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Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

The mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) wall course provides an introductory lesson addressing the basics of MSE wall design. The course, which has been separated into three parts, covers the following topics:

Part 1 - History of MSE Structures (ancient and modern).
Part 1 - Industry Design Methods and Programs.
Part 1 - Segmental Block and Reinforcement Products.
Part 2 - Failure Modes.
Part 2 - Civil Design Considerations.
Part 2 - Geotechnical Engineering Considerations and Soils Testing.
Part 2 - Why Do MSE Walls Fail?
Part 3 - Detailed hand calculation.

The course is geared toward engineers who practice in the civil, geotechnical, surveying and structural disciplines.

116-Mechanically Stabilized Earth Structures - Part 2

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4 $90.00

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

Part 1 - History or MSE Structures (ancient and modern).
Part 1 - Industry Design Methods and Programs.
Part 1 - Segmental Block and Reinforcement Products.
Part 2 - Failure Modes.
Part 2 - Civil Design Considerations.
Part 2 - Geotechnical Engineering Considerations and Soils Testing.
Part 2 - Why Do MSE Walls Fail?
Part 3 - Detailed hand calculation.

The course is geared toward engineers who practice in the civil, geotechnical, surveying and structural disciplines.

117-Mechanically Stabilized Earth Structures - Part 3

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4 $90.00

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

Part 1 - History or MSE Structures (ancient and modern).
Part 1 - Industry Design Methods and Programs.
Part 1 - Segmental Block and Reinforcement Products.
Part 2 - Failure Modes.
Part 2 - Civil Design Considerations.
Part 2 - Geotechnical Engineering Considerations and Soils Testing.
Part 2 - Why Do MSE Walls Fail?
Part 3 - Detailed hand calculation.

The course is geared toward engineers who practice in the civil, geotechnical, surveying and structural disciplines.

023-Marina Site Analysis

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4 $90.00

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

A very important component of the maritime design process becomes one of properly assessing a perspective site, and advising your client as to the pros and cons associated with site suitability; and in fact must be the first step in planning any maritime facility. This continuing education program is intended to provide the design engineer with the basic essentials for performing several levels of site assessment as appropriate for the structures discussed within this text. These range from simple recreational piers to light commercial facilities. These basics are:

Fetch & Wave Climate Forecasting

Determining Baseline Information
Determination of Site Water Level Ranges
Determination of Wind Stress
Determination of Wave Climate

Assessment of Site Soil Conditions

Simple & Preliminary Investigation Procedures
More Advanced Investigation Methods

Each of these subjects will take the reader through the step by step process of performing that phase of the pre-design site analysis and will discuss the suitability of each for the respective level of service of the respective docking facilities. The procedures laid out herein are suitable for very simple recreational docks to more sophisticated procedures required for light commercial docking facilities. This course is a prerequisite for the other maritime courses prepared by this author, which include the other design phases of boating similar facility designs.

068-Dredging and the Environment - Part 1 (Dredging 101)

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078-Dredging and the Environment - Part 2 (Dredging of Contaminated Sediments)

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

As we pass the end of the first decade of the new millennium we are seeing an increased emphasis on the restoration of the environment. One of the areas of such focus are our waterways and marine habitats, many of which are in dire need of help. The more I become involved in these maritime restoration projects — the more I see a general lack of basic understanding of the processes of Dredging. This loosely termed and routinely misunderstood word plays a critical role in both waterway cleanup as well as habitat reconstruction. As such, this continuing education course is designed to help those who become connected to such projects develop a practical understanding of what dredging is, how it works, and how it can best be used on waterway and habitat restoration projects.

This is a multi-part course that examines dredging as it relates to various types of environmental projects. This is Part One, essentially Dredging 101, which will give the reader a basic understanding of the fundamentals of dredging. Points that will be covered are:

The basic methods of dredging (Mechanical and Hydraulic).
The types of commonly available dredging equipment.
The basic operation of dredging and differences in the methods.
Character of and working with common dredged materials.
Selection of the dredge method for common types of projects.
The important advantages and disadvantages of each method.
The basics of underwater grade control (bathymetric or hydrographic survey).

This course is recommended as an introduction to "Dredging and the Environment Part 2", which will focus on Dredging as it relates to Environmental Restoration Projects. Dredging applications that will be examined in Part 2 will be Beach and Dune Nourishment, Habitat Restoration, Contaminated Sediment Removal, and Capping.

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4 $90.00

092-Dredging and the Environment - Part 3 (Beach Nourishment and Wetland Restoration)

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This is Part Two multi-part course on Dredging that examines dredging as it relates to various types of environmental projects. This Course covers Dredging of Contaminated Sediments, which examines basic design concepts as well as the Management/Constructability ("how-to") aspect of dredging as it relates to various types of environmental waterway restoration projects. If the reader is not already familiar with the fundamentals of dredging, we suggest a review of our course titled "Dredging and the Environment Part One", also available on this site, before launching into this course, as there are a number of important terms and subjects covered in Part 1 that will be applied in this course, and without an basic understanding of the material covered in Part One the reader may not get the full benefit of this course. Subjects that will be covered in this Part 2 course are:"

Historical Overview
Nature and Identification of Contaminated Sediments
Sampling and Site Investigation
Survey
Sediment Sampling
Quality Control
Design Procedures and Precautions in Waterway Remediation
Design Overview
Bottom Graded Finish — what to expect
Dredging Accuracy
Side Slopes

This course is recommended as an introduction for the individual that is interested in the overall aspects of how the Dredging process can be used as an environmental restoration tool. The course material is suggested for the designer, permitting specialist or regulator; it is intended to help broaden the understanding of this technology. It is also intended to be very practical in nature, and focused on how the dredging process can work best in the restoration of waterways. It will also cover many of the dos and don'ts of dredging and project management — as well as what can and cannot be expected and accomplished using today's available technology.

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4 $90.00

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This is a multi-part course examines dredging as it relates to various types of environmental projects. If you are not already familiar with the fundamentals of dredging please review Dredging and the Environment Part One, (available on the SunCam web site at: /continuing-education/100186.html), we suggest that you consider taking that course before launching into this course. There are a number of important subjects covered in Part 1 that will be implemented in this course, and without an basic understanding of the material covered in Part 1 you may not get the full benefit of this course. Major points that will be covered in this course are:

Beach nourishment projects.
Wetland habitat restoration projects (which would also apply to mitigation sites, nesting islands and the like).

This course is recommended as an introduction to the individual who is interested in the overall aspects of how Dredging can be used as an environmental restoration tool. The course material will be very practical in nature, it will cover many of the dos and don'ts — as well as what can and cannot be accomplished using today's available technology.

077-Septic System Design

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Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This course is intended to provide engineers, designers, and contractors with knowledge of how a septic system works, the components that make up the system, and the considerations involved in designing a septic system. Biologically, every septic system treats effluent waste in the same manner but the design process changes slightly with each state. And because each state has its own code with slight variations in their requirements, this is not intended to be an all-inclusive course in the design or installation of septic systems for each state. However, the design process can be used in every state with minor adaptations for a specific state.

The course will start "at the beginning" and then progress through the sequence of components from the septic tanks to the drainfield and the design involved in each of these components. The course will cover gravity systems, trench and bed drainfields, mounded systems, pumped systems, and Aerobic Treatment Units. It will also cover site placement considerations that must be evaluated when determining the location of a septic drainfield.

132-Fundamentals of Helical Anchors/Piles, Part I

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4 $90.00

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This course covers the fundamentals of Helical Anchors for deep foundations. This course is a good introductory course for engineers new to Helical Anchor design and is a good refresher for experienced engineers. The course gives a brief history and background of this type of foundation product. You will learn about corrosion, the correlation between torque and load capacity for Helical Anchors, column buckling, lateral capacity and aspects of soil mechanics as it applies to Helical Anchors.

By successfully completing this course, you should be comfortable performing preliminary calculations relating to torque vs. capacity, friction capacity, column buckling, and lateral capacity.

252-Fundamentals of Foundation Design

(4.3) 86 Reviews

4 $90.00

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This course covers the fundamentals of Foundation Design. This course is a good introductory course for engineers who wish to review the principles of foundation design and is a good refresher for experienced engineers. The course gives a background on soil mechanics and the design of shallow foundations. You will learn about bearing pressures, design of wall footings, design of an axially loaded two-way footing, bearing pressure under eccentrically loaded footings and basic reinforcing design for footings.

By successfully completing this course, you should be comfortable performing preliminary calculations for shallow foundations and footing design.

328-Pile Supported Foundation Design

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4 $90.00

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This course covers the design of pile supported foundations. This course is a good introductory course for engineers new to the design and analysis of pile cap design and is a good refresher for experienced engineers. The course gives a brief background of the types of piling utilize in deep foundations. You will learn about piling arrangement, pile load calculations due to axial loads and moments, direct shear, deep beam shear and punching shear as it applies to pile cap design.

By successfully completing this course, you should be comfortable performing calculations relating to flexural reinforcement, pile cap thickness required to resist shear and procedures which are per the Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-14).

376-An Introduction to Drilled Shaft Foundation Design

(4.9) 29 Reviews

4 $90.00

Course Objectives: By successfully completing this course, you should be comfortable performing preliminary calculations relating to reinforcement design, Brom's Method for laterally loaded drilled shafts and gain an understanding of many of the construction techniques related to drilled shaft construction.

Course Description:

This course covers the basics of drilled shaft foundation design. An Introduction to Drilled Shaft Foundation Design is a good introductory course for engineers who have limited experience in drilled shaft foundation design and is a good refresher course for experienced engineers. The course gives a brief history and background of this type of foundation. You will learn how to design axial loaded drilled shaft foundations as well as methods required for the design of eccentrically loaded drilled shaft foundations.

169-Design of Drywells

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Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This course is intended for engineers who are involved in land use projects requiring stormwater management. It will be useful for the design of both small and large-scale projects and especially on sites where space is at a premium.

The overall objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive guide to drywell design. It will provide information from the initial design phase right up through the installation of the drywell. In addition, it will provide the user with a guide as to how to size and locate a drywell as well as providing a discussion of where and when these features should or should not be used. Finally, it will guide the engineer through the necessary soil testing to properly locate and size the drywell.

223-Soil Permeability Testing

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4 $90.00

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This course is intended for engineers who design individual septic disposal systems or any other features (drywells, infiltration basins, etc.).

The overall objective of this course is to provide a detailed account of a variety of field and laboratory soil tests to determine soil suitability. It presents a cookbook type approach to these tests, specifying the materials needed and the methodology employed. After completing this course the engineer should be able to conduct all of the tests described in the course.

243-Soil Erosion & Sediment Control Plans

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Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This course is intended for engineers who are involved in land use projects that disturb the soil, including construction, mining, and other activities. It presents an overview of soil erosion and sediment control plans and describes several specific practices in detail.

The overall objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive description of soil erosion and sediment control plans and to familiarize the reader with the most commonly-employed practices. In addition, it presents detailed information on a number of soil erosion control practices and describes how and when to use them.

227-Earthwork Basics and a Traditional Calculation Method

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4 $90.00

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Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This course is developed to identify the basics of earthwork and to explain a "traditional" method of performing earthwork analysis via hand calculations. This study is for those who are not experienced with earthwork, earthwork calculations and earthwork equipment.

Additionally, it is intended to be a helpful a refresher and source to anyone who has worked in Civil Engineering and/or Land Development looking for a resource discussing earthwork basics. Earthwork analysis is an important topic for any Civil Engineer involved in roadway and land development to understand associated with their required design. This course will focus more on site analysis than on the analysis required to economically determine the elevation of highways through mountainous regions.

This course will also expose the student to the basic equipment used in the construction field associated with earthwork.

327-An Introduction to Pond and Lake Dredging

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407-Systems: Tectonic & Hydrologic ‒ Field Study Observations & Interpretations

Course Objectives: This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description:

This course is designed to be an introduction into the planning, assessment, design and execution of dredge projects in inland waterways of Ponds and Lakes (coastal waterbodies that are tidally influenced will need to be approached differently). These bodies of water are an incredible resource in our country, they are sources of our drinking water, they provide flood storage and recreational opportunities, and are an integral part of our landscape.

There are numerous influences that affect the quality of our Ponds and Lakes, from development within the watershed, changes in environment and water levels (floods and droughts), and aging infrastructure (both on the inputs and the outlet/control structures). All of these influences may result in diminished water quality, invasive aquatic species, and sedimentation and infill of the waterbody. Dredging is an effective approach to counteract these negative effects on the waterbodies and that's what we will discuss in this course. It is important to note that dredging may help reduce the negative impacts of the past, but it should also be paired with compatible projects to reduce those impacts from the future, including stormwater management treatment strategies, invasive species monitoring, and other strategies, which will not be covered in this course.

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4 $90.00

Course Objectives: The main objective of this course is to show how tectonic and hydrologic systems can be studied in the field by observations and interpretations.

Course Description:

Petrogenesis is the branch of study under petrology that covers a rocks origin and its past. The Cobbles outcrop is part of the Cheshire quartzite formation. Formation names include two key pieces of information: location and principal rock unit. Cheshire quartzite, describes its location in Cheshire, MA; and describes its dominant rock unit ‒ quartzite.

423-A Practical Review of Statics

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4 $90.00

Course Objectives: By successfully completing this course, you should be comfortable performing calculations relating to Force and Moment Systems, Free-Body Diagrams, Trusses, Flexible Cables, Analysis of Beams with Concentrated Loads and Distributed Loads, Centroids of Lines and Areas, Theorems of Pappus, Area Moments of Inertia, Fluid Statics and Friction.

Course Description:

This course covers the basics of statics. “A Practical Review of Statics” is a good review course for engineers who have been out of school for a while and is a good refresher course for engineers who are recent graduates. The course gives a comprehensive review of the basics of statics.

432-A Practical Review of Mechanics of Materials

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4 $90.00

Course Objectives: By successfully completing this course, you should be comfortable performing calculations relating to Stress-Strain Diagrams & Axial Deformations, Stresses in Beams due to Bending Moments, Stresses in Beams due to Shear, Deflections in Beams, Columns, The Principles of Superposition and Torsion.

Course Description:

This course covers the basics of Mechanics of Materials. “A Practical Review of Mechanics of Materials” is a good review course for engineers who have been out of school for a while and is a good refresher course for engineers who are recent graduates. The course gives a comprehensive review of the basics of Mechanics of Materials.

470-What Every Engineer Should Know about Surveying, Part 1

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471-Fundamentals of Helical Anchors/Piles, Part II - Compression & Uplift Capacity Calculations

Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of use of surveying instruments, surveying measurements, levelling, topographic surveys, and construction surveys.

Course Description:

This course is divided into four (4) parts:

Part 1: Basics of Surveying: Basic concepts, measurements of distances and angles, types and classes of surveys, surveying instrumentation, methods of linear measurement, types of measurements, chains, tapes, standard conditions for use of steel tapes, taping accessories and their use. General principles of EDMI operation, level, theodolite, total stations. Field procedures for total stations in topographic surveys, surveying applications, and field notes.

Part 2: Measurements and Computations: Units of measurements, Methods of linear measurement, types of measurements. Horizontal angle, horizontal distance, vertical angle, vertical distance. accuracy and precision, errors and mistakes, accuracy ratio, stationing, location methods, accuracy and precision, errors and mistakes, accuracy ratio. Measure horizontal distance, Identify and use different measurements, identify equipment of horizontal measurement, Identify the sources of errors and corrective actions.

Part 3: Leveling: Definitions, types of leveling staff, leveling operations, techniques of leveling, benchmark. Leveling (vertical control survey), profile and cross-section leveling, reciprocal leveling, peg test, errors in leveling, contours and their characteristics, various methods of Contouring. Contour intervals, spot elevations, contour properties, locating contours, existing and proposed grading plans. Examples of leveling and calculations. Angles and Directions: Horizontal and vertical angles, meridians, types of horizontal angles, azimuths, bearing, relationship between bearings and azimuths. Reverse directions, azimuth and bearings computations, magnetic declination, types of compasses.

Part 4: Traverse Surveys: Open and closed traverses, latitude and departures, computation of error of closure, and the accuracy of a traverse, traversing with total station instruments. Rules of adjustment, effects of traverse adjustments on the original data, computation of omitted measurements, area of closed traverse methods, use of computer programs. Calculations and examples for traversing, area, angles, bearing, and distances. Calculations and examples for traversing, area, angles, bearing, and distances. Construction Surveying: Learning Objectives, Introduction, Setting out a Peg on a Specified Distance and Bearing, Setting Out Small Buildings, Sewer and Tunnel Construction, Exercise.

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492-Systems: Tectonic & Hydrologic - Field Study Observations & Interpretations - Part 2

Course Objectives: By successfully completing this course, you should be comfortable performing preliminary calculations relating to Helical Anchor/Pile load capacity for vertically installed piles as well as tieback systems for retaining walls.

Course Description:

This course covers the calculations required to design Helical Anchor/Pile deep foundation systems. This course is a good introductory course for engineers new to Helical Anchor design and is a good refresher for experienced engineers. The course provides a background and the appropriate formulas for Helical Anchor/Pile foundation design. You will learn about bearing capacity in cohesive and non-cohesive soils for both uplift and compression and determining soil capacity from soil borings as well as the probe method.

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