Agenda

Introduction to Foundations in Cold Regions
Thursday, February 20, 2020, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CST


   
   Working in the cold

   
   Construction and the long term thermal regime

   
   Construction for shallow foundations

   
   Construction for deep foundations

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Credits

Engineers: 
     1.5 PDHs

Architects:
     1.5 HSW CE Hours

AIA:
     1.5 LU|HSW

Continuing Education Credit Information

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Speakers

Steven Halcomb, P.E., G.E.

Devise Engineering

Mr. Halcomb has over 16 years of geotechnical earthquake engineering experience in Alaska and throughout the US. He is Principal Geotechnical Engineer with Devise Engineering in Anchorage, Alaska. Mr. Halcomb regularly oversees geotechnical efforts on projects ranging from several hundred thousand to multi-million dollars in various environments including the arctic, subarctic, and marine. He has experience in shallow and deep foundation design, retaining walls, slope stability, pavements, excavations, and regularly aids during construction and performs various inspections. Mr. Halcomb has worked in ideal and adverse conditions including liquefiable and expansive soils and frozen ground requiring extensive thermal modeling. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Geo-Institute. Mr. Halcomb earned his B.S., M.C.E., M.S. in Arctic Engineering, and an Earthquake graduate certificate all from the University of Alaska Anchorage.