Agenda
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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
8:30 am – 4:30 pm EDT
Agenda:
Presented by Matthew A. Noviello
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
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Credits
Engineers
7.0 PDHs (Including 1.5 Ethics PDH)
PIE - Practicing Institute of Engineering
7.0 PDHs
Continuing Education Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 7.0 PDHs, including 1.5 Ethics PDHs, for professional engineers in New York.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers via its registration with the Practicing Institute of Engineering (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2)). Other states do not preapprove continuing education providers or courses.
This webinar has been evaluated for compliance with NYS Mandatory Continuing Education requirements for professional engineers by the Practicing Institute of Engineering and has been approved for 7.0 PDHs.
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 on-demand format does not qualify for CLE credit.
Speakers
Matthew A. Noviello
Principal in Noviello & Noviello, Esqs. and Principal in Matthew A. Noviello, P.E., L.S., in Carmel, NYMr. Noviello is an attorney-at-law, a professional engineer, and land surveyor who enjoys teaching. He has taught real property law, survey law and, more recently, alpine skiing. Mr. Noviello received his Master 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 he has practiced land surveying since 1991, with ten 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 New York and Connecticut licensed land surveyor. He holds law licenses in New York State Courts, US Supreme Court, Federal Court for the Southern District of New York, and Federal Court for the State of New Jersey.