Civil Engineering Continuing Education Online PDH Courses
These online PDH courses are intended for civil engineers looking to satisfy their state continuing education requirements through online PDH courses. Topics in this category and generally related to heavy civil engineering and include subjects such as water and waste water, bridges, roadways, environmental protection (wind, flood, earthquake) and others.
Additional topics covered include environmental impact of civil engineering works, utilities, stormwater, drainage, transmission lines, pavement design, foundations and many others.
You can also purchase a discipline specific or state specific online PDH package to satisfy complete license renewal requirements with considerable savings compared to purchasing individual courses.
A-001 A Guide to Building Earth Homes: 6 PDH
This course provides guidance on building earth homes, such as adobe, rammed earth or pressed block houses.
A-002 ADA Requirements for the Design of Parking Spaces: 1 PDH
This seminar provides information, guidance and training on the parking requirements of the 2010 regulations of the ADA
A-006 Building Design Guidance for Terrorism Mitigation: 4 PDH
This course highlights mitigation measures that may be applied to building elements, including architectural, structural, and building envelope systems.
A-008 Integrating Manmade Hazards: 5 PDH
This course will help users identify, prioritize, and implement mitigation actions across the full spectrum of hazards and maximize the efficient allocation of public…
A-009 Performance Based Design for Schools: 1 PDH
This course reviews the performance based design approach for school projects in earthquake, flood and high wind areas
A-010 Public Right of Way Accessibility Guidelines: 5 PDH
Description of the Public Right of Way Accessibility Guidelines course: The Public Right of Way Accessibility Guidelines online PDH course is a part of…
A-011 Safe Rooms and Shelters: 4 PDH
This course reviews the potential manmade threats to which a shelter may be exposed and the level of protection (LOP) that may be assumed…
A-012 Transit Security Access Management: 5 PDH
The Transit Security Access Management course defines the parameters of access management and describes the challenges of incorporating access management into the transit environment
A-013 Transit Security – Infrastructure: 6 PDH
Transit Security – Infrastructure course provides an overview of transit infrastructure including the stationary assets in a system such as real estate, tunnels, rail…
A-014 Transit Security – Vehicles: 3 PDH
The Transit Security course helps increase awareness of, and explains how policy makers and designers can use the design to protect employees and passengers
A-015 Building Information Modeling (BIM) Guide: 3 PDH
This guidance applies to design and construction by the architects, engineers, other consultants, and contractors hired for those projects by VA
A-016 Coastal Building Materials: 2 PDH
This course provides technical guidance and recommendations on building materials used in coastal residential buildings.
A-017 Planning and Designing Buildings in Coastal Areas: 3 PDH
This course provides a summary of all recommendations for exceeding National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulatory requirements concerning coastal construction.
A-018 Building Envelope in Coastal Areas: 5 PDH
This course provides technical guidance and recommendations on design, construction and maintenance of building envelope elements
A-019 Building Attachments in Coastal Areas: 1 PDH
This course provides technical guidance and recommendations on design, construction and maintenance of building attachments such as enclosures and breakaway walls, decks, pools and…
A-020 Building Repairs and Retrofits in Coastal Areas: 1 PDH
The Building Repairs and Retrofits in Coastal Areas course provides guidelines for repairs, remodeling and additions as per NFIP requirements
CE-001 A Guide to Rainwater Harvesting: 6 PDH
This course introduces the basics of residential and small-scale commercial rainwater harvesting systems design. It is intended to serve as a first step in…
CE-002 Basics of Site Work: 3 PDH
This course introduces you to the concepts of site surveys, including construction surveys, bench marks, datum, and mean sea level.
CE-003 Transmission Lines, Towers and Substation: 8 PDH
This online course introduces you to Environmental Protection and Best Management Practices (BMPs) for planning and conducting transmission line construction and maintenance activities.
CE-004 Bracing System Design: 6 PDH
This course covers a full range of topics and design examples intended to provide engineers with the information needed to make knowledgeable decisions regarding…
CE-005 Bridge Deck Design: 4 PDH
This course provides practical information regarding the decking options and design considerations for steel bridges, presenting deck types such as concrete deck slabs, metal…
CE-006 Building Terrorism Mitigation – Site Layout and Design: 5 PDH
This course discusses site-level considerations for development as mitigation measures against building terrorism.
CE-007 Conduits Culverts and Pipes: 4 PDH
This 4 PDH online course provides guidance on the design and construction of conduits, culverts, and pipes, and design procedures for trench/embankment earth loadings,…
CE-008 Pavement Design for Roads, Streets, Walks: 7 PDH
This 7 PDH online course provides guidelines and criteria for the design of pavements for roads, streets, walks, and open storage areas.
CE-009 Deterioration of Concrete: 2 PDH
This course provides guidance on how to establish the cause or causes for distress and deterioration of concrete, and the damage that has been…
CE-010 Skid-resistant Airport Pavement Surfaces: 2 PDH
This course contains guidelines and procedures for the design and construction of skid-resistant pavement, pavement evaluation with friction measuring equipment, and maintenance of high…
CE-011 Operational Safety on Airports During Construction: 5 PDH
This course provides guidelines for operational safety on airports during construction.
CE-012 Home Builders Guide to Earthquake Resistant Building Design I: 5 PDH
This course provides guidance on best practices for earthquake-resistant house design and construction for use by builders, designers, code enforcement personnel, and potential homeowners
CE-013 Home Builders Guide to Earthquake Resistant Building Design II: 5 PDH
This course provides guidance on best practices for earthquake-resistant house design and construction for use by builders, designers, code enforcement personnel, and potential homeowners….
CE-014 Sustainable Concrete Pavements: 8 PDH
This course provides guidance on pavement sustainability concepts and on recommended practices for maximizing the sustainability of concrete pavements
CE-015 Geometric Design of Roundabouts: 5 PDH
Roundabouts are a common form of intersection control used throughout the world and increasingly in the United States. The course provides guidance on geometric…
CE-016 Admixtures for Concrete: 2 PDH
This course gives guidance on using of concrete admixtures to ensure quality and appropriate concrete properties are achieved during design and placing of concrete…
CE-017 Installation of Post‐Tensioning Tendons: 12 PDH
This online course provides guidance in the design, installation, grouting and inspection of post-tensioning tendons for prestressed concrete bridges.
CE-018 Foundations in Expansive Soils: 6 PDH
This course presents guidance for selecting economical foundations on expansive soil to minimize structural distress to within tolerable levels and guidance for minimizing problems…
CE-019 Bridge Concrete Decks: 2 PDH
This course provides a general description of the various concrete deck types, a discussion of the basic structural behavior of concrete decks, and an…
CE-020 Concrete Construction: 5 PDH
The Concrete Construction course provides information on concrete form design and concrete mix design, reinforcement properties, as well as the procedures in batching concrete.
CE-021 Restoring Small Urban Watersheds: 5 PDH
This course provides guidance on concepts and techniques for urban watershed restoration and provides a framework to evaluate subwatershed restoration potential.
CE-022 Construction Bridge Surveying: 1 PDH
This course outlines fundamentals of bridge surveying
CE-028 Extending Service Life of Existing RC Pavements: 5 PDH
The Extending Service Life of Existing RC Pavements course provides information on best practices in rehabilitation strategies for extending the service life of continuously…
CE-033-Design for Constructibility (T&M): 3 PDH
This course gives guidance on important consideration related to erection and construction of steel bridges, and approach to design for constructibility.
CE-039 Freeze Thaw Resistance of Concrete with Marginal Air Content: 3 PDH
This course discusses the freeze-thaw resistance of several “marginal” air void mixes, with two different types of air-entraining admixtures (AEA)—a Vinsol resin and a…
CE-058 Sewer Sediment and Control: 4 PDH
This 4 PDH online course provides an integrated approach to manage the solids generated in urban wet weather flows (WWFs), both on the land…
CE-067 Frost Protected Shallow Foundations: 3 PDH
The course provides methods for designing the frost protected shallow foundation, selecting insulating materials as well as its’ limits and typical applications.
CE-068 Bases and Subbases for Concrete Pavements: 1 PDH
The Bases and Subbases for Concrete Pavements course is intended for civil engineers and other construction professionals interested in learning about Bases and Subbases…
CE-069 Chemical Deicers and Concrete Pavements: 1 PDH
This course focuses on a recently recognized form of deterioration on concrete pavements referred to as chemical deicer distress.
CE-070 An Introduction to Primary Wastewater Treatment: 2 PDH
This course will introduce you to processes and equipment for primary treatment of wastewater.
CE-071 Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment: 2 PDH
This course discusses the activated sludge process employed extensively throughout the world in its conventional form and modified forms, all of which are capable…
CE-072 An Introduction to Levee Construction: 3 PDH
This course will introduce you to design and construction of levees for flood protection and in connection with a variety of water resources projects…
CE-073 Seepage, Slope and Settlement for Levees: 2 PDH
This course will introduce you to methods for controlling seepage and settlement in the construction of levees, and to generally acceptable guidelines for levee…
CE-074 Bridge Concrete Decks (T&M): 2 PDH
The Bridge Concrete Decks course outlines fundamentals basic structural behavior of various concrete decks, and major design and detailing considerations
CE-076 Frost Protected Shallow Foundations (T&M): 3 PDH
The course provides methods for designing the FPSF, selecting insulating materials as well as its’ limits and typical applications. Both simplified FPSF design method…
CE-077 Sewer Sediment and Control (T&M): 4 PDH
The Sewer Sediment and Control course gives an introduction to an integrated approach to manage the solids generated in urban wet weather flows
CE-078 Pavement Design in Seasonal Frost Conditions: 4 PDH
Pavement Design in Seasonal Frost Conditions course introduces special methods for pavement design of roads, parking and open storage areas in frost conditions
CE-079 Design for Constructibility: 3 PDH
This course gives guidance on important consideration related to erection and construction of steel bridges, and approach to design for constructibility.
CE-080 Natural Gas Pipeline Flow Calculations: 3 PDH
This course provides information about four natural gas pipeline flow equations, along with information about the fluid properties needed and their estimation or calculation.
CE-081 A Guide to Rainwater Harvesting (T&M): 6 PDH
This course introduces the basics of residential and small-scale commercial rainwater harvesting systems design. It is intended to serve as a first step in…
CE-082 Soil Stabilization (T&M): 3 PDH
This course provides an overview of most common soil stabilization techniques, design criteria and common issues identified with using each of the soil stabilization…
CE-083 Wastewater Treatment I – Activated Sludge: 3 PDH
Wastewater Treatment I – Activated Sludge course provides background on biological wastewater treatment and design calculations for an activated sludge aeration tank
CE-084 Wastewater Treatment II – MBBR: 4 PDH
This course provides discussion of and detailed examples of process design calculations for a single stage BOD removal MBBR system, a two-stage BOD removal…
CE-085 Wastewater Treatment III – MBR: 3 PDH
This course includes discussion of process design calculations for the membrane module used in an MBR system, for an MBR aeration tank designed to…
CE-086 Sharp Crested Weirs for Open Channel Flow Measurement: 3 PDH
This course is devoted to the more widely used sharp-crested weir. The major emphasis is on the calculations used for flow rate over various…
CE-087 Calculation of Gas Density and Viscosity: 2 PDH
This course contains discussion of, and example calculation of, the density and viscosity of a specified gas at a given temperature and pressure.
CE-088 Flow Measurements in Pipes and Ducts: 4 PDH
This course is about measurement of the flow rate of a fluid flowing under pressure in a closed conduit. Several categories of pipe flow…
CE-089 Manning Equation for Open Channels: 4 PDH
The Manning Equation for Open Channels course provides guidelines for uniform open channel flow, where channel slope, water velocity and water depth remain constant….
CE-090 Foundations in Coastal Regions: 3 PDH
This course provides guidance on designing foundations, including selecting appropriate materials, in coastal regions.
CE-091 Partially Full Pipe Flow Calculations: 3 PDH
The Partially Full Pipe Flow Calculations course includes a review of the Manning equation, along with presentation of equations for a pipe of known…
CE-092 Pipe Flow-Friction Factor Calculation: 3 PDH
The Pipe Flow-Friction Factor Calculation course discusses the use of the Darcy-Weisbach equation and the parameters used in the equation.
CE-093 Rational Method Hydrological Calculations: 3 PDH
The course discusses Rational Method equation calculations for determination of the design rainfall intensity and time of concentration of the drainage area
EN-001 Building Radon Out: 4 PDH
This course proposes step-by-step guidelines and tips on how to install radon-resistant features
EN-002 Treatment for Contaminated Soil and Groundwater: 4 PDH
The Treatment for Contaminated Soil and Groundwater course provides information about innovative treatment and site characterization technologies
EN-003 Indoor Air Vapor Intrusion Mitigation: 5 PDH
The Indoor Air Vapor Intrusion Mitigation course provides guidance on preventing human exposure to anthropogenic soil and groundwater contaminants
EN-004 Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Construction: 3 PDH
This course offers an overview on the sources and magnitude of construction GHG emissions and ways to reduce them
EN-005 The Clean Air Act: 2 PDH
The Clean Air Act course provides a brief introduction to the programs, philosophies, and policies in the Clean Air Act
EN-006 Oily Wastewater Collection and Treatment: 6 PDH
This course provides an introduction to oil wastewater collection and distribution.
EN-007 Industrial Wastewater Collection and Treatment: 3 PDH
This course provides and introduction to industrial wastewater collection and treatment
GE-001 Tunnel Planning: 2 PDH
This course provides a general overview of the planning process of a road tunnel project including alternative route study, tunnel type and tunneling method…
GE-002 Road Tunnel Geometry: 1 PDH
Description of the Road Tunnel Geometry course The Road Tunnel Geometry online PDH course is a part of the Geotechnical Engineering category of courses. This course…
GE-003 Tunnel Geotechnical Investigation: 3 PDH
The Tunnel Geotechnical Investigation course provides guidelines on the geotechnical investigative techniques and parameters for design of road tunnels
GE-004 Tunnel Soil Interpretative Report: 1 PDH
The Tunnel Soil Interpretative Report course provides guidelines on the geotechnical reports required for design and construction of road tunnels
GE-005 Cut and Cover Tunnels: 3 PDH
Description of the Cut and Cover Tunnels course The Cut and Cover Tunnels online PDH course is a part of the Geotechnical Engineering category of courses….
GE-006 Rock Tunneling: 5 PDH
The Rock Tunneling online PDH course provides guidelines on design and construction of rock tunneling and mined/bored tunneling issues in rock
GE-032 Cut and Cover Tunnels (T&M): 3 PDH
This course provides guidance on the construction methodology and excavation support systems for cut-and-cover road tunnels and describes the structural design in accordance with…
HS-002 Trenching and Excavation Safety: 2 PDH
The Trenching and Excavation Safety online PDH course is a part of the Health and Safety category of courses. Excavation and trenching are among the most…
HS-003 Controlling Electrical Hazards: 2 PDH
This course provides an overview of basic electrical safety on the job.
HS-006 Self-Driving Cars: 4 PDH
This online engineering PDH course describes recent developments in the technology of self-driving cars (SDCs).
LS-001 An Introduction to Survey Methods and Techniques: 3 PDH
An Introduction to Survey Methods and Techniques course provides introduction to instruments and methods used for topographic surveys of sites, facilities or infrastructure
LS-002 Horizontal Control Survey Techniques: 3 PDH
This course discusses horizontal control surveys that are performed to establish a monumented reference system for a facility mapping project.
LS-003 Accuracy Standards for Land Survey: 3 PDH
Accuracy Standards for Land Survey course provides introduction to accuracy standards and criteria for use in large scale site plan topographic surveys
M-007 Passive Solar Buildings: 2 PDH
This course is an introduction to passive solar technology to heat buildings. You will learn the fundamentals that will allow you to move forward…
M-009 Centrifugal and Positive Displacement Pumps: 3 PDH
The Centrifugal and Positive Displacement Pumps online PDH course explains the differences between centrifugal pumps and positive displacement pumps.
M-010 Compressed Air Systems: 3 PDH
A Compressed Air System online PDH course provides guidance on efficiencies in compressed air systems.
M-012 Double Containment and Lined Piping Systems: 2 PDH
This online course provides the student with information on the design and installation of double containment piping systems and lined piping systems.
M-017 Fluid Flow: 6 PDH
This Fluid Flow online PDH course provides guidance on fluid flow theory, calculation of head losses and centrifugal pumps.
M-018 Fluid Power Part 1: 3 PDH
This course presents many of the fundamental concepts in the fields of hydraulics and pneumatics. It covers the characteristics of liquids and the factors…
M-019 Fluid Power Part 2: 6 PDH
The course covers the hydraulic pump, the component in the hydraulic system which generates the force required for the system to perform its design…
M-020 Fluid Power Part 3: 6 PDH
A Fluid Power Part 3 online PDH course provides guidance on the operation of devices used to measure and regulate the pressure of fluids…
M-049 An Introduction to Utilidors in Cold Regions: 1 PDH
This course provides an introduction to the special considerations to be addressed in design and construction of utility distribution systems in arctic and subarctic…
M-052 Ion Exchange Techniques for Water Desalination: 2 PDH
Description of the Ion Exchange Techniques for Water Desalination course The Ion Exchange Techniques for Water Desalination online PDH course is a part of…
M-053 Makeup Water for Industrial Water Systems: 3 PDH
This course discusses makeup water for industrial water systems. Industrial water systems usually use fresh water and, often, potable water.