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what does it mean to "amplify the moment by the column shear by the footing thickness"? Given Pu and Mu and footing thickness.

What does it mean to "amplify moment by the column shear by the footing thickness"? Given only Pu and Mu and footing thickness...

McEngr: what is typically your findings when you are installing these rooftop units on buildings? Do you often find that the existing situation is ok to support the load or do you have to reinforce the structure somehow? Just curious.

way more complicated than that...go to NCEES.org and do a little research of your own.

anybody have an old aci 318-08 code that they want to sell?

ncees uses r = sqrt(I/a)

I'm still waiting. Must have got lost in the mail. Not surprised.

anybody from IL get their hard-copy test results in the mail yet from CTS?

This is a very difficult exam. The cut score is a moving target from what I understand. I wonder if if varies from state to state.

there isn't much out there for lateral bridge to study from...you are on your own. Let me know if you find anything!

Still waiting in IL as well. Has anyone from IL contacted Continental Testing Services to see what the delay is for?

yeah, 84% fail rate is pretty bad, unfortunately NCEES likely prefers the pass rate to be low - no doubt they enjoy having the recurring test fees.

It is painful to go over the exam problems in your head afterwards and to recount mistakes and what should have been done under rushed conditions. On top of that we are prohibited from discussing problems afterwards.

Good to see a new study guide, I feel that there aren't very many practice exams for SE compared with PE. Illinois doesn't permit SERM in the exam room, or anything by Lindenburg. Doesn't mean you can't study from theses books ahead of time, just forewarning.

just have to look up by the license #'s there are gaps where some license #'s do not have a name to go along with them. For instance if you type in "008007229" it will not return any results. But if you type in "008007230" you will get someone who now has a license.