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Coastal Construction - Determining Site-Specific Loads

COURSE NO: S01-301I
PDH CREDIT: 1
COURSE PROVIDER: Gilbert Gedeon, P.E.
Coastal Construction - Determining Site-Specific Loads
Course Highlights

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides guidance on determining site-specific loads from high winds, flooding, and seismic events through illustrating important concepts and best practices in accordance with building codes and standards.

The main purpose of the process of determining site-specific loads is to design and construct coastal residential buildings to prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement due to the effects of wind and water loads acting simultaneously. The loads and load combinations used in this presentation are required by ASCE 7-10 unless otherwise noted and all calculations, analyses, and load combinations are based on Allowable Stress Design (ASD).

This 1 PDH online interactive presentation is intended primarily for structural engineers, design and construction personnel, and other technical professionals who are involved in coastal construction projects.

Learning Objectives

This PE continuing education interactive presentation is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Familiarizing with the following site-specific loads for coastal buildings: dead loads; live loads; snow loads; flood loads; tsunami loads; wind loads; tornado loads; and seismic loads
  • Calculating the load combinations for coastal buildings
Course Document
For this course, you will need to go through the interactive presentation "Coastal Construction - Determining Site-Specific Loads". To access the presentation, you will need to log in or register and purchase the course. Following the course purchase, please click on the link provided in your account to view the presentation. The duration of this presentation is approximately 58 minutes.
This particular course document is accessible only after purchase.

Course Quiz

Once you finish watching the PDH interactive presentation, you will be redirected to your account to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten (10) questions to earn 1 PDH credit. The quiz will be based on this interactive presentation.

The minimum passing score is 70%. There is no time limit on the quiz, and you can take it multiple times until you pass at no additional cost.
Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.

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