The State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors have outlined requirements for continuing education for license renewal for PE’s. For your convenience, NJSPE is offering educational resources that include in-person, electronic, and in-office courses. NJSPE is committed to providing courses in and around the tri-state area that will cater to those with multiple licenses and differing state requirements.
Speakers: Charles Henry,
Project Manager
Joseph Romano, PE,
Vice President, Northeast Regional Bridge Practice Lead Michael Baker International
Listen to the NJDOT Project Manager and lead Engineer discuss the Final Design phase to replace the structurally deficient, functionally obsolete existing Route 4 Bridge (Structure No. 0206-166) over the Hackensack River, which connects the City of Hackensack with the Township of Teaneck in Bergen County, NJ with a 3‐span continuous steel multi‐girder bridge.
Due to the high traffic volumes in and adjacent to the project area, maintaining three (3) lanes of traffic in both the eastbound and westbound direction of Route 4 throughout construction is imperative. Learn more about the bridge replacement that will be constructed utilizing a bridge slide as an Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) technique for the proposed eastbound bridge, and conventional construction for the proposed westbound bridge. This construction technique allows for the full bridge replacement along with the reconstruction and widening of the approach roadway, ultimately improving the safety of the corridor within the project area.
Speaker: Vincent Mazzei
Assistant Commissioner, Watershed & Land Management
Vincent Mazzei will break down the Inland Flood Protection Rule that was issued by the State of New Jersey on July 17, 2023. The session will focus on the various changes with the new law and what engineers need to know.
Speaker: Lawrence P. Powers
Co-Chair – Construction Law Department
Engineers will learn about industry-related professional and statutory codes of ethics to indoctrinate ethics awareness and an understanding of ethical standards common to all jurisdictions, so that the participants understand the boundaries of ethical engineering behavior. Seminar will include an Introduction to common statutory and regulatory ethics rules; review of the National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics with examples of common ethics rules, and illustrative case studies to consider, with emphasis on the similarities and difference between governmental and professional society sanctions. This session is eligible for credits in NYS
Joining the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers gives you the tools and services to be better informed and better connected within the professional engineering community. Membership benefits include networking opportunities, discounted fees on webinars and events, a voice in the government relations efforts, fifteen online development seminars, news of the profession and more!
Our Continuing Education Webinar series continues to bring top professionals and hot topics in our field right to your desktop. If you become a member of NJSPE today, you will receive this Continuing Education Webinar on April 28th for free – a $149 value. Membership is $299 and covers membership in the National Society, integrated state society, and local chapter for one full year
Speaker: Bob Rose
Northeast Sales Manager, Acrow Bridge
Explore the history and designing of modular bridging with top bridging expert Bob Rose. Learn about the various features, benefits, basic components, and truss configurations of modular bridging. The presentation will also include applications and installation methods. Mr. Rose will also share details on specific New Jersey projects.
Bob Rose is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, with a business and marketing degree. He has worked in the Bridge and Highway industry for the over 35 years, first with Ashland Chemical coating division, then as the National Sales Manager for the D S Brown Co. D S Brown is the leading designer and manufacture of expansion joints and bearings in the US. In 2016, he joined Acrow Bridge as the Northeast Sales Manager covering New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Acrow Bridge is a full-service design and engineering firm that specializes in prefabricated modular steel bridging solutions for permanent installations, temporary installation, construction access and emergency use.
Speaker: Kwok L. Tam, P.E.
Vice President, WSP USA
Listen to Kwok L. Tam, P.E., Vice President, National Bridges & Structures Practice at WSP USA, talk about the new Kosciuszko Bridge that replaces a 1.1-mile segment of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway over Newtown Creek with two parallel, modern, and innovative structures each with a single-tower cable-stayed main span. The signature structures carry an estimated 180,000 vehicles per day and provide a gateway between Brooklyn and Queens and reshape the skyline of these two New York City boroughs. State of the art methods were employed to help reduce future maintenance requirements and to provide for a 100-year service life of the bridge. The methodology used to also protect against chloride infiltration and premature deterioration will be discussed, as well as the design practices used to protect against future concrete spalling and cracking.
Mr. Tam has over 30 years of experience in providing structural engineering, seismic analysis, design, and inspection services for major bridges and highway structures. His project experience includes project management/coordination and engineering design of numerous structures throughout the New York metropolitan area, as well as in Asia. He is deeply involved in all aspects of bridge design, including the development of design plans, writing of special specifications, developing engineer’s cost estimates, and the construction phase. He specializes in long-span bridges of all types, particularly cable-stayed bridges.
Speaker: Laurence W. Keller, P.E.
Vice President, Whitestone Associates, Inc,
Special inspections were developed and codified to minimize improper construction and ensure that the design-professional-in-responsible-charge remains engaged in the construction process to reduce project defects and failures. As such, one of the major functions of design professionals occurs after the design plans are approved and a building permit is issued through the special inspection program. Join us for a presentation by Laurence W. Keller, P.E. from Whitestone Associates, Inc. on special inspection code requirements and responsibilities.
Laurence W. Keller is a licensed professional engineer and Vice President at Whitestone Associates, Inc, which is a New Jersey-based materials testing, geotechnical engineering, and environmental firm, providing consulting services for more than 25 years. Mr. Keller routinely provides construction materials testing, special inspections, and geotechnical engineering services throughout the Eastern U.S. and is responsible for performance and management of Whitestone’s special inspection services.
Offering 3 PDH’s credits for PE’s in NJ and other states that accept NJSPE accredited programs.
New Low Price for Members Only: $59
Non-Member Pricing: $149*
The New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers Continuing Education Webinar series brings the top professionals and hot topics in our field right to your desktop.
NJSPE is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsor of Continuing Education for Engineers. Only live Continuing Education sessions are eligible for NYS credit.
Speaker: John A. Nawn, P.E., PTOE, F. NSPE
Civil Environmental Engineer, Delon Hampton Associates
Speaker: Laurence W. Keller, PE
Vice President, Whitestone Associates
Speaker: Jeromie Lange, P.E., PP, CME, CFM
Director of Development, Active Acquisitions
$59.00 – $149.00Select options
James Peeples, PE, Vice President, T&M Associates
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are widely used in products such as firefighting foams, waterproof clothes, and nonstick cookware. Called “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down under typical environmental conditions, PFAS accumulate in soil and water and can persist in the human body once ingested. This session will include a short background on PFAS and the reason they are so widespread in the environment, a discussion of the current state of PFAS regulation at the Federal and State level, recent developments regarding PFAS breakdown and how future PFAS work will be impacted, and PFAS treatment case studies for public water systems.
Nenad Gucunski, Professor and Chairman, Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rutgers University
Effective and economical management of bridges depend on the accurate assessment of their current condition and prediction of their future performance. Among all the bridge components, reinforced concrete decks, in most cases, deteriorate the fastest. The complexity of deterioration processes requires the application of multiple nondestructive evaluation (NDE) and other technologies to accurately describe the condition, and likely causes of deterioration. Listen to an overview of the benefits stemming from periodical multi-NDE technology surveys for bridge management, especially from the use of rapid and automated data collection and analysis processes.
Attendees are eligible to receive NJ or NY credit for this session.
Aditi Patel, P.E., Vice President, LiRo’s Virtual Design Construction & Operations Department
Explore the use of Virtual Design and Construction methodologies in all phases of a project life cycle. Emerging technologies such as Reality Capture combined with Building Information Modeling could be successfully implemented in Design, Pre-Construction, Construction and Maintenance of facilities more efficiently, to reduce costs and increase accuracy of the information driving critical project decisions. This presentation will focus on use of cutting-edge technology to help inform the design process, getting stakeholder buy-in, solve critical coordination challenges early on to save expensive errors later during construction, enhanced project controls, closeout and handover workflows.
$69.00 – $138.00Select options
Stormwater Management in the NJ Pinelands – A Review of Stormwater Management Amendments to the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan
Ed Wengrowski & Brian P. Szura, NJ Pinelands Commission
Learn about the historical and recent updates to the Pinelands Commission’s Stormwater Management rules with particular emphasis on the Commission’s and NJDEP’s reliance on Green Infrastructure for non-point pollution control, flood control and groundwater recharge. This webinar will review stormwater management strategies that prevent pollution from entering our waterways, minimize property damage due to flooding and maintain groundwater levels for sustainable drinking water supplies, agricultural and industrial uses, and essential wetlands ecosystem services. Q&A session included.
NJ DEP Soil Testing for Stormwater Management
Lisa Schaefer, Bureau of Flood Hazard and Stormwater Engineering
Understanding the character and saturated hydraulic conductivity of surface and subsurface soils at a proposed land development site is crucial to the design of stormwater BMPs that meet the requirements of the Stormwater Management rules. This presentation will focus on the reasons why soil testing is important, along with the different types of testing. Also included will be the soil testing requirements and what is to be submitted in the stormwater management report for a major development project.
$69 – Members | $138 – Non-Members
This webinar offers 2 CDC Credits for NJ Professional Engineers and PE’s in other states that accept NJSPE accredited programs.
$69.00 – $138.00Select options
Product: On-Demand
Location: Online
Member Price: $35
Course Length: 2 hours
Credit(s): 2 PDH
The learning objective is to expose the seminar participants to various engineering related professional and statutory codes of ethics to indoctrinate ethics awareness and an understanding of ethical standards common to all jurisdictions, including those of the participants, so that the participants understand the boundaries of ethical engineering behavior. The program is broken into several parts. Introduction to common statutory and regulatory ethics rules; review of the National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics with examples of common ethics rules, illustrative case studies to consider, with emphasis on the similarities and difference between governmental and professional society sanctions; practical reasons for ethical practice, how unethical practice can present professional liability, legal, licensure, moral and public health, safety and welfare issues.
NOTE: Your payment is only good for ONE person. Sharing the video will NOT result in additional free PDH credits.
NJSPE Member Rate – $69
Non-Member Rate – $138
Offering 4 CPC credits forNJ Professional Engineers and PE’s in other states that accept NJSPE accredited programs.
NJSPE is a New York State Education Department Approved Sponsors of Continuing Education for Engineers and Land Surveyors. 1 CPC credit equals 1 PDH credit for NYS
Questions: cgoldstein@njpsi.com; 609-393-0099
In 2018, the Delaware River and Bay Authority determined that the deck of the first structure was near the end of its service life. Through a 50-year lifecycle cost analysis, a partial-depth deck replacement overlay utilizing Ultra High- Performance Concrete (UHPC) was identified as the preferred alternative to deck replacement and conventional overlays. The pilot project replaced the top 3.75 inches of the deck with UHPC on approximately 25,000 square feet of deck, incorporating overlays on the main suspension bridge, deck truss and steel girder approach structures. The completion of this project set new milestones in the U.S. as the largest use and continuous pour of UHPC overlay.
Physical asset management, which differs from financial or software asset management, is an important and often complicated topic to most organizations. Focusing on increased efficiency and transparency, a well-defined asset management system will provide an organization with their current condition and valuation to support these needs, as well as provide a foundation for budget planning and goal setting. Asset management is one of the first steps in developing risk assessments and resiliency. It can be incorporated into every part of an organizations’ operations and will provide immediate value when fully adopted. This presentation will cover the basic components of asset management, what it provides, why it is so important, and how to get started.
The learning objective is to expose the seminar participants to various engineering related professional and statutory codes of ethics to indoctrinate ethics awareness and an understanding of ethical standards common to all jurisdictions, including those of the participants, so that the participants understand the boundaries of ethical engineering behavior.
The program is broken into several parts. Introduction to common statutory and regulatory ethics rules; review of the National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics with examples of common ethics rules, illustrative case studies to consider, with emphasis on the similarities and difference between governmental and professional society sanctions; practical reasons for ethical practice, how unethical practice can present professional liability, legal, licensure, moral and public health, safety and welfare issues.
Product: On-Demand
Location: Online
Member Price: $35
Course Length: 3 hours
Credit(s): 3 PDH
To understand “How the Towers Fell” we first need to examine how and why the WTC Complex and PATH Station were first constructed, the existing “New Jersey Tubes” they replaced, the details of the 1993 WTC bombing damage, the forensic Investigation by ATF & FBI, the recovery and repair effort, and the lessons learned on improving security and emergency response at the WTC complex that was a factor during the 9-11 attack. This will be followed by a description of evacuation of the WTC complex after the first plane hit the towers, and how the Twin Towers and Seven WTC collapsed with a first-hand in-depth description of the site damage.
We will examine the damage to lower Manhattan and the severe economic impact that the tragic event had on the community and will build upon the information presented on the 1993 Bombing and the 9/11 attacks. It will also cover, temporary shoring, flood protection, and site cleanup from the 9- 11 attacks followed by the construction of the Temporary PATH Station, reconstruction, repairs to the PATH tunnels and Exchange Place Station in NJ. It will cover recommended improvements in building codes. It will foster discussion about whether a standard high-rise tower could have survived the 1993 Bombing and why the Twin Towers and 7 World Trade Center all remained stable for different time periods only to collapse later in a manner resembling controlled demolition.
Product: On-Demand
Location: Online
Member Price: $69
Course Length: 2.5 hours
Credit(s): 3 PDH
Offering 3 PDH credits for NJ Professional Engineers and PE’s in other states that accept NJSPE accredited programs.
Course Title: Digital Signatures & Seals – Know how to Comply with the soon-to-be Adopted Rules at NJDEP on Electronic Submission of Applications for Watershed and Land Management permits.
Speaker: James J. Purcell, PE, PMP
Accreditation: 1 NJ PDH credits
Presentation to the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers
Participants will learn the difference between electronic and digital signatures. When digital signatures are appropriate and when they are not. What rules govern the use of digital signatures and options in implementing a digital signature environment.
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Course Title: Green Infrastructure (GI):
Types, Benefits and Implementation Strategies
Speaker: Tejal A. Patel, PE, CME, LEED AP
Accreditation: 1 NJ PDH credits
Presentation to the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers
As more and more communities directly experience the negative impacts of climate change and frequent storms; engineers and municipalities are under increasing pressure to embrace greener and sustainable infrastructure for stormwater management. Green infrastructure refers to a set of integrated strategies to meet stormwater management goals in cost-effective ways as well as achieving multiple benefits by managing runoff with vegetation, soils, and/or reuse.
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Course Title: Permeable Pavers – A Green Alternative
Speaker: Eugene Fernandez
Commercial Territory Manager, Unilock New York, Inc.
Accreditation: 1 NJ PDH credits
Presentation to the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers
This seminar will analyze the goals and criteria for using a permeable pavement system. We will examine design different solutions for challenging site constraint and compare permeable concrete pavers to other traditional storm systems. You will learn how to utilize ASTM sandard C936 for evaluating permeable pavers and learn efficient installation procedures for permeable pavers. This seminar will examine LEED criteria for achieving potential credits for using concrete pavers, such as stormwater quality and quantity controls, solar reflectivity and cycled materials.
NOTE: Your payment is only good for ONE person. Sharing the video will NOT result in additional free PDH credits.
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Product: On-Demand
Location: Online
Member Price: $35
Course Length: 1.5 hours
Credit(s): 1 PDH
This course will review the ways drones are being used in the construction industry, mainly in the engineering and surveying fields. This course will show examples of how drones are being utilized in various different situations to assist Engineers. You will learn the safety benefits of using drones in compromising health situations. You will learn some of the legal requirements for use of drone, applications of drones for specific Engineers needs, benefits of using drones, and you will see some of what the future can hold for drone technology in the engineering field.
NOTE: Your payment is only good for ONE person. Sharing the video will NOT result in additional free PDH credits.
Product: On-Demand
Location: Online
Member Price: $35
Course Length: 2 hours
Credit(s): 1 PDH
This course will provide a general overview of the use and application of regulatory and warning signs, pavement marking and traffic signals. In addition, the course will include a discussion of common traffic engineering studies used to establish speed limits and determine design parameters used in implementing traffic control devices and roadway geometric features. Examples will be presented and concepts will be reinforced through hands-on exercises. Finally, the presentation will provide an overview of roundabouts, including design features, their application and advantages of using roundabouts over other conventional intersection treatments.
NOTE: Your payment is only good for ONE person. Sharing the video will NOT result in additional free PDH credits.
Product: On-Demand
Location: Online
Member Price: $35
Course Length: 2 hours
Credit(s): 1 PDH
This course will review the recently adopted NJ Stormwater Management Rules that became effective on March 2, 2021. The discussion will focus on the design paradigm shift necessary to successfully and efficiently implement green infrastructure including design team approaches to effectively utilize green infrastructure in stormwater management. The concept of decentralization and utilizing the required tiers of BMPs to accomplish stormwater management in a treatment train will be explained, including examples. The benefits of using green infrastructure from both a stormwater management and development standpoint will be explained.
NOTE: Your payment is only good for ONE person. Sharing the video will NOT result in additional free PDH credits.
Product: On-Demand
Location: Online
Member Price: $35
Course Length: 3.5 hours
Credit(s): 1 PDH
Construction Quality Assurance and Construction Engineering and Inspection Services for the Goethals Bridge Replacement
Learn how the Goethals Bridge Replacement Project required innovations in monitoring permitting, quality assurance, resource tracking, and Construction Engineering and Inspection scheduling.
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