TRB will conduct a webinar on Monday, April 1, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)’s Research Report 884: Guidelines for Managing Geotechnical Risks in Design–Build Projects.

This webinar will discuss risk management tools for addressing geotechnical risks in design-build projects. Presenters will describe each tool, determine the phases in the project life cycle where each tool may be most appropriate, and identify how transportation agencies around the country successfully employed the tools. They will also discuss the differing site conditions case law findings that guided the identification of the tools.

Some registrants will need to pay $95 to attend this webinar.  Sign into MyTRB.org to view registration information.

Webinar Presenters

• Doug Gransberg, Gransberg & Associates, Inc.
• Bora Cetin, Iowa State University

Moderated by: Ghada Gad, California State Polytech University at Pomona

Webinar Outline

1. Scope of project
2. Differing site conditions case law findings
3. Geotechnical risk perception findings
4. Geotechnical risk prioritization
5. Geotechnical risk management tools
6. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Prioritize geotechnical risks
• Identify one or more geotechnical risk management tools to address each risk in order of priority
• Describe the challenges of each tool

Professional Development Hour Information

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For approved webinars, TRB’s webinar program awards Registered Continuing Education Provider (RCEP) Professional Development Hour (PDH) credits associated with participation only to the registered individual and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To receive PDH credits, please register as an individual and sign into the webinar from your personal computer. After doing this, you may join your group in a meeting room.  To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

In addition, advance registration is available until just before the webinar starts. Once the webinar starts, you will be unable to submit your registration. Individuals that are registered for a webinar but do not receive their confirmation emails due to their organization’s internal firewalls should contact the TRB Helpdesk (MyTRB@nas.edu) for assistance in signing in.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in October 2018. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.