Civil and FL Advanced Bldg. Code, Laws, Rules & Ethics 18 PDH Discount Package

This online PDH course is a Florida Building Code (FBC) approved course (FBC Course # 1294.0) and is being offered by Continuing Education and Development, Inc, a FL approved Continuing Education Provider (CEP No. 0004183).

This course provides an overview of the significant changes in Florida Building Code, Building, 8th edition (2023) which went into effect on December 31, 2023.

This course discusses the most significant changes from a set of chapters, and presents the amendments from the previous Florida Building Code (7th Edition, 2020) to the current Florida Building Code (8th Edition, 2023). In particular, this course covers the additions and/or modifications to the following chapters:

• Chapter 1: Scope and Administration;
• Chapter 4: Special Detailed Requirements Based on Occupancy and Use;
• Chapter 8: Interior Finishes and Decorative Materials;
• Chapter 10: Means of Egress;
• Chapter 14: Exterior Walls;
• Chapter 16: Structural Design;
• Chapter 29: Plumbing Systems; and
• Chapter 33: Safeguards During Construction.

This 2 PDH online course is applicable to Florida Professional Engineers who are required to take an Advanced Building Code course and are interested in learning more about the most significant changes that are introduced in the latest edition of the Florida Building Code.

This online engineering PDH course discusses the most common guidelines on the design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP).

Continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) was introduced in the United States almost 100 years ago when the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (now the Federal Highway Administration) constructed a CRCP test section on Columbia Pike in Arlington, Virginia. Since then, CRCP has been constructed in many states in the U.S. and in a number of other countries. As experience with the design and construction of CRCP has grown, a variety of lessons learned through practical experience and research have contributed to the development of best practices for CRCP throughout its life cycle.

Today, CRCP is designed and constructed as a pavement of choice for long-life performance, recognizing that initial smoothness will be maintained for decades and that maintenance during that time will be minimal.

This online engineering PDH offers steps for planning how to prevent and contain stormwater pollution. It offers a step by step guide on what should be included in the plan, as well as helpful tips for how the plan can be maintained, adhered to, and exceeded in order to ensure a high level of quality.

Stormwater runoff is water from rain or snowmelt that does not immediately infiltrate into the ground and flows over or through natural or man-made storage or conveyance systems. When undeveloped areas are converted to land uses with impervious surfaces such as buildings, parking lots, and roads, the natural hydrology of the land is altered and can result in increased surface runoff rates, volumes, and pollutant loads.

This course provides useful tips about maintaining a SWPPP, as well as examples of and foresight into what can go wrong with various different kinds of materials which are commonly found at industrial sites. This includes solids, liquids, and waste. It also provides useful information on how to effectively and efficiently handle stormwater discharge in the event that control measures fail, and information on monitoring pollutants in stormwater discharge.

This online PDH course is a FL approved Engineering Laws, Rules and Ethics course and is being offered by Continuing Education and Development, Inc, a FL approved Continuing Education Provider (CEP No. 0004183).

The first part of this course begins with an overview of the Laws and Rules governing the practice of engineering in the State of Florida (Chapter 1) including:

• Florida Statutes, Chapter 455, “Department of Business and Professional Regulation”
• Florida Statutes, Chapter 471, “Engineering”
• Florida Administrative Code, 61G15, F.A.C., “Florida Board of Professional Engineers”

Then it continues to address the rules amended, adopted or otherwise repealed from 61G15, F.A.C. (Chapter 2) as well as the changes to Chapters 455, F.S. and 471, F.S. (Chapter 3), within the preceding biennium, as applicable.

The second part of this course presents engineering ethics and the principles of professional responsibility (Chapter 4). It further illustrates the application of Chapters 455 and 471, F.S. to a randomly selected set of ethical and disciplinary cases (Chapter 5).

This 2 PDH online engineering course is applicable to Professional Engineers licensed in the State of Florida and who are required to demonstrate continuing professional competency in the Florida Laws, Rules and Ethics as a condition of license renewal. For each renewal period, every licensee must complete eighteen (18) professional development hours as follows:

• One hour must relate to this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter;
• One hour must relate to professional ethics;
• Four hours must relate to the licensee’s area of practice; and
• The remaining hours may relate to any topic pertinent to the practice of engineering.