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ASCE updates free On-Demand Webinars on January 1. Free webinars must be used (viewed and exam taken) between January 1 and December 31, 11:59 PM ET. When you join or renew for the next membership year, you can select ten additional free webinars as early as January 1 of the following membership year. Access them at https://www.asce.org/freepdh. You are required to pass an exam on the webinar content to receive a free PDH.

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Eligible Courses:


Architectural Engineering
    Architectural Concrete: Design and Construction Strategies to Maintain Appearance & Limit Water Intrusion
    Building Enclosure Commissioning (BECx): What You Need to Know
    Building/Grid Integration - A Large Untapped Economy
    Whole Life Carbon Webinar

Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Waterways Engineering
    Beneficial Uses and Reuses of Dredged Material
    Dredging Fundamentals
    Introduction to Navigation Channel Design
    Navigation Engineering - Challenges of Sustainability and Resilience
    Navigation Engineering - Understanding the Basics
    River Information Services: Basics of RIS and Plans for U.S. Implementation
    Ship/Tow Simulation of Navigation Design Studies: Interpreting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Requirements
    Sustainable Sediment Management for Navigation Projects

Construction Engineering and Management
    Avoiding Problems in Masonry Construction
    Bringing IFC to Bidding
    Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) Contracting in Transportation Infrastructure Programs
    Evaluation and Quantifying Inefficiency in Construction: A Case Study Approach
    How to Price and Document Your Delay Claims
    Innovative and Smart Construction: Use of Infrared Thermal Profiling and GPR Pavement Density Scanner
    International Project Development and Construction Risk
    Mitigation of Carbon Emissions from Construction Projects
    Quality Management During Design and Construction
    Target Zero Injuries - Developing a Comprehensive Safety Program for Engineers and Constructors
    The Pricing of Delay Costs for Construction Projects
    Understanding Firewall Basics
    Whole Building Lifecycle Assessment: Quantifying Impacts of Construction Materials

Environmental Engineering
    An Introduction to Designing with Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Civil and Environmental Engineers
    Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Improve Mixing and Disinfection for Ozone Contactors
    Avoid Costly Mistakes Using HEC-RAS - Understanding HEC-RAS Computations
    Basics of Drainage Design for Parking Lot including LID Techniques
    Beaver Dam Analogue Design: Using the Tool
    Bridge Scour Computations with HEC-RAS
    Culvert Design for Fish Passage - Concepts and Fundaments
    Culvert Design for Fish Passage - Design Steps and Examples
    Designing Channels for Stream Restoration: Threshold Channel Design
    Determining Appropriate Level of Engineering and Use of 'Soft Engineering' for Stream Restoration Activities
    Erosion Control and Revegetation Materials; Design, Installation and Performance
    Estimating Erosion Rates - Tools for Prioritizing TMDL-Water Quality Improvements, Stream Restoration, and Infrastructure Protection Projects
    Geophysical Imaging in Support of Geotechnical, Hydrologic and/or Environmental Site Characterization
    Hydrologic Trespass and Nuisance Considerations in Stormwater Management Design
    International Perspectives on Water Resources and the Environment - Part 1
    International Perspectives on Water Resources and the Environment - Part 2
    Modeling Low Impact Development (LID) and Green Infrastructure (GI) using the EPA Stormwater Management Model (SWMM): Continuous Simulation
    Modeling Low Impact Development (LID) and Green Infrastructure (GI) using the EPA Stormwater Management Model (SWMM): SWMM Basics
    Radar Rainfall Estimation for Modeling and Design
    Reach-Scale Design for River Rehabilitation with Large Wood
    Stream Restoration - Proper Channel Sizing and the Significance for Future Channel Stability
    Stream Restoration and Bioengineered Bank Stabilization - Fundamental Concepts
    Stream Restoration: What Works and What Doesn't Work
    Troubleshooting Unsteady Flow HEC-RAS Models
    Understanding HEC-RAS Errors, Warnings and Notes
    Using Gridded Rainfall in HEC-HMS
    Using HEC-RAS 5.0 for a Coupled 1D/2D Analysis
    Using HEC-RAS 5.0 for Two Dimensional Hydraulic Analyses
    Using Technology to Mitigate Wet Weather Overflows and Reduce Infiltration and Inflow (I/I)

Geotechnical Engineering
    2020 GI Web Conference: Computational Geotechnics Technical Committee Presentation on Numerical Analysis of Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
    2020 GI Web Conference: Earth Retaining Structures Technical Committee Presentation on Earth Retaining Structures
    2020 GI Web Conference: Embankments, Dams and Slopes Technical Committee Presentation on Impacts of Extreme Events on Geotechnical Infrastructure
    2020 GI Web Conference: Embankments, Dams and Slopes Technical Committee Presentation on Impacts of Recent Extreme Events
    2020 GI Web Conference: Soil Improvement Technical Committee Presentation on Soil Improvement
    2021 GI Web Conference: Deep Foundations
    2021 GI Web Conference: Earth Retaining Structures
    2021 GI Web Conference: Embankments, Dams and Slopes - Extreme Events on Dams, Landslides, and Flowslides
    2021 GI Web Conference: Embankments, Dams and Slopes - Extreme Events on Geotechnical Infrastructures
    2021 GI Web Conference: Soil Improvement
    2022 GI Web Conference: A Quick Look into Some of the Latest in Grouting Research, Design and Practice
    2022 GI Web Conference: Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Technical Committee - Soil-Structure Interaction
    2022 GI Web Conference: Embankments, Dams, and Slopes Case Histories
    2022 GI Web Conference: Geoenvironmental Engineering Technical Committee - Subsidence Risk Mitigation in a Low-level Radioactive Waste (LLW) Landfill Final Cover: A Case History
    2022 GI Web Conference: Soil Improvement Committee - Case Histories in Soil Improvement for Civil Infrastructure
    2022 GI Web Conference: Unsaturated Soils Technical Committee - Unsaturated Soils in a Changing Climate
    A Data Base and Recommendation on 400 Failed MSE Walls with Geosynthetic Reinforcement
    Analysis and Design of Veneer Cover Soils for Landfills and Related Waste Containment Systems
    Approaches to Grouting in Karst
    Designing Water Balance Covers (ET Covers) for Landfills and Waste Containment
    Energy Piles - Background and Geotechnical Engineering Concepts
    Engineering Practice for Wetting-Induced Collapse of Soils
    Geo-Structural Investigation of Existing Structures
    Geosynthetic Applications Accompanying Shale Gas Drilling Operations
    Geosynthetic Clay Liners in Waste Containment Applications - Hydraulic and Chemical Compatibility Performance of GCLs in Landfill Liner Systems
    Geosynthetic Reinforced Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls
    Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Integrated Bridge System
    Geosynthetics Used in Unpaved and Paved Roads
    Geotextile Tubes for Erosion Control, Dewatering and Decontamination
    Integrity Assessment of Deep Foundations: Principles and Limitations
    Low Mobility Grouting
    Pressuremeter and Foundation Design
    Selected Topics Regarding Geosynthetic Clay Liners
    Soil Liquefaction Risk Mitigation Using Earthquake Drains and Other Drainage Techniques
    Sustainable Geotechnical Applications: Coal Combustion Products – Part II of VI
    Sustainable Geotechnical Applications: Construction Using Recycled Materials – Part I of VI
    Sustainable Geotechnical Applications: Foundry Byproducts - Part IV of VI
    Sustainable Geotechnical Applications: Recycled Base Aggregates in Pavement Applications - Part III of VI
    Sustainable Geotechnical Applications: Sustainability & Life Cycle Analysis of Recycled Materials - Part VI of VI
    Sustainable Geotechnical Applications: Tire Derived Aggregate in Geotechnical and Environmental Applications- Part V of VI
    The Measurement of Soil Suction in the Field for Geotechnical Engineering Applications
    The Seismic Coefficient Method for Slope and Retaining Wall Design

Profession and Practice
    ***Ethics Course*** Principled-Based Ethics: Character-Builder or Career-Ender
    10 Tips for Winning Federal Business
    ASCE's Code of Ethics
    Delegation - Improve Your and Their Productivity
    Engineer Your Own Success: 7 Key Elements to Creating an Extraordinary Engineering Career
    Ethics: Workplace Strategies for Ethical Challenges
    From Engineering to Entrepreneurship: How to Prepare For, Start and Manage Your Own Engineering firm
    From Project Engineer to Project Manager - Look Before You Leap
    How to Prepare and Implement a Successful Strategic Plan
    Improving Project Communication: Within and Outside of the Project Team
    Innovation in Civil Engineering: Examples and How to Do It
    Marketing 101 - Sleazy Activity or Mutually Beneficial
    Prepare to Engineer Tomorrow, Starting Today with Responsible Innovation
    Project Team and People Management - Part II of II
    Public Speaking - How to Plan, Design, and Deliver a Presentation
    Setting and Achieving Personal and Organization Goals

Structural Engineering
    Advanced Bridge Hydraulics - Moving Beyond 1D
    ASCE 59-11 Blast Protection of Buildings - Blast-Resistant Design of Systems, and Components
    ASCE/SEI 41-17: A Summary of Major Changes
    ASCE/SEI 41-17: Analysis Procedure Changes
    Avoiding Problems in Specifying Metal Roofing
    Bridge Demolition with Explosives
    Calculation and Applying Design Wind Loads on Buildings Using the Envelope Procedure of ASCE 7-16
    Changes to the Nonbuilding Structures Provisions in ASCE 7-16
    Connection Solutions for Wood Framed Structures
    Curtainwall Primer for Design Professionals
    Deflection Calculation of Concrete Floors
    Design of Adhesive Anchors
    Design of Anchor Bolts in Accordance with ACI 318 -19
    Design of Foundations for Coastal Flooding
    Design of Roof Structures - Avoiding Common Errors
    Designing Structures for Tsunami Resilience using the New Chapter 6 of ASCE 7-16
    Diagnosis, Repair, and Restoration of Building Facades
    Dynamically Loaded Machine and Equipment Foundations - A Design Primer
    Elimination of Deck Expansion Joints on Existing Bridges
    Engineering Judgment - Structural Renovation of a 100-Year-old Historic Barn
    Engineering Judgment: Low-Rise Building Design and Detailing
    Engineering Mid-Rise Buildings of Wood Construction
    Evaluation of Building Structural Stability - A Qualitative Approach
    Evolutionary Optimization for Hybrid System of Post-Tensioned Cross-Laminated Timber and Light-Frame Wood Shear Walls in Mid-Rise Buildings
    Glued Laminated and Cross Laminated Timbers: Mass Timber for a New Generation of Wood Construction
    Graphic Statics - Primer on Trusses
    How & Why to Use ASCE 7-22 in Your Practice
    Introduction to Structural Fire Engineering
    Investigation and Repair of Fire-Damaged Framing
    Investigation of Winter Roof Failures - Lessons Learned
    Joints in Buildings
    Large Wood Diaphragms in Heavy-Wall Buildings: New Understandings of their Seismic Behavior and Improving Their Performance
    Lateral Bracing of Flexural Members
    Learning from Failures of Wood-Framed Structures
    Mitigating Effects of Corrosion and Deterioration in Construction
    Non-Linear Time History Analysis
    Observation Method For Scour - A New Tool for the Bridge Engineer
    Philosophy of Structural Building Codes
    Pier and Beam Foundation Design for Wind and Flood Loads
    Post-Tensioning Concepts and Practice - Beyond the Basics
    Practical Design of Bolted and Welded Steel Connections
    Practical Insights for Diaphragm Modeling in the Analysis of Building Structures
    Practical Life-Cycle Analysis for Bridges
    Quantification of Numeric Model Uncertainty and Risk
    Rain Loads in ASCE 7-22 , What’s New and Different
    Reinforced Masonry Design and Construction
    S-N Curves for Metal Fatigue, Best Practices, Origins, and Limitations
    SEI Standards Series ASCE 7 & Building Codes - Part 1
    SEI Standards Series ASCE 7 & Building Codes - Part 2
    Seismic Assessment and Strengthening of Buildings and Structures in Areas of Low to Moderate Seismicity
    Seismic Design of Curtain Wall Systems
    Seismic Design of Steel Horizontal, Saddle-Support Tanks
    Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings: An Overview of Changes to the New ASCE 41-13
    Seismic Screening of Buildings Using ASCE 41-13
    Significant Changes to Tensile Membrane Structures, ASCE 55-16
    Significant Changes to the Wind Load Design Procedures of ASCE 7-10
    Significant Changes to the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-10 and Coordination with the 2015 IBC and 2015 IRC
    Significant Changes to the Wind Load Provisions of ASCE 7-16
    Site-Specific Seismic Design Ground Motions as per ASCE 7-16 and ASCE 7-22
    Strengthening Structural Steel Beams
    Structural Renovation of Parking Garages
    Supporting Suspended Loads from Building Structural Elements
    Verification of Computer Calculations by Approximate Methods
    Vibration of Concrete Floors - Evaluation, Acceptance and Control
    Wind Design for Industrial Facilities
    Wind Design for Non-Residential Wood Structures
    Wind Loading: MWFRS and C&C Approach for Non-Rectangular Low-Rise Buildings

Sustainability and Resilience
    Case Studies in Sustainable and Resilient Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials (SR-SEMM)
    Disaster Resilience of Infrastructure Systems: Quantification and Economic Valuation for Decision and Policy Making
    Enterprise Asset Management for Infrastructures
    Geothermal Energy: A Renewable and Sustainable Source to Heat and Cool the Building’s Envelope
    Integrating Resilience & Sustainablity into Civil Engineering Projects
    Nature-Based Solutions: How to Get Started
    People-Centric AI for Resilient, Sustainable, Safe and Healthy Built Environments
    Sustainability Studies and Assessments of Ground Modification Works for Civil Infrastructure
    Sustainable Infrastructure Using Envision to Plan, Design and Rate Infrastructure Projects
    The Emerging Partnership between ASCE and NOAA and its Implications for Addressing Nonstationarity in Weather and Climate Extreme in Civil Engineering Practice
    Updating Structural Specifications to Reduce Embodied Carbon

Transportation
    AASHTO '93 Pavement Design
    Airfield Pavement Condition Assessment - Manual or Automated? Which is Best? 
    An Introduction to Traffic Signal Operations
    Applying Access Management to Roadway Projects
    Benefits of Pavement Reclamation: How In-Place Recycling has Worked for National Parks/Forests
    Chasing the Automobile - History of Pavement Design and Construction in the United States
    Citizen Traffic-Related Requests - A Correspondence Guide for Working with Residents
    Complete Streets and Pavement Preservation - Linking Planning and Public Works for Better Communities and Better Infrastructure
    Complete Streets Design
    Construction and Management of Sidewalks and Recreational Trails
    Continuous Pavement Deflection Testing and Its Implementation in Pavement Management
    Contributors to Speed and Considerations for Speed Management
    Corridor Studies - A Primer for Agencies
    Cost-Effective Assessment of Pavement Condition
    Design of New Flexible Pavements
    Designing Calmer Residential Subdivisions - An Interactive Approach for Designing New Residential Streets
    Developing Pavement Performance Models for Asset Management Applications
    Developing, Implementing, & Managing a Comprehensive Citywide Traffic Signal Coordination Program
    Effective Pavement Management and Its Benefits
    Engineering Treatments and Design Development Strategies for Creating Safe Routes to Schools
    Environmental Issues and Mitigation for Low Volume Roads
    Flexible Pavement Evaluation for Effective Decision Making
    Geophysical Imaging in Support of Structural and/or Pavement Investigations
    How to Meet The Federal Traffic Sign Retroflectivity Requirements
    Introduction to Variable Speed Limits
    Managed Lanes: From Planning through Design to Operations
    New and Emerging Technology for the Construction of Pavements
    New ASCE Standard - Design, Construction and Maintenance of Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavements
    Overview and Use of Highway Safety Data Systems
    Pavement Marking Maintenance Methods
    Pavement Preservation
    Prevent Accidents and Traffic Delays - The Art of Delivering and Maintaining Successful Signal Timing Improvements
    Recycled Base Aggregates in Pavement Applications
    Recycled Materials in Transportation Geotechnical Applications
    Redeveloping Roadways for the Urban Core within Constrained Right-of-Ways
    Regulatory and Warning Signs - Providing Answers to Common Citizen Requests
    Roadway Construction Inspection Techniques to Minimize Life-Cycle Costs
    Roadway Construction Quality Control and Inspection Techniques for Concrete Surfaced Pavements
    Roller-Compacted Concrete Pavements - Applications and Guidance
    Setting and Managing Speed Zones
    The Impact of Design, Construction and Maintenance Features on the Long-Term Performance of Pavements
    The Road Safety and Signage Audit - Proactive Roadway Safety in the 21st Century
    Thin Pavement Surface Treatments to Improve Friction and Reduction Moisture Infiltration
    Traffic Signal Design
    Traffic Studies for Implementing Short-Term and Long-Range Roadway Improvements
    Transportation Infrastructure Considerations for Super Heavy Load Moves

Water and Water Resources
    Buried Plastic Reservoirs and Tanks: Out of Sight; But Are They Out of Mind?
    CFD Applications in Stormwater Treatment
    Decentralized Recharge and Reuse - Innovative Wastewater Systems
    Design of Onsite Wastewater Disposal Systems
    Design of Restrained Joints for Pressure Pipes
    Hydraulics 101 - Understanding the Basics
    Inspection and Rehabilitation Methodologies for Large Diameter Water Transmission Pipelines
    Installation, Design and Performance of Prefabricated Drains, aka PVDs
    Introduction to Runoff Analysis Using Unit Hydrographs
    Introduction to Solid Waste Transfer Design for Rural Communities
    PFAS Contamination - Translating Research to Practice
    Pipeline Condition Assessment Using Broadband Electromagnetic (BEM) Testing
    River Restoration with Large Wood - Detailed Design and Construction
    Sediment Transport Basics: Part 1
    Seismic Assessment and Design of Water and Sewer Pipelines
    The Integration of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling Tools in Water Treatment Plant Design
    Water Balance Modeling for Alternative Covers


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