Stories from the Field: What Engineers Need to Know About Construction
Michael Hein, P.E.
Steve Williams, P.E.
This is an actual case study done by a panel of professional project engineers, owners and construction engineers with Brasfield Gorrie. While the education of an engineer is heavily laden with mathematical theories and theoretical perspectives, this course deals with the practical matters of practicing engineers. The panel addresses every day problems of contractors, owners, and field engineers. This is a case-study approach to focus on pertinent jobsite issues that have caused a problem between the engineer and the constructor.

* Note: This course is available on CD.

Course # V02A - 3 hrs

Soil Basics for Engineers
DDr. David J. Elton, Civil Engineering, Auburn University

This course acquaints you with the basics of how soil behaves and how it is used in design and construction. It is intended for engineers who must interface with soil engineers but may not be doing the engineering. The course will teach how soils are identified, classified and tested. Fundamentals of earthwork practices for walls, foundations and fills are covered, focusing on situations that can cause trouble. Basic ways to improve bad soils are covered. The influence of water on all type of earthwork is covered. This course will teach you how to read soils reports and talk to soils engineers by covering the basic terms and practices of soils engineering. Application is emphasized over theory.

Course # V00G - 6 hours

Storm Water Drainage System Design


Methods for calculating storm water runoff are discussed. The Rational Method is used for the class examples. The basics of storm water pipe design are covered. Rules of thumb needed to properly design storm water pipe are presented. The Manning equation is presented for determining the Q vs. diameter relationship for the full flow condition and partial flow diagrams are utilized for conditions of flow other than full.

Course # V96B - 3 hours

Asphalt Pavement Preservation & Rehabilitation
Douglas Hanson, Assistant Director, National Center for Asphalt Technology, Auburn University

The objective of this course is to assist an engineer in the development of the most reliable and cost-effective rehabilitation alternatives for asphalt pavements. The abilities of the engineer required to preserve the existing pavement system are much different than those required to originally design the system. They need to have an understanding of what caused the distress they are seeing and what steps can be taken to correct them. The course is broken into two units: pavement management concepts and pavement rehabilitation procedures. The first unit will address pavement management concepts at the project level which will include an overview of pavement management, pavement structural and condition assessment, distress mechanisms for Hot Mix Asphalt and project evaluation. The second unit will provides information on pavement rehabilitation through pavement maintenance techniques, surface rehabilitation procedures, recycling of asphalt pavements, and asphalt overlays.

Course # V00B - 5 hours