Advanced Tunnel Design & Engineering Solutions

Advanced Tunnel Design & Engineering Solutions

2 Professional Development Credits

We are an approved provider by:

NJ Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
New York Board of Professional Engineers , Sponsor # 201  beginning 2/1/2018 to 1/31/2027
Florida Board of Professional Engineers: Laws and Rules and Ethics, Provider number 0007543 (Ethics) 0010489
Florida Board of Professional Engineers: CE provider Provider number 0007543
Maryland Board for Professional Engineers

This program will address issues associated in the selection and design of Tunnels  for various uses.   Some design issues will be discussed as well as geotechnical issues for the design and construction projects.  Projects include a water tunnel in NYC, an immersed tube tunnel in Virginia, a subway chamber in NYC, and a sewer tunnel in Flint, Michigan.  These project types include immersed tube construction rock tunneling, tunnel excavation and the rehabilitation of  a damaged tunnel lining.

Also included will be an approach to the Inspection of tunnels addressing, specific methods, issues and difficulties, for tunnel inspections including the inspection of the existing, Penn Station Tunnels in NYC.

This program can be viewed by a LIVE INTERACTIVE webinar or you may attend this class at our school.

Live webinars are considered live credits, not distance learning.

 

Instructor: Alan R. Slaughter, P.E.

Professional Engineer and Professional Planner

Alan has over 47 years experience in civil engineering and construction.  Fields of work include project management on design and construction of highway, bridge, tunnel, historical, site, geotechnical and construction management projects.    He is  Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Shaft and tunnel Resident  Engineer  for the Manhattan portion of the NYCDEP Water Tunnel No.3 project in Manhattan.  Project was worth approximately  $700,000,000 and involves the construction of 10 – 500 ft. deep shafts and 9 miles of 10 ft. diameter tunnels.

Latest assignment, served as a Quality Control Engineer on a bridge project.  Assembled a Contractor’s Quality Plan as well as numerous forms for documentation of the work.  Reviewed daily reports. In addition to the years of experience in hands on civil engineering, adjunct teaching has been performed by Alan for 22 years at the New Jersey Institute of Technology

Requirements if you are attending as a live webinar:

You will need a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer to view it. If using a smartphone or tablet, it is best to have the app for the program on your device (i.e. Zoom).
To verify your continued attendance during the class, you will need a microphone, webcam or the ability to type into the program’s live chat.
Instructors or school personnel will take attendance periodically throughout the class.
Instructors may call on participants.
To verify attendance, a code word may be given sometime during the class.
You will be required to complete and return an evaluation after the course has ended. The evaluation may ask what code word was given.
You may not receive your Certificate of Completion if we cannot verify your attendance.

Live webinar invitations are emailed to registered students approximately one day prior to the class.

Certificates of Completion are emailed to students approximately 5 business days after the course.