Education Webinar
Expansive Soil & Rock: A Geotechnical Insiders Perspective
September 30, 2025 | Tue 12:00 America/Chicago
Duration: 1.25 Hours
CE Credits: 1.25
$300
Expansive soil/bedrock remains as one of the most destructive geohazards on civil engineering projects. This presentation will identify the fundamental problem, introduce some geotechnical exploration/testing techniques, show some basic methods of analysis/recommendations, and discuss possible mitigation options. Similar to other geotechnical engineering problems, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for expansive soil/bedrock. Effective solutions require coordination between multiple disciplines, particularly between structural and geotechnical engineering, and an understanding of risks that may be beyond our control as engineers.
- Course will award 1.25 hour of continuing education
- This course is Diamond Review approved in 49 states. New York does not accept hours from recordings.
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Expansive soil/bedrock remains as one of the most destructive geohazards on civil engineering projects. This presentation will identify the fundamental problem, introduce some geotechnical exploration/testing techniques, show some basic methods of analysis/recommendations, and discuss possible mitigation options. Similar to other geotechnical engineering problems, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for expansive soil/bedrock. Effective solutions require coordination between multiple disciplines, particularly between structural and geotechnical engineering, and an understanding of risks that may be beyond our control as engineers.
- Course will award 1.25 hour of continuing education
- This course is Diamond Review approved in 49 states. New York does not accept hours from recordings.
Speaker:
Brian Volmer, Ph.D, P.E., is a Senior Engineer at Shannon & Wilson, Inc. with 10 years of experience in research, design, evaluation, and construction support for a variety of markets including public and private transportation and property development. His experience has been split between engineering research with the Center for Geotechnical Engineering Science (CGES) at UCD and various geotechnical consulting firms local to Colorado.
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