RedVector Top 10: Georgia Engineer PDH Courses

 ADA Guidelines: Building Blocks

1-Hour | Only $38.95
The ADA, a major civil rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, establishes design requirements for the construction or alteration of facilities. It covers facilities in the private sector (places of public accommodation and commercial facilities) and the public sector (state and local government facilities). This 1-hour interactive online course covers the basic elements considered to be the “building blocks” of accessibility. This material is presented in chapter 3 of the ADAAG and includes the technical specifications and regulations for topics such as changes in level, wheelchair turning space, clear floor space, knee and toe clearances, protruding objects, reach ranges, and operable parts.

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 Green Building: Commercial High Performance Guidelines Part 1                              

5-Hour | Only $194.74
What is a high performance "green" commercial building? Why build one? This interactive on-line course answers those questions and much more. This course is Part 1 of a 2-part course that gives you the methodologies to plan, design, and build high performance, "green" commercial buildings. You'll get guidelines and processes to apply specifically to commercial and municipal construction. You'll start with the basics of sustainability and progress through designing new construction or renovating existing structures.

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  Green Design: Introduction to Sustainability and Measurement Systems

1-Hour | Only $39.95
"Achieving sustainable development is perhaps one of the most difficult and one of the most pressing goals we face. It requires on the part of all of us commitment, action, partnerships and, sometimes, sacrifices of our traditional life patterns and personal interests."  In this 1-hour interactive online course, we discuss the concept of sustainability and the need for ways to rate the sustainability of a building design. In addition, the course describes three rating systems developed by the US Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the goals each strives to achieve: LEED for New Construction (NC), LEED for Existing Buildings (EB) and LEED for Commercial Interiors (CI).

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  Ethical Decision Making for Engineers #4

1-Hour | Only $26.95
Your Code of Ethics requires you to hold the public health, safety and welfare paramount. In the course of your profession, however, you may be faced with irreconcilable dilemmas that call in to question your moral values, conduct and character. What actions would you take if faced with a conflict of interest? What would you do if you were asked to sign off on an incomplete or inadequate code inspection, or received a request to make changes on an analysis done by another engineer? Do you know how you would handle these issues if faced with them? In this 1-hour interactive online course, standards of ethical conduct are examined in a variety of situations amply illustrated with case studies and discussion from the NSPE Board of Review.

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  2008 NEC Grounding

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  Solar Electric Generation: Technologies

4-Hour | Only $134.75 
Solar energy is an abundant and underutilized energy source in the West. Solar conditions are optimal in the Desert Southwest and, given the geographic and climatic conditions, potentially the best in the world. In addition, these areas of premium, excellent, and good solar resources are located near major metropolitan areas. This 5-hour interactive online course discusses the different types of solar generating technologies and their potential for producing clean, renewable, affordable energy in the West.

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  Basic Civil Engineering - Culvert Design 1

1-Hour | Only $38.95 
This 1-hour online course covers how to design the parts of a conveyance system, the drainage facilities and features which collect, contain and provide for the flow of surface and storm water from the highest points on the land down to a receiving water. This course also takes a look at sizing gutters, ditches, pipes and channels.

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 Masonry Design: Structural Masonry

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  Basic Wind Loads I: ASCE 7-05 Revealed

2-Hour | Only $77.90
ASCE has prepared a new method (copyrighted in 2002, updated in 2006) of designing for wind loads on structures, including roofs, walls, windows, and just about everything that makes up structures. This method has been adopted (and is continuing to be adopted) in building codes across the nation. This 2-hour interactive online course walks you through the ASCE manual and helps make a very, very complex system much easier to understand and more useful.

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  Concrete Fundamentals: An Introduction

2-Hour | Only $53.90
Are your customers or clients using words like slump, water-cement ratio, cement content, and compressive strength?Do you understand admixtures and their functions?How about reading and understanding a mix design?Do you know how to place and finish concrete? This 2-hour interactive online course introduces the student to the basic fundamentals of concrete. This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end.

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