Conquer the challenges of infrastructure in extreme climates. Learn essential design principles and construction techniques for robust foundations in cold regions.
This six-hour live course will cover how to design and construct building foundations that account for the unique physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of soils found in cold regions.
You will gain a thorough understanding of:
Through detailed discussions and practical examples, this course, influenced by real-world Alaskan practices, will equip you with the knowledge to analyze and design robust foundations, ensuring the resilience of structures in challenging cold region environments.
Online Courses for Engineers
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Principal Geotechnical Engineer with Devise Engineering
Mr. Halcomb has over 17 years of geotechnical and cold regions engineering experience and works for Devise Engineering in Anchorage, Alaska. He regularly oversees geotechnical efforts on projects ranging from several hundred thousand to multimillion dollars in various environments including the arctic, subarctic, and marine. Mr. Halcomb has experience in shallow and deep foundation design, construction, and inspection. He has worked in ideal and adverse conditions, including liquefiable and expansive soils and frozen ground requiring extensive thermal modeling. Mr. Halcomb is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Geo-Institute. He earned his B.S. degree, M.C.E. degree, and M.S. degree in Arctic Engineering, as well as an earthquake graduate certificate all from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
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