Interactive Discount Package - Wyoming Structural 30 PDH

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides guidance on considerations for designing buildings in coastal environments.

The presentation provides information on developing a load path through elements of the building structure, considerations for selecting building materials, requirements for breakaway walls, and considerations for designing appurtenances. Calculations and considerations in this presentation are based on Allowable Stress Design (ASD).

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for structural engineers, design and construction personnel and other technical professionals who are involved in coastal construction projects.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation offers detailed exploration of design principles for structures intended for vertical evacuation during tsunamis, emphasizing their critical role in protecting vulnerable coastal communities. It highlights the importance of hazard assessment, site selection, structural resilience, and refuge design criteria to mitigate the risks of tsunami-induced damage, injury, and loss of life.

The presentation begins with a discussion of tsunami hazards, historical tsunami events, and the unique effects of tsunamis on buildings and infrastructure. It delves into key considerations for selecting, planning, and designing vertical evacuation structures, including hazard and risk assessment, probabilistic and deterministic modeling, and lessons learned from past events. Participants will gain insights into tsunami hazard mapping, inundation modeling, structural design for tsunami loads, debris impact, scour, uplift forces, and strategies for preventing progressive collapse.

Additionally, the presentation addresses regulatory guidance, decision-making frameworks, and examples of successful vertical evacuation strategies implemented in tsunami-prone regions.
This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is designed for civil and structural engineers, architects, planners, and emergency management professionals who seek to enhance their understanding of tsunami hazard mitigation, improve design standards for refuge structures, and safeguard coastal populations.

This online interactive presentation on engineering professional development hours (PDH) offers a comprehensive examination of design principles for vertical evacuation structures aimed at reducing tsunami risks. It underscores the importance of these structures in safeguarding vulnerable coastal communities. Key topics include siting, spacing, sizing, elevation, structural resilience, multi-hazard planning, and refuge design criteria, all crucial for protecting lives during tsunami events.

The presentation starts by outlining tsunami hazards, historical occurrences, and their impacts on infrastructure. It discusses various vertical evacuation strategies, such as single-purpose, multi-purpose, and multi-hazard facilities, along with alternatives like high ground, soil berms, parking garages, and community, school, and commercial buildings. Participants will learn about considerations related to siting, travel time, ingress, vertical circulation, and site hazards. Furthermore, it addresses structural design criteria, load determination, performance objectives, progressive collapse prevention, permitting, retrofitting, and quality assurance, supplemented by real-world examples and cost factors to illustrate best practices in tsunami-resistant design.

This 3 PDH online interactive presentation is tailored for civil and structural engineers, architects, emergency managers, and planners who wish to deepen their understanding of tsunami hazard mitigation. It aims to enhance standards for refuge structures and promote the development of resilient and safe coastal communities.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation focuses on determining the cost-benefit of routine maintenance cleaning on steel bridges. This study was conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.

 

This course identifies the key variables necessary in estimating the impact of regular washing of steel bridges on the paint and service life, recommend methods for recording data in order to most effectively estimate the benefits of bridge washing, and to develop a framework for assessing the impact of bridge washing on paint life. A literature review was conducted to learn more about the mechanisms of corrosion. Then a nationwide survey was sent out to state transportation agencies. A follow-up survey was conducted in order to obtain more detailed information about certain washing programs. It was concluded that little information on the effects of bridge washing exist and it is only deemed beneficial based on anecdotal assumptions. An experiment is proposed for WSDOT that will provide hard data to make a decision.

 

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is designed for structural engineers, urban planners, transportation engineers, civil engineers, and professional engineers responsible for long-term maintenance planning and cost-benefit analysis.

This online engineering PDH course provides engineering design and economic guidance to engineers, architects, and local code officials about what constitutes technically feasible and cost-effective retrofitting measures for flood-prone residential structures.

The focus of this course is the retrofitting of one- to four-family residences subject to flooding situations without wave action. It presents various retrofitting measures that provide both active and passive efforts and employ both dry and wet floodproofing measures. These include elevation of the structure in place, relocation of the structure, construction of barriers (floodwalls and levees), dry floodproofing (sealants, closures, sump pumps, and backflow valves), and wet floodproofing (flood damage-resistant materials and protection of utilities and contents).

Also, It delves into the regulatory landscape, highlighting the roles of local officials and the guidelines set forth by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the International Building Code (IBC). The course further examines the critical factors influencing retrofitting decisions. Additionally, it offers guidance on identifying and addressing specific hazards to determine the most suitable retrofitting solutions for residential structures. Therefore, the focus of this course is on retrofitting buildings that are subject to flooding.

This 3 PDH online course is applicable to structural engineers, geotechnical engineers, and environmental engineers and professionals who are interested in learning more about the design, analysis, and implementation of measures to mitigate flood risks and improve the resilience of residential structures against natural hazards.

This online engineering PDH course provides engineering design and economic guidance to engineers, architects, and local code officials about elements of the design process that are common to many or all retrofitting measures. The two main common design elements are field investigation (which includes surveys, documentation, and homeowner coordination) and the analysis of the existing structure.

The focus of this course is to apply the anticipated loads developed in part 1 to the existing site/structure and design an appropriate retrofitting measure. It presents various retrofitting measures that provide both active and passive efforts and employ both dry and wet floodproofing measures. These include elevation of the structure in place, relocation of the structure, construction of barriers (floodwalls and levees), dry floodproofing, and wet floodproofing.

Also, it delves into the design process which begins with general practices that are basic to all retrofitting projects—field investigation and analysis of the existing structure—and then presents separate sections for each retrofit measure—elevation, relocation, dry floodproofing, wet floodproofing, and floodwalls and levees. These sections guide the designer through the process of developing construction details and specifications, and provide the tools to tailor each retrofitting measure to local requirements and homeowner preferences. The design of these retrofitting measures is a straightforward but technically intensive approach that will result in the generation of construction plans that may receive building permits and mitigate potential flood and other natural hazards.

This 4 PDH online course is applicable to structural engineers, geotechnical engineers, and environmental engineers and professionals who are interested in learning more about the design, analysis, and implementation of measures to mitigate flood risks and improve the resilience of residential structures against natural hazards.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief outline on the causes of biodeterioration to bridges and the procedures for preventing or mitigating their effects.

Wooden bridges, whether historic covered bridges or current highway timber bridges, can be vulnerable to damage from biodegradation. Biodeterioration is minimized through design and construction practices, and in the case of modern timber bridges, through pressure treatment of the timbers with wood preservatives. However, the potential for degradation remains, and over time many bridges need maintenance that may include in-place treatment with preservatives.

This presentation describes procedures for selecting and applying in-place treatments to bridges to prevent or arrest degradation. It also focuses on preservative treatments to protect wooden bridges against biodeterioration and discusses approaches for minimizing damage caused by fire.

This 3 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to architects, engineers, and other environmental design specialists, who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the causes of biodeterioration of wood.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief summary on the collapse of the Hyatt Regency Hotel walkways in 1981.

The presentation introduces the initial design of the hotel’s construction and the following design changes that lead to its collapse. It also discusses other underlying issues responsible for its collapse such as inadequate design verification process, lack of accountability and oversight, and poor communication. The presentation ends by discussing the aftermath and lessons learnt following the collapse.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to architects and structural engineers, project managers, construction and design personnel, and technical staff who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the collapse of the Hyatt Regency Hotel walkways.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides information on the installation of different types of seismic restraints for mechanical and electrical equipment.

Seismic restraints are special devices that can be installed to buildings to minimize earthquake damage. These devices can be mechanical or electrical and include isolation systems, roof attachments, cable or strut attachments, and steel shapes.

This course shows equipment installers how to attach mechanical equipment to a building to minimize earthquake damage. Many attachment examples are presented, to include anchoring and the use of special devices such as seismic restraint devices.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to structural engineers and all professionals who are interested in protecting their mechanical and electrical equipment from seismic damage.

This online engineering 2 PDH interactive presentation provides guidance on the construction of the St. Francis Dam and the reasons behind its failure.

The St. Francis Dam was a concrete gravity dam located in San Francisquito Canyon in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It was built between the years of 1924 and 1926 to serve Los Angeles's growing water needs. It failed catastrophically near midnight of March 12th-13th, 1928 due to a defective soil foundation and design flaws, triggering a flood that claimed the lives of at least 432 people and causing property damage worth more than $7 million.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for designers, civil and geotechnical engineers responsible for designing, constructing and maintaining dams.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a detailed analysis of the factors and events that caused the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 on September 11, 2001. It covers structural and fire safety challenges, investigative methods for identifying the collapse's probable cause, and insights for enhancing building codes and emergency response strategies.

 

This presentation outlines the events leading to the collapse and examines the structural and fire safety challenges encountered. It explains how fire-induced thermal expansion contributed to the building's failure and discusses the implications for fire safety standards and building codes. Additionally, it provides insights into the technical findings from the collapse and their relevance to future building designs, as well as broader lessons for improving emergency response and resilience.

 

This 4 PDH online interactive presentation is designed for engineers, architects, emergency management professionals, and other stakeholders in building safety and disaster preparedness.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides a brief outline on the Quebec Bridge construction and ultimate collapse in 1907.

This presentation discusses the initial conception and design of the bridge’s construction and the following design changes that lead to its collapse. It further describes the measures taken following the bridge's collapse and the underlying issues leading to its collapse. Finally, it illustrates the lessons learnt from the bridge construction’s failure and ultimate collapse.

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to architects and structural engineers, project managers, construction and design personnel, and technical staff who are interested in gaining a better understanding of the Quebec Bridge, its construction, and ultimate collapse.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an overview of wood as an engineering material, and its behavior and characteristics in fire safety during construction.

Fire safety is an important concern in all types of construction. The high level of national concern for fire safety is reflected in limitations and design requirements in building codes. These code requirements and related fire performance data are discussed in the context of fire safety design and evaluation in the initial section of this presentation.

Because basic data on fire behavior of wood products are needed to evaluate fire safety for wood construction, the second major section of this presentation provides additional information on fire behavior and fire performance characteristics of wood products. This presentation concludes with a discussion of fire-retardant treatments that can be used to reduce the combustibility of wood.

This 2 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to designers, architects, and construction personnel who are interested in gaining a better overview of wood as an engineering material.