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I have been approached by a publication company to review some engineering problems. What is the average market rate for this type of work? Seems the offer of $10 per problem is too low...has anyone done this type of review work? How much time does it take? Looking for some sound advice on...

Alpha, Civil Water Resources, Connecticut, Letter dated 12/18/09. Appeared for both FE and PE first time in October - and passed both in first attempt. No classes, just a lot of faith and hard work.

I am finding several questions in the WR breadth and depth that use atmospheric pressure at a certain elevation wrt mean sea level, but there is no ref table in the CERM and any books that I have. Does anyone have a link to some table that I could print and bring? Thanks in advance.

Need I be concerned about bringing any ref material for transportation breadth e.g. GDHS, ASHTO/Green Book, HDM etc?

One more question for the forum: Some of the terminology is difficult to comprehend and I am hoping that all geometric alignment questions (transportation breadth) are accompanied by a sketch/pic. Is that the case?

I am planning to take the WR depth. Is it worth spending time on the depth problems in the six minute solutions for the other modules e.g. Geotechnical, Structures etc.? Is looking at the breadth problems sufficient?

If you refer to the CERM there is some fine print at the bottom of the Table 35.4 that gives the key to the classification. Two rules to follow: 1. Start from Left to Right of the table. 2. Use the process of elimination. The first from the left consistent with the test data is correct, hence...

Hello, As the pressure of the upcoming exams builds, some of you will observe that the frequency of my posts has increased :-). Uptil now I was relying on the CERM, Practice Problems and Six minute solutions. But some areas are more difficult to comprehend and I started to look at PE Notes...

Thats exactly what I am having a hard time with - the fact that everything from cnostruction seems all over the place in CERM11. And here I paid for a brand new copy rejecting the 10th edition because I thought that CERM11 had one whole section dedicated to Construction. But I find that there is...

I have been looking at the CERM construction chapters but have no idea what to study for the Construction breadth (morning) section. Should I study for the Project Management- Critical Path, CPM scheduling examples? Are there numerical examples or questions on theory? Which chapters exactly...

Thanks for your responses, guys!

Hi All, I would like to keep an extra battery/batteries for my HP33s calculator, but not sure of where to get it from, nor what type or the number. Somewhere I read its the 2032 and you need two, just not sure though. Anyone have any idea? Need them for the Oct 23rd PE exam, so the sooner I...

I am interested in item 13)$60 - PPI – Lindeburg – Practice Problems for the Civil Engineering PE Exam - 11th Edition. In LIKE NEW condition with no markings or tabs. Purchased new in March 2009 for the April 2009 exam. Just not sure if I will have time to open it. Please send me an email at...

Wow, I can't believe I will need to refer to a crateful of books. I am planning to take the PE exam in October, but haven't seriously started studying for it yet. From what I had read on the board, I thought, the CERM, the six minute, practice problems (Lindberg) and the main NCEES ref manual...

Do you still have this and how much are you looking for? Sent you an email.