Civil Engineering

Gravel Road Construction: 4 PDH
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It is estimated that over a third of the 4.09 million miles of roadway in the United States are not paved. These are typically unpaved gravel or dirt roads, and they’re mostly located throughout rural areas and communities where the volume of traffic is so low that paving and maintaining a paved road is not economically feasible. In this course the student will understand basic concepts in designing and maintaining gravel surfaced roads and essential tips to ensure lasting performance.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain gravel roadways routine maintenance and rehabilitation

Discuss drainage and its importance

Describe surface gravel types

Discuss dust control and stabilization

Recognize innovations and recent trends

Explain construction guidelines and gradation determination

Explain gravel road project quantity calculations

Discuss gravel deterioration and when to pave

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Lessons Learned-Design and Construction of Buildings: 3 PDH
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In this course the student will review lessons learned from post building occupancy evaluations to understand common building design and/or construction flaws and review essential tips to correct, avoid and/or mitigate these occurrences.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain overall building design and construction best practices

Discuss general building site and landscape guidelines

Discuss envelope/structure essential tips

Understand architecture/interiors best practices

Describe mechanical/plumbing lessons learned

Explain lighting/electrical essentail tips

Explain operational fundamentals as relates to accessibility, durability, reliability, and maintainability/cleanability

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 15 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies three (3) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Remote Sensing Essentials: 5 PDH
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In this course the student will understand the theory and practice of remote sensing and image processing. Remote sensing is valuable tool for engineers and surveyors as it provides a cost-effective means of surveying, monitoring, and mapping objects at or near the surface of the Earth.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain remote sensing and its applications

Discuss the basic components of remote sensing

Discuss the history and future of remote sensing

Understand three-dimensional (3d) data acquisition

Describe elements of processing geospatial data

Explain image enhancements

Explain Digital Elevation Models (DEMs)

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Residential Structural Design: 5 PDH
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In this course the student will understand the basics of residential construction and design, residential structural design concepts and design loads for residential buildings and to gain an understanding of modern design methods and concepts for light-frame homes, apartments, and townhouses.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain American housing relative to its history, construction characteristics, regulation, and performance experience

Discuss structural sesign as it applies to residential buildings

Discuss the latest technical knowledge and engineering approaches for the design of homes

Explain design loads for residential buildings

Explain the various loads and load combinations

Review the various design approaches and corresponding calculations

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Strategies for Improving Sustainability of Concrete Pavements: 3 PDH
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In this course the student will understand sustainability throughout the entire concrete pavement life cycle and the importance of recognizing context sensitivity and assessing trade-offs in developing sustainable solutions.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain selection, design, and production of asphalt materials for sustainability

Discuss sustainable strategies in asphalt pavement design and construction

Describe sustainable concepts on preservation/maintenance of asphalt pavements

Explain asphalt pavement end of life sustainable strategies

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 15 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies three (3) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Sustainable Concrete Pavements: 5 PDH
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In this course the student will understand concrete pavement sustainability concepts and recommended practices for maximizing the sustainability of concrete pavements.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain sustainability and how it applies to concrete pavements

Discuss pavement sustainability concepts

Describe concrete pavement design attributes enhancing sustainability

Recite sustainable concrete pavement materials

Recognize construction issues related to sustainability

Identify concrete pavement renewal practices

Discuss economic and environmental analyses of sustainable concrete pavements

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Accident and Operational Safety Analysis: 4 PDH
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In this course the student will understand the fundamental concepts of accident dynamics, accident prevention, and accident analysis. The student will learn the theoretical bases of safety management and accident analysis, and the practical application of a Safety Management framework for an organization.
Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain accidents and accident models

Discuss cause and effect relationships

Understand human performance considerations

Describe safety management systems

Recognize accident types/ individual and systems

Explain the design of accident investigations

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a twenty (20) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
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Engineering Human Performance Optimization in the Workplace Part 1: 4 PDH
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Part 1 of a two part series, In this course the student will understand the strategic approach for improving performance to reduce human error and manage controls so as to reduce unwanted events and/or mitigate their impact should they occur. The student will learn methods and techniques for catching and reducing errors and locating and eliminating latent organizational weaknesses.
Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain human performance and its principles

Discuss the anatomy of a human triggered event

Understand strategic approach for human performance

Describe human fallibility and common traits of human nature

Discuss performance modes of human performance

Recognize error-likely situations

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a twenty (20) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
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Approach Roadway Deformations: 4 PDH
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In this course the student will understand roadway approach embankment design and construction and methods to mitigate deformations typically seen in these structure, including the infamous “bump” encountered at the approach to structure interface.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain typical approach roadway deformation problems

Discuss internal and external deformation

Understand computation of immediate and consolidation settlements

Explain deformation design solutions

Understand construction monitoring and quality assurance

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Engineering Description of Soils and Rocks: 4 PDH
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In this course the student will understand the engineering characteristics of soils and rocks and to how to properly identify and classify to develop a subsurface profile for site evaluations.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Discuss soil descriptions and standards

Explain soil classification and properties

Discuss practical aspects of fine-grained and course-grained soils

Explain rock descriptions and classifications (SPT)

Understand subsurface profile development

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Geotechnical Subsurface Exploration for Roadways: 5 PDH
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In this course the student will understand the essentials of subsurface explorations for roadways with a comprehensive overview including site preparation, sampling methods, types of testing and methods, as well as standard guidelines and recommendations.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Discuss preparing for subsurface explorations

Explain field reconnaissance and setting-up a exploration program

Discuss sampling techniques and tools

Explain various tests in addition to the standard penetration test (SPT)

Understand guidelines for minimum exploration

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Laboratory Testing for Geotechnical Design and Construction: 5 PDH
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In this course the student will understand the intricate details of laboratory testing of subsurface soils and rocks in order to obtain values of their engineering properties necessary for design.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain common laboratory test methods

Discuss laboratory testing equipment for soil and rock samples

Discuss testing procedures

Explain measured parameters

Understand common guidelines for testing soils and rocks

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Slope Stability in Embankments and Structures: 5 PDH
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In this course the student will understand the design of slope stability in embankments and structures and how to recognize, analyze, and solve slope instability issues encountered.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain the effects of water on slope stability

Discuss Factor of Safety in Design

Understand how to solve slope instability problems

Explain methods and tools to solve slope instability issues

Understand methods to improve stability

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Strategies for Improving Sustainability of Asphalt Pavements: 3 PDH
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In this course the student will understand sustainability throughout the entire pavement life cycle and the importance of recognizing context sensitivity and assessing trade-offs in developing sustainable solutions.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain selection, design, and production of asphalt materials for sustainability

Discuss sustainable strategies in asphalt pavement design and construction

Understand sustainable concepts on preservation/maintenance of asphalt pavements

Explain asphalt pavement end of life sustainable strategies

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 15 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies three (3) hours of professional development (PDH).
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Stress and Strain in Soils: 4 PDH
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In this course the student will understand the properties and mechanics of soils and accurately calculate the stresses and deformations of soil masses.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Understand weight-volume relationships

Discuss vertical and lateral stress distributions

Discuss load deformation processes

Explain strength of soils

Understand calculating stress and strain

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a 20 question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies four (4) hours of professional development (PDH).
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ADA Standards for Accessible Designs: 6 PDH
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal civil rights law intended to protect qualified persons with disabilities from discrimination in employment, government services and programs, transportation, public accommodations, and telecommunications. The ADA covers a wide range of legal and regulatory issues with regard to Americans with disabilities. This course will focus on the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (the ADA Accessibility Design Guidelines), with which engineers and architects need to comply when working on new constructions or alterations of existing structures.
Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal civil rights law intended to protect qualified persons with disabilities from discrimination in employment, government services and programs, transportation, public accommodations, and telecommunications. The ADA covers a wide range of legal and regulatory issues with regard to Americans with disabilities. This course will focus on the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (the ADA Accessibility Design Guidelines), with which engineers and architects need to comply when working on new constructions or alterations of existing structures.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

ADA Accessibility Design Guidelines
General instructions and definitions

Technical specifications and requirements on elements and spaces

Specific requirements for restaurants

Specific requirements for cafeterias

Specific requirements for medical facilities

Specific requirements for business facilities

Specific requirements for lodging facilities

Specific requirements for libraries

Specific requirements for transportation facilities

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a thirty (30) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies six (6) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
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Administering the Construction Project : 2.5 PDH (On-Demand Webinar)
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In this course the student will examine the management and administrative procedures that practitioners will need to guide construction projects from the pre-construction phase to project close out successfully. The course will benefit professional engineers serving as project managers or field representatives by presenting techniques that can be applied to the construction project to enhance operations, improve scheduling, mitigate issues, and help minimize and resolve claims or disputes.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Describe the different types of project delivery systems

Discuss the various responsibilities of each project member

Discuss necessary documentation and construction laws

Explain the bidding process and contract award

Describe planning, scheduling, and operations

Discuss changes and handling claims and disputes

Explain project closeouts

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a five question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. Records also are available anytime online by accessing your account on EZ-pdh.com. This course satisfies 2.5 professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
Our On-demand Webinars are recorded from live webinars conducted utilizing GotoWebinar.com service (chosen for reliability, ease of use, no software required and ability to attend using your computer, tablet, or smart phone).

Upon purchase your will have access to launch the On-demand Webinar.

The On-demand Webinar will play through similar to a live webinar, however you will have the ability to take anytime, pause/rewind and complete in more than one session.

Upon completion you will then answer a short five question quiz, which can be taken unlimited times until passing, immediately generating a certificate of completion.
You may print or save your certificate or access anytime within your account.
Advanced Fabricated Building: 6 PDH
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In this course the student will understand the building requirements of manufactured structures, particularly residential homes in Florida, as well as understand the various fabrication materials used for other advanced building projects. Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Discuss building codes & HUD codes for fabricated structures

Understand the materials & products of manufactured buildings

Discuss systems & systems testing of manufactured buildings

Explain the various fabrication products for advanced construction

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each of these fabrication products

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a twenty (20) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies six (6) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
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Aerial Photogrammetry: 5 PDH
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In this course the student will understand procedural guidance, technical specifications, and quality control (QC) criteria for performing aerial photogrammetric mapping activities.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Discuss the fundamentals & principles of aerial photogrammetry

Explain photographic scale, geometry and coordinate system equations

Discuss operational procedures and standards

Discuss all aspects of planning

Explain aerial image acquisition & aerial triangulation

Understand digital photogrammetric mapping workflow

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a twenty (20) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies five (5) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
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Airborne Topographic LiDAR: 3 PDH
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In this course the student will review the principles of Airborne Topographic LiDAR and learn how to utilize methods to employ this technology in the field.Instructor: Raymond Bosek, PE
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL OBTAINED

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

Explain what Airborne Topographic LiDAR is

Understand the principles and methods of operation

Discuss overall planning concepts

Discuss LiDAR data processing and report generation

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a ten (10) question multiple-choice quiz. The quiz can be retaken unlimited times until a passing grade of 70% or better is earned. This course satisfies three (3) professional development hours (PDH) of continuing education.
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