@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.