
Course:	NHI - Highway Slope Maintenance and Slide Restoration
NHI Course Number:	132081
SAP Course Number:	78TECH400540

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Geotechnical and Foundations
Maintenance and Operations

Class Schedule

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General Information

Summary:	As focus changes toward the asset management of our existing infrastructure, the value of maintaining and managing our embankment and cut slopes becomes more apparent. This course provides the essentials to slope maintenance and slide restoration for transportation field personnel with an asset management perspective. This course is not meant to be highly technical, and explains (conceptually and in layman's terms) the conditions and factors affecting slope movement, stability and deterioration, and the cost considerations of maintenance, stabilization and of slope failures. The course also provides the fundamental aspects of slope management systems and discusses the rationale of slope management considering the legal implications of slope failures and rock fall.
Learning Outcomes:	Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to: • Discuss common soil and rock slope movement and instability • Describe common factors and conditions under which slopes deteriorate and become less stable • Describe the affects of earth material properties on slope stability • Discuss the influences of water on slope stability • Identify failure-prone conditions • Describe the importance of necessary communication and coordination with geotechnical specialists • Discuss best maintenance practices • Discuss methods of slope monitoring • Describe key components of slope management systems • Recognize common soil and rock slope stabilization techniques • Compare cost differences between preventative measures for slope maintenance and slide restoration and costs associated with slope failures • Discuss legal implications of slope failures, rock fall and management systems
Teaching Method:	Classroom based
Target Audience:	Although the potential audience of this course is wide-ranging, the course is primarily provided for the state maintenance specialists. Audience includes federal, state and local maintenance, geotechnical, operations and asset management engineers, geologists, managers, supervisors and personnel involved in assessing, maintaining, managing and repairing cut-slopes, fill-slopes and associated features.

Final Exam:	Yes

Continuing Education Credits

National Highway Institute	CEHs	Classes After	CEUs	Classes After	PDHs	Classes After

NHI:			1.50	01/26/11

Awarding continuing education credits (PDH/CEU/CEH) to a training course or other training event does not imply or guarantee that the training course/event is approved by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Land Surveyors. According to Pennsylvania Act 25, “Credit determination for activities…shall be the responsibility of the licensee. Continuing professional competency obtained by a licensee should maintain, improve or expand skills or knowledge obtained prior to initial licensure, including law and ethics applicable to the profession, or develop new and relevant skills and knowledge.”
For informational purposes only:	1 CEU is equal to 10 hours of instruction
	1 CEH is equal to 1 hour of instruction

Course Contact Information

For technical questions regarding this course, contact the following...
Name:	Virginia Lawson
Phone:	(717) 346-1375
Email:	vilawson@pa.gov
For general questions about the Training Calendar (such as those regarding schedules, locations, instructors or registrations), see Contact Information in specific classes.

Created	Last Modified
By External Administrator On 09/21/12 At 05:54 PM	By Christine Clark Gales/PennDOT On 04/06/16 At 10:20 AM