Recent content by Hoven

My results were from Minnesota

I passed the lateral!!! I had passed the Vertical last April and failed the Lateral in October. I was really mad after October where I got 4 "Acceptable" answers in the essay questions but only got 22 out of 40 on the multiple and ended up failing. This makes all the hard work since then...

I am also a building guy taking the lateral for the second time with the old AASHTO Manual McEng can you please clarify the differece between calculating the Csm. I have the SERM 6th edition and it looks like it calculates the value the same way as in the 2007 AASHTO (w/ 2008 interim...

This might be a dumb question, but its better to know the answer than to get the problem wrong on the test. My question is when analyzing a rigid frame using the portal frame method (as shown in the SERM) the base reactions are different that if you looked at the frame as a whole and calculated...

That must be what it is. I have been trying to find other examples but the only ones I find are where the seismic weight assigned to each floor is given so the answers just sum the weights and multiply it by the response coefficient to get the base shear. I am still a little hesitant as ASCE...

I believe your talking about when calculating the diaphragm forces you don't need to include the wall weights parrallel the force because of the reasons you stated. The example I am actually having trouble with deals with the vertical distribution of seismic forces from section 12.8.3 in ASCE7...

I am studying for the SE Lateral portion of test and starting going through Kaplan’s “Seismic Design and Review for the PE Exam” by Alan Williams. The question I have is when the book does example 2.9 explaining the vertical distribution of seismic forces it goes through the steps of...

Is there anyone you can contact at NCEES to talk about scores. I am livid right now. Took the lateral and got 4 acceptable on the essay questions but only 23 out of 40 on the multiple and failed. I don't understand how you can be perfect in the essay and fail because of the multiple choice...

To go against the grain a little. The two standards that I didn't have during the 16 hour test and that didn't hurt me one bit was the AISI and the PCI Design Handbook. I highly recommend the rest of the manuals even AASHTO (I also took buildings). You might try borrowing some of the...

What state are you located in? I'm excited to hear that even the snail mail results are starting to arrive.

Minnesota results in 07/01/11! Just in time before the state government shuts down and the licensing office closed it doors. I only took the Vertical Portion and PASSED it! Sweet!!! The letter didn't include any scores like I have seen in previous posts just that I passed and need to take the...

Has anyone talked to NCEES today to see when in the week they are sending out the results. Also, if the Minnesota Goverment shuts down on Wednesday does that mean they won't be able to foward on the results they receive from NCEES. If that is the case I am serioulsy going to lose it. There is...