This online course
consists of 4 live webinars along with downloadable presentations, readings,
and unit quizzes. Attendance at all four webinar sessions is encouraged.
However, if you must miss a scheduled webinar, you will have an opportunity to
view a recording.
PURPOSE & BACKGROUND
This program provides
detailed instruction on how to implement pervious concrete pavements as a
solution to reducing stormwater runoff from building sites and other paved
areas. Attendees will learn the details of pervious concrete pavement
systems, engineering properties and construction techniques.
Reduction of Stormwater
Runoff
Pervious concrete is a performance-engineered concrete with a 15-30%
void system that allows rainwater to percolate through it. When pervious
concrete is used for parking areas, streets, plazas and walkways it
minimizes stormwater runoff to surrounding streams and
lakes and allows
for natural filtration to recharge local groundwater supplies.
Environmental Benefits
Although pervious concrete has been used in some areas for decades,
recent interest in
green building and recognition of pervious pavements
by the U.S. EPA as a best practice for stormwater management has
heightened interest in its use throughout North America. Its use
supports national initiatives such as Cool Communities and Low Impact
Development and provides a potential for credit in the LEED® rating
system for sustainable building construction.
Economic Benefits
Pervious concrete reduces the need for expensive stormwater drainage and
wet pond retention systems, thereby allowing for more economical and
beneficial land use.
TOPICS COVERED
Economic and
Environmental Benefits
Hydrological and
Structural Design
Specifications,
Mix Design and Test Methods
Construction
Techniques
Contractor
Certification
Durability and
Maintenance
Local
Applications and Case Studies
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is intended for civil engineers, architects, landscape
architects, and public works officials and others who design pavements and
stormwater management systems. Contractors, product suppliers and land
developers will also benefit from this seminar.
INSTRUCTORS
Bruce K. Ferguson
Franklin Professor of Landscape
Architecture, University of Georgia
Professor Ferguson is a landscape architect who has specialized in
the environmental management of urban watersheds for 25 years. He is the author
of the book
Porous Pavements.
He is a Fellow of the American Society of
Landscape Architects (ASLA) and a Past President of the Council of Educators
in Landscape Architecture (CELA). He conducts continuing education courses
for design practitioners at the University of Georgia and Harvard
University.
Lionel Lemay NRMCA Senior Vice President, Sustainable Development
Mr. Lemay manages a program to educate concrete
industry professionals, engineers, and architects on the proper use and
design of concrete. He works on developing standards and specifications with
a focus on performance-based specifications for concrete. He has written
numerous articles on concrete construction and is co-author of the
McGraw-Hill book Insulating Concrete Forms for Residential Design and
Construction.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
HOURS
This program is registered with AIA
Continuing Education Systems.
Participants who complete each webinar and associated
quizzes will earn 6 Professional Development Hours, 6 AIA-CES HSW
Learning Units, 6 GBCI CE hours, or 6 LA-CES Learning Units.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact Lionel Lemay, NRMCA's Senior VP of Sustainable
Development.
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