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PACKAGE NO: IL30G-08
PACKAGE PDH: 30
PACKAGE PRICE: $324
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COURSE TITLE: Design and Construction of Earth and Rock-Fill Dams
COURSE NO: G07-001
COURSE PROVIDER: Gilbert Gedeon, P.E.
Design and Construction of Earth and Rock-Fill Dams
Course Highlights

This online engineering PDH course presents the fundamental principles underlying the design, construction, performance monitoring and modifications of earth and rock-fill dams. The design and construction of earth and rock-fill dams are complex because of the nature of the varying foundation conditions and range of properties of the materials available for use in the embankment.

 

The successful design, construction, and operation of a reservoir project over the full range of loading require a comprehensive site characterization, a detailed design of each feature, construction supervision, measurement and monitoring of the performance, and the continuous evaluation of the project features during operation.

 

This 7 PDH  online course is applicable to geotechnical and structural engineers, geologists, design and construction personnel who are involved with the design and construction of earth and rock-fill dams.

Learning Objectives

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Geological and subsurface explorations
  • General design considerations and performance parameters
  • Foundation and abutment preparation
  • Seepage control methods
  • Design of embankments and appurtenant structures
  • General construction considerations
  • Types of instrumentation
Course Document

In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the US Corps of Engineers Publication EM 1110-2-2300, "General Design and Construction Considerations for Earth and Rock-Fill Dams".

To view, print and study the course document, please click on the following link(s):
Design and Construction of Earth and Rock-Fill Dams (4.1 MB)
Course Quiz
Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of thirty five (35) questions to earn 7 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on Chapters 1 through 10 of this publication. The appendices are provided for reference only.

 

The minimum passing score is 70%. There is no time limit on the quiz, and you can take it multiple times until you pass at no additional cost.
Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.

COURSE TITLE: Emergency Action Planning for Dam Safety
COURSE NO: C04-054
COURSE PROVIDER: Gilbert Gedeon, P.E.
Emergency Action Planning for Dam Safety
Course Highlights

This engineering online PDH covers the basic guidelines and definitions regarding Emergency  Action Plans (EAP) for dams.

 

To improve the Nation’s emergency preparedness and response capabilities, FEMA believes that formal guidelines are needed to help dam owners, in coordination with emergency management authorities, effectively develop and exercise Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) for dams. The purpose of the guidance in this course is to meet that need.

 

The EAP guidelines in this course are focused on developing or revising EAPs for dams that would likely cause loss of life or significant property damage as a result of a failure or other life-threatening incident. The areas downstream of each dam are unique. Therefore, the extent and degree of potential impacts of each dam vary.

 

This 4 PDH online course is applicable to geotechnical and civil engineers, as well as other technical personnel who are interested in gaining a better understanding in preparing and/or handling emergency action plans for dam safety.
Learning Objectives

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Understanding the purpose, scope, coordination requirements, evacuation responsibilities, and maintenance of the EAP
  • Familiarizing with the outline and contents of an EAP
  • Understanding EAP responsibilities, notification flowcharts, response processes, and preparedness
  • Learning about inundation maps
  • Familiarizing with the notification flowchart, high flow notification table, and inundation map thru various examples
Course Document
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review "Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety Emergency Action Planning for Dams" by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), publication FEMA 64, dated July 2013.
To view, print and study the course document, please click on the following link(s):
EMERGENCY ACTION PLANNING FOR DAM SAFETY (2 MB)
Course Quiz
Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty-five (25) questions to earn 4 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document.
The minimum passing score is 70%. There is no time limit on the quiz, and you can take it multiple times until you pass at no additional cost.
Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.

COURSE TITLE: Rock Foundations
COURSE NO: G09-001
COURSE PROVIDER: Gilbert Gedeon, P.E.
Rock Foundations
Course Highlights

This online engineering PDH course presents the guidelines for the design of rock foundations supporting various types of structures and embankments. These guidelines include information on foundation exploration and testing procedures, load test methods, analysis techniques, design criteria and procedures, and construction considerations. These guidelines provide a minimum standard to be used for planning a satisfactory rock foundation design for a typical situation.

 

This 9 PDH online course is applicable to geotechnical and structural engineers, geologists, as well as design and construction personnel involved in the design of rock foundations.

Learning Objectives

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Foundation design considerations and factor of safety
  • Site investigation techniques and procedures
  • Rock mass characterization and classification schemes
  • Foundation deformation and settlement analysis, estimation and treatment
  • Foundation bearing capacity analysis, estimation and treatment
  • Sliding stability assessment of gravity structures and slopes cut into rock mass
  • Design of rock anchorage systems
  • Selection of appropriate geotechnical instrumentation.
  • Construction considerations of foundations and cut slopes in rock masses
  • Recognizing and treating special conditions
Course Document

In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the US Corps of Engineers Publication EM 1110-1-2908, "Rock Foundations"

To view, print and study the course document, please click on the following link(s):
Rock Foundations (890 KB)
Course Quiz
Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of forty five (45) questions to earn 9 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on this US Corps of Engineers publication.

 

The minimum passing score is 70%. There is no time limit on the quiz, and you can take it multiple times until you pass at no additional cost.
Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.

COURSE TITLE: Scour in Cohesive Soils
COURSE NO: G07-006
COURSE PROVIDER: Gilbert Gedeon, P.E.
Scour in Cohesive Soils
Course Highlights

This online engineering PDH course provides information on scour in cohesive soils and presents a study through which an erosion testing device that simulates open channel flow on a small scale was developed and tested. In addition, a recommended design approach is provided that can be used for estimating scour for a range of cohesive soils.

 

Scour in cohesive soils has been a challenge for engineers and designers. Unlike noncohesive soils, practical measurement techniques and well accepted guidance on the scourability of cohesive soils are severely lacking.

 

This course focuses on two main objectives. The first is to demonstrate a new ex situ erosion testing device (ESTD) that can mimic the near-bed flow of open channels to erode cohesive soils within a specified range of shear stresses. The second objective is to develop a method for estimating the critical shear stress and erosion rates for a limited range of cohesive soils in the context of the Hydraulic Engineering Circular 18 scour framework.

 

This 7 PDH online course is applicable to geotechnical and civil engineers who are interested in expanding their knowledge on the topic of scour and erosion processes in cohesive soils.
Learning Objectives

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Familiarizing with cohesive soils and the different factors influencing their behavior  
  • Understanding the erosion processes in cohesive soils
  • Understanding the design, operation, advantages and limitations of the ESTD
  • Knowing how the log-law velocity profile is reproduced in the test channel and how boundary shear stress is measured
  • Learning about the preparation of soil specimens and soil sample properties
  • Learning about the factors affecting erosion and the analytical development of the recommended design relations
  • Gaining an overview of future research recommendations in the field
Course Document
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled, “Scour in Cohesive Soils”, which is based on the FHWA document “Scour in Cohesive Soils”, publication FHWA-HRT-15-033, dated May 2015.
To view, print and study the course document, please click on the following link(s):
SCOUR IN COHESIVE SOILS (2 MB)
Course Quiz
Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of thirty-five (35) questions to earn 7 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document.
The minimum passing score is 70%. There is no time limit on the quiz, and you can take it multiple times until you pass at no additional cost.
Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.

COURSE TITLE: Sexual Harassment Prevention for Illinois Professionals
COURSE NO: IL1-001
COURSE PROVIDER: Elie Tawil, P.E., LEED AP
Sexual Harassment Prevention for Illinois Professionals
Note: It is also offered as a 1 PDH live interactive webinar.
Accepted in:
Course Highlights

This online PDH course presents a training on sexual harassment prevention in order to adopt and actively implement policies that ensure that workplaces are safe for employees to report and express their concerns about sexual harassment.

 

The Illinois Human Rights Act makes it a civil rights violation “[f]or any employer, employee, agent of any employer, employment agency or labor organization to engage in sexual harassment.” 775 ILCS 5/2-102(D).

 

The Illinois General Assembly finds that tolerance of sexual harassment has a detrimental influence in workplaces by creating a hostile environment for employees, reducing productivity, and increasing legal liability. Therefore, every employer in the State of Illinois is required to provide employees with sexual harassment prevention training that complies with section 2-109 of the Illinois Human Rights Act (“IHRA”).

 

This 1 PDH online course is applicable to professionals licensed in the State of Illinois and who are required to demonstrate continuing professional competency in sexual harassment prevention training as a condition of their license renewal.
Learning Objectives

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Gaining an overview of sexual harassment prevention consistent with the Illinois Human Rights Act
  • Familiarizing with types of unlawful sexual harassment, unwelcome behavior and working environment
  • Learning about examples of conduct that may constitute unlawful sexual harassment
  • Understanding sexual harassment in online environments
  • Understanding employer responsibilities in the prevention, investigation, and corrective measures on sexual harassment
  • Familiarizing with the Federal and State statutory laws concerning sexual harassment including remedies available to victims
Course Document
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled “Sexual Harassment Prevention for Illinois Professionals” which is based on the DHR document “State of Illinois Sexual Harassment Prevention Training”.
To view, print and study the course document, please click on the following link(s):
SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION FOR ILLINOIS PROFESSIONALS (815 KB)
Course Quiz
Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten (10) questions to earn 1 PDH credit. The quiz will be based on the entire document.
The minimum passing score is 70%. There is no time limit on the quiz, and you can take it multiple times until you pass at no additional cost.
Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.

COURSE TITLE: Engineering Laws, Rules, and Ethics for Illinois Professional Engineers
COURSE NO: IL2-001
COURSE PROVIDER: Gilbert Gedeon, P.E.
Engineering Laws, Rules, and Ethics for Illinois Professional Engineers
Note: This 2 PDH engineering ethics course is applicable only to Illinois Professional Engineers. It is also offered as a 2 PDH recorded video presentation and as a 2 PDH live interactive webinar.
Course Highlights

This online engineering PDH course presents the laws and rules of ethics and professional responsibility governing the practice of engineering in the State of Illinois.

 

Engineering ethics is (1) the study of moral issues and decisions confronting individuals and organizations involved in engineering and (2) the study of related questions about moral conduct, character, ideals and relationships of peoples and organizations involved in technological development (Martin and Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering).

 

Excerpts from the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, 225 ILCS 325 and the Illinois Administrative Code, Part 1380, which relate to the rules of profession conduct, continuing education requirements, proper use of seal and other pertinent regulatory provisions are presented in this course.

 

This 2 PDH online course is applicable to Professional Engineers licensed in the State of Illinois who are required to demonstrate continuing professional competency in the Illinois Laws, Rules and Ethics as a condition of license renewal. For each renewal period, every licensee must complete thirty (30) professional development hours, at least one (1) of the 30 hours must be in professional ethics and one (1) of the 30 hours must be in the laws and rules regulating the practice of engineering in the State of Illinois.
Learning Objectives

This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Familiarizing with the laws and rules regulating the practice of engineering in the State of Illinois
  • Learning about engineering ethics, the rules of professional conduct and responsibility
  • Understanding the role of the Illinois Board and its disciplinary authority
  • Understanding the continuing education requirements in the State of Illinois
  • Gaining an overview of disciplinary cases, violations and their corresponding penalties imposed by the Illinois Board
Course Document
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled “Engineering Ethics for Illinois Professional Engineers”.
To view, print and study the course document, please click on the following link(s):
ENGINEERING LAWS, RULES AND ETHICS FOR ILLINOIS PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS (1.37 MB)
Course Quiz
Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten (10) questions to earn 2 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document.
The minimum passing score is 70%. There is no time limit on the quiz, and you can take it multiple times until you pass at no additional cost.
Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.

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