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Bioretention systems don’t just manage stormwater—they also help reduce urban heat! By absorbing water and supporting lush plant growth, these systems cool the surrounding air, making cities more comfortable and sustainable. 🚨Webinar Alert: Bioretention System Design🚨 🗓Date: Tuesday, November 12 , 2024 🕒Time: 9:00 – 11:00 AM CST 🔗Register Now: https://buff.ly/4fjik0Z HalfMoon Education Inc. presents a live interactive webinar for professional growth presented by Kurt Dryden, Scott Gorneau, P.E., and Dr. Robert M. Roseen, P.E. Here's some highlights: 🔸Delve into how soil characteristics influence the performance and efficiency of bioretention systems. 🔸Examine groundwater dynamics and their impact on bioretention design. 🔸Explore soil testing requirements and strategies for adapting designs to diverse soil types, slope conditions, and storm events beyond the typical water quality standard. #BioretentionDesign #StormwaterManagement #GreenInfrastructure #SoilTesting #WaterQuality #SustainableDesign #UrbanPlanning #EnvironmentalEngineering #GroundwaterManagement #LowImpactDevelopment #StormwaterSolutions #ErosionControl #ResilientLandscapes #Hydrology #SoilScience #Webinar #LiveWebinar #Engineer #Architect #Engineers #Architects #Contractor #Contractors

Lean construction principles were inspired by Henry Ford and Toyota's manufacturing system! By adapting techniques like "just-in-time" and continuous improvement, construction teams can boost productivity and reduce costs, creating smoother, more predictable project timelines. 🚨Webinar Alert: Fundamentals of Lean Construction: Delivering an Exceptional Construction Experience from Design Through Delivery🚨 🗓Date: Thursday, November 7, 2024 🕒Time: 10:00 AM – 1:15 PM CST 🔗Register Now: https://buff.ly/40lu134 HalfMoon Education Inc. presents a live interactive webinar for professional growth presented by Harry Schmidt, Nick Clemens, Tom Fitch, Paul Wheeler, Evan Dorks, Tyler Cormeny, Tony Park, and Sam Sinclair Here's some highlights: 🔸Exploring Lean Construction principles through the lens of O'Shea Builders' journey. 🔸Building the business case for lean construction through case studies.] 🔸Aligning the design phase with client value in lean construction. 🔸Implementing lean project delivery through methods, strategies, and real-world applications. 🔸Emphasizing training's role in lean construction with insights from O'Shea Builders' program. 🔸Advancing continuous improvement and envisioning the future of lean at O'Shea Builders. #LeanConstruction #ConstructionExcellence #EfficientDesign #ProjectDelivery #ValueEngineering #ContinuousImprovement #ClientFocused #LeanProjectManagement #ConstructionInnovation #BuildBetter #Architects #Architect #Engineer #Engineers #Contractor #Contractors #Webinar #Live Webinar

Reinforced slopes can sometimes be designed to absorb and drain water like a sponge! By incorporating special geosynthetics that allow water to pass through while holding the soil in place, these slopes reduce the risk of erosion and water pressure build-up, making them both stable and water-friendly! 🚨Webinar Alert: How to Design a Reinforced Slope🚨 🗓Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024 🕒Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST 🔗Register Now: https://buff.ly/3YgMpYj HalfMoon Education Inc. presents a live interactive webinar for professional growth presented by Bill Simpson, P.E. Here's some highlights: 🔸Explore geosynthetic properties and their use in slope stabilization. 🔸Learn deep-seated stability analysis and understand equations, calculations, and reinforcement methods using geosynthetics. 🔸Review case histories of deep-seated rotational and other slope failures. 🔸Discuss soil properties and materials required for long-term slope stability, particularly for the exposed face. #Geosynthetics #SlopeStabilization #SoilStability #DeepSeatedStability #SlopeReinforcement #RotationalFailures #GeotechnicalEngineering #SoilMechanics #SlopeFailureAnalysis #LongTermStability #Webinar #LiveWebinar #Engineer #Architects #LandscapeArchitects

Adaptive mountain biking is not only expanding access to trails, but it’s also inspiring the creation of specialized adaptive bikes that can handle everything from rocky terrain to high-speed downhill descents—making adventure sports more inclusive than ever! 🚨Webinar Alert: Growing Adaptive Mountain Biking: Strategies for the Improving Adoption and Availability🚨 🗓Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 🕒Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM CST 🔗Register Now: https://buff.ly/48emyoD 🎤Brian Peachey HalfMoon Education Inc. presents a live interactive webinar for professional growth presented by Brian Peachey. Here's some highlights: 🔸Introduction to adaptive mountain biking and its significance. 🔸Getting more riders involved and raising public awareness of adaptive MTB. 🔸Understanding how trail features impact adaptive bikes. 🔸Exploring trail features, design principles, and strategies for integrating adaptive needs into both existing and new trail systems. #AdaptiveMountainBiking #aMTB #InclusiveSports #AdaptiveSports #TrailAccess #MountainBiking #GetOutside #AdventureForEveryone #BikingCommunity #AdaptiveAdventure #Webinar #LiveWebinar #Planners #Architects

Groundwater often contains dissolved gases like carbon dioxide and methane, and in some cases, even small amounts of helium! Helium in groundwater comes from the slow radioactive decay of elements in the Earth's crust. Some scientists use the presence of helium and other gases in groundwater to estimate the age of the water, which can help track ancient groundwater systems that have been isolated from the surface for millennia. So, that bubbly glass of groundwater may have a hidden history! 🚨Webinar Alert: Groundwater Chemical Concepts🚨 🗓Date: Thursday, October 31, 2024 🕒Time: 12:00 – 2:00 PM CDT 🔗Register Now: https://buff.ly/3Ub9s5y 🎤Steven Deverel, Ph.D., P.G., C.HG. HalfMoon Education Inc. presents a live interactive webinar for professional growth presented by Steven Deverel, Ph.D., P.G., C.HG. Here's some highlights: 🔸Interaction of aqueous, gas, and solid phases, with a focus on reactions influencing groundwater chemistry. 🔸Basic concepts including major ions, law of mass action, and chemical activity. 🔸Key chemical reactions, such as mineral precipitation/dissolution, redox reactions, and their field applications. 🔸Isotopes in hydrology and methods for displaying groundwater chemical composition with case examples. #Groundwater #GroundwaterChemistry #Hydrogeology #WaterScience #Geochemistry #GroundwaterQuality #EnvironmentalScience #IsotopeHydrology #WaterCycle #SustainableWater #WaterResearch #GroundwaterReactions #MineralDissolution #Webinar #LiveWebinar #Engineers #LandscapeArchitects #Geologists #FloodplainManagers #Planners

One of the earliest forms of slope stabilization dates back to ancient civilizations like the Incas, who built terraces on steep mountainsides to prevent landslides and grow crops—showing that slope stabilization has been a critical part of engineering for thousands of years! 🚨Webinar Alert: Slope Stabilization and Landslide Prevention🚨 🗓Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 🕒Time: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM CDT 🔗Register Now: https://buff.ly/403HbBB HalfMoon Education Inc. presents a live interactive webinar for professional growth presented by Curran E. Mohney. Here's some highlights: 🔸Understanding types of slope movement: rock falls, slides, rotational/translational failures, debris flows, and rapidly moving landslides. 🔸Analyzing slope stability: geologic conditions, soils, topography, water influence, and methods for both natural and engineered slopes. 🔸Exploring slope stabilization methods: vegetation, surface protection, unloading, and buttressing. 🔸Addressing drainage, reinforcement, earth retention structures, rock slope stabilization, and method combinations. 🔸Defining landslide hazard risk, mitigation strategies, lifecycle cost analysis, and practical applications. 🔸Reviewing case histories in landslide mitigation: retaining walls, method combinations, rockfall mitigation, earthworks, and drainage techniques. #SlopeStabilization #LandslidePrevention #GeotechnicalEngineering #SlopeSafety #ErosionControl #SoilStabilization #RockfallMitigation #DrainageSolutions #SlopeEngineering #LandslideRisk #Earthworks #Geotechnics #RetainingWalls #EnvironmentalEngineering #SlopeFailurePrevention #Webinar #LiveWebinar

🌊 Fun with Culverts! 🚧 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gZFXRXUY Chances are, whether you live in the city or in the country, if you’ve been out for a walk or a drive today, you have probably encountered a culvert. Culverts aren’t flashy. In fact, you might say they like to keep a low profile while they do their essential work of allowing water (and sometimes animals, pedestrians and vehicles) to pass under an obstruction such as a road or railway. 🌿The term “culvert” has been in use since the mid-18th century, although concept of the culvert is much older. Learn More at the Upcoming Webinar: 🚨 Title: Culvert Design and Construction 🚨 📅 Date: Thursday, October 31, 2024 🕒 Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm CDT Presented by: William Rahmeyer

Some plants have evolved to only be pollinated by very specific animals, like the yucca plant and the yucca moth. They depend entirely on each other—without the moth, the yucca can't reproduce, and without the yucca, the moth has no place to lay its eggs! This kind of specialized relationship highlights the fascinating interplay between pollinators and plants in ecological design, showing how intricate and important pollinator-friendly landscapes can be. 🚨Webinar Alert: Pollination Ecology and Principles of Pollinator Landscape Design🚨 🗓Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 🕒Time: 1:00 – 4:20 PM CDT 🔗Register Now: https://buff.ly/3BFENHk HalfMoon Education Inc. presents a live interactive webinar for professional growth presented by Kim Eierman. (Just trying to make your landscape the bee’s knees 🐝😉) Here's some highlights: 🔸Explore plant reproduction and various pollination strategies. 🔸Identify key animal pollinators, their needs, and how to support them in managed landscapes. 🔸Understand pollination syndromes, plant preferences, and evolutionary plant-pollinator relationships. 🔸Discuss ecological design principles, habitat creation, site selection, plant choices, and maintenance for maximizing pollinator support. #Biodiversity #PollinationEcology #PollinatorFriendly #LandscapeDesign #EcologicalDesign #SustainableLandscaping #PollinatorHabitat #PollinatorConservation #NativePlants #WildlifeGardening #PlantPollinatorRelationships #EcoFriendlyGardening #SaveThePollinators #Webinar #LiveWebinar

The Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium), a native plant in the Northwestern U.S., is not only a striking addition to gardens with its holly-like leaves and yellow flowers, but its berries are also used to make jams and even wine! 🚨Webinar Alert: Northwestern U.S. Native Plant Workshop: Native Plants in Managed Landscapes and Gardens🚨 🗓Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 🕒Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM PDT 🔗Register Now: https://buff.ly/480Kuvv HalfMoon Education Inc. presents a live interactive webinar for professional growth presented by Linda Chalker-Scott, PhD Here's some highlights: 🔸Defining native and nonnative plants, their ecological impact, the controversy surrounding invasive species, the benefits of native plants, and fostering biodiversity in landscapes and gardens. 🔸Exploring environmental challenges for native plants in managed landscapes, including soil, water, temperature, light, pollutants, and harmful management practices like improper soil care, planting techniques, and chemical misuse. 🔸Examining how climate change affects native plant distribution in the Northwest, including plant migration, temperature and rainfall extremes, and invasive species responses. 🔸Addressing common invasive species in Northwestern gardens and landscapes, and strategies for removal that protect soil ecosystems. 🔸Exploring native and introduced alternatives to invasive plants, including options for trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs, annuals, and alternatives to monocultural lawns. 🔸Building a strong pollinator landscape through site-specific plant selection, nursery plant quality, soil preparation, proper installation, aftercare, and reliable resources on native Northwest plants. #EcoFriendlyGardening #SustainableLandscapes #Biodiversity #InvasiveSpeciesManagement #PollinatorGardens #NorthwestFlora #ClimateResilientGardens #WildlifeHabitat #GardenSustainability #Webinar #LiveWebinar

Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) system promotes early collaboration between the owner, designer, and contractor, often leading to fewer surprises during construction! By getting the contractor involved early, CMAR can help catch design issues early on, potentially reducing costly changes later in the project. 🚨Webinar Alert: Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Project Management System🚨 🗓Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 🕒Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CDT 🔗Register Now: https://buff.ly/4dDIxpZ HalfMoon Education Inc. presents a live interactive webinar for professional growth presented by Dr. John V. Dawson, AIA, AICP, LEED AP Here's some highlights: 🔸Learn the phases, documentation, benefits, and drawbacks of CMAR. 🔸Understand the types of projects best suited for CMAR, including public and commercial ones, along with relevant statutes and regulations. 🔸Explore CMAR procurement, agreements, key contract provisions, and potential areas of concern. 🔸Delve into managing subcontractor relationships, handling changes, resolving problems, and disputes within the CMAR framework. #ConstructionManagerAtRisk #CMARProcess #ProjectManagement #ContractManagement #RiskManagement #SubcontractorRelationships #PublicProjects #Construction #Webinar #LiveWebinar