Haag Seminars

Lightning Damage to Electrical Equipment presents the origins and characteristics of lightning and the ways it can affect electrical equipment typically found in the home or office. We discuss basic methods of protecting electrical equipment from lightning damage. The effects of lightning are demonstrated through the display and discussion of various examples of lightning-damaged electrical equipment. We also discuss evaluating claims of damage caused by lightning.

Haag's new course, "Practical Electrical Wiring and Principles for Non-Technical People", covers the fundamental concepts of electricity for non-technically oriented people. This course will provide an understanding of voltage, current, and power.

Haag's Crane Safety for Supervisors gives attendees thorough understanding of crane safety issues. This course will give students the confidence to properly identify lifts, accurately calculate loads, and develop a critical lift plan. We instruct on generating critical lift diagram, and then identifying high risk issues and ways to minimize those risks.

This course includes material on the nature of hail fall and wind as well as primary commercial roofing types: built-up, modified bitumen, and EPDM.

Composition Roofs Damage Assessment, our most popular course, focuses on understanding and differentiating damage on composition roofs.

Mechanical Damage to Roofs focuses on mechanical damage to roofing materials including composition, wood, metal, tile, built-up, SPF, fiber cement, and slate. We take a concentrated look at the characteristics of mechanically-inflicted damage and contrast that with naturally occurring hail impact. This photo-intense presentation and handout will help students distinguish mechanical damage from other types of damage.

This course focuses on damage assessment of metal roofs. Manufacture, installation, various types and profiles, coatings, weathering, and damage types are discussed.

Tile Roofs Damage Assessment focuses on assessment of various types of damage to concrete and clay tile roofs. Students learn about manufacture, installation, weathering, and hail, wind, and mechanical damage.

The Wood Roofs Damage Assessment course discusses manufacture, installation, weathering, hail and wind damage, and mechanical damage to wood shingles/shakes.

This course includes material on the nature of hail fall and wind as well as primary commercial roofing types: built-up, modified bitumen, and EPDM.

Composition Roofs Damage Assessment, our most popular course, focuses on understanding and differentiating damage on composition roofs.

This course focuses on damage assessment of metal roofs. Manufacture, installation, various types and profiles, coatings, weathering, and damage types are discussed.

Sudden Damage vs. Maintenance Issues in Buildings helps students distinguish between distress caused by "sudden" movements of a structure (settlement, strong wind, earthquakes, etc.) vs. normal material deterioration or shrinkage. This course specifically discusses hurricane/tornado sudden damage.

Tile Roofs Damage Assessment focuses on assessment of various types of damage to concrete and clay tile roofs. Students learn about manufacture, installation, weathering, and hail, wind, and mechanical damage.

Wind vs. Wave Damage Assessment course expands on our "Sudden Damage" and "Wind Effects" courses, with a focus on hurricanes.

The Wood Roofs Damage Assessment course discusses manufacture, installation, weathering, hail and wind damage, and mechanical damage to wood shingles/shakes.

Haag Engineering Co. offers this course that meets the requirements as outlined by the California Earthquake Authority.

Haag's Crane Safety for Supervisors gives attendees thorough understanding of crane safety issues. This course will give students the confidence to properly identify lifts, accurately calculate loads, and develop a critical lift plan. We instruct on generating critical lift diagram, and then identifying high risk issues and ways to minimize those risks.

This course includes earthquake design parameters, prediction and risk assessment, engineering uncertainties and how they affect the adjustment process, city ordinances, codes, and other documents.

This course focuses on procedures and techniques for identifying the origin of a fire at a residential or commercial property.

The course will give students the fundamental concepts of clay soil behavior and an overview of structural parameters necessary to understand the response of shallow foundations to clay.

Step-by-step procedures necessary to erect an entire wood-framed structure from the foundation base plate to the roof ridge are explained.

Siding Damage Assessment includes material related to making damage assessments of common siding materials, such as vinyl, aluminum, EIFS, brick, stucco, and others.

This seminar will educate the attendee on the geology behind sinkholes, the engineering involved with sinkhole evaluations, and all-important legal aspects.  It will cover potential signs of sinkhole loss, factors other than sinkholes that cause damage often associated with sinkholes, and sinkhole remediation.  Also covered will be effective strategies for dealing with sinkhole litigation, including contractual suits, appraisals, neutral evaluations, and bad faith.  This seminar will be co-presented with George Stepanchak, P.E. of Haag Engineering and with Andy Rock, P.A. of the Rock Law Group.

Structural Framing Damage Assessment provides a good working knowledge of wood framing construction, and how problems develop.We take a detailed look at construction deficiencies and storm damage, specifically tornadoes and hurricanes. 

Sudden Damage vs. Maintenance Issues in Buildings helps students distinguish between distress caused by "sudden" movements of a structure (settlement, strong wind, earthquakes, etc.) vs. normal material deterioration or shrinkage. This course specifically discusses hurricane/tornado sudden damage.

Water Damage & Dehumidifying focuses on physical damage to building materials from water, including the wetting/drying process.

Wind vs. Wave Damage Assessment course expands on our "Sudden Damage" and "Wind Effects" courses, with a focus on hurricanes.