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Data Center Mechanical and Electrical Design and Operation

Upcoming Dates
  • Nov. 11-13, 2025 (D649)
    Face-to-Face Madison, WI
    $1,495
Improve your understanding of the design, installation and operation of data centers, including electrical power, HVAC systems, controls, and computer rack layouts. Learn how to comply with the codes, plan for growth and changing technology, implement test procedures, improve energy efficiency, and coordinate with consultants, contractors, and IT professionals.
Discipline: Electrical, Mechanical
RA01524

Performance Testing of Blowers for Wastewater and Industrial Applications

Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 1-19, 2025 (D675)
    Live Online
    $795
Blowers are critical to meeting process and energy objectives for water resource recovery facilities and for many industrial processes. This course will provide design engineers, manufacturers, and owners with detailed understanding of the theory and practice of performance verification testing of blowers. This course will provide valuable expertise on blower essentials, with topics ranging from the fundamentals of thermodynamics to routine blower maintenance. Operators and designers will benefit from the instructor’s 40+ years of experience in blower applications. The content includes selection, specification, control, and optimization of blower systems.  The discussions will explain characteristics of new and established blower technologies.
Customizable
RA00067

Managing Snow and Ice Control Operations

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  • Not scheduled at this time. Click the course title for program description and contact information.
In this course, you will learn practical management approaches to help you respond to storm situations affecting urban and rural roadways, parking lots, sidewalks, and other facilities. You will learn how to establish plans and policies, select equipment, and properly time the use of plowing, chemical deicers and abrasives. Examples of effective anti-icing applications will also be discussed.
Customizable
RA00322

Docks and Marinas

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  • Not scheduled at this time. Click the course title for program description and contact information.
Improve your ability to design, build, operate and maintain marina facilities. Docks and Marinas© is the premier course for marina engineers, designers, managers and owners. Our instructors are nationally recognized experts who will provide you with unbiased and practical information you can use – not a sales pitch! You will benefit from the course’s quality, content and practical relevance. In addition, you will receive complimentary passes to attend the Docks Expo where you will learn from recognized experts, network and view new and innovative products.
RA00338

Pavement System Design

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Improve the design and performance of your pavement systems and learn how to predict their performance by starting with the fundamentals. You will learn the principles of stress and strain analyses in typical highway pavement structures, how to design new and rehabilitated flexible and rigid pavement structures, and how to use various mechanistic-empirical methods to conduct pavement analysis.  
Customizable
RA00392

Fundamentals of Railway Bridge Engineering and Management

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  • Not scheduled at this time. Click the course title for program description and contact information.
Learn about basic railway bridge engineering and design under the AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering, and the latest design procedures, materials, and methods used in current railway bridge engineering practice. You will also learn the requirements for compliance with FRA 237, including bridge ratings and bridge management. Additionally, the course will include a special section on drone bridge inspections.
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RA00550

36th Annual Product Liability Conference

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Learn about product safety management best practices, legal topics and leading edge issues at this year's product liability conference. Get product safety management information geared for industrial and commercial equipment manufacturers along with companies who insure them. Participants have included safety and design engineers, writers of warnings and safety literature, liability and product managers, in-house counsel and outside experts. 
Discipline: Industrial
RA00500
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