Recent content by Nickarus

I can't answer for everybody's job description or motivations, but I can share my personal perspective/thoughts: AE PE's are generally individuals who are (A) working somewhere in the building construction industry and (B) who are to some extent "cross-discipline" in practice. The AE PE exam...

Following is the tail-end of a PM conversation I had recently... probably might help someone else out there and Brian agreed he'd be okay with posting this publicly ;) : Hey Brian, "Nick's Plumbing Book" is something I didn't use much in the exam, though much of its contents are in my...

I even used that scale solving a problem adding power triangles to avoid the trig calcs ;) ! What I found funny is - I really did use almost everything at least once, and you could pretty easily tell who was taking the AE PE in the crowd because we were the pack mules carrying...

Got my PE after last April's exam, amid a similar ongoing "raise freeze" due to the economy, similar to others' companies above. Our reviews/raises come at the end of October, but my company does not as a policy ever give any raise for acquiring licensure. I inquired before taking it with both...

Moving on: Attached is a snapshot of my bound reference binder. Creating this was part of my prep for the exam, and in practice I turned to this reference as often as any other resource during the test. It's hard to capture everything in a single photo, but here's a description of its final...

There are a number of 'discipline-specific' states incl. CA/NV/ID... - I think you can tell reliably by whether the seal says something generic like "professional engineer" or specific like "electrical." In practice, my work before and after the exam is about 50/50 mechanical/electrical, and...

**reserving post #2 for a continuation with another snapshot of my PE binder's contents**

***Thread is in progress - this is gonna take a while!*** Hey everyone! I passed, and just got my stamp and new business cards in the mail :) . Since there's so little out there regarding experiences with the Architectural Engineering (AE) PE exam, I knew from the get-go that I would want to...

I'm not sure about the 6-minute books (I suppose you could pull one from each discipline but that's surely excessive prepping). I just finished my exam, and can say the recommended references published in the practice exam and available on AEI's website, are pretty spot on. The ASTM Steel...

Hey, in the event anyone in the future stumbles across this and is wondering, I recall another error in the answers regarding the shear calcs for a footing. The specifics elude me right now, but I recall the solution references the wrong depth of concrete below the reinforcement. My hope is...

Note Green tea can have a lot of caffeine depending on the type... don't chug a bunch the night before if you're trying to get some regular rest ;) . I feel I did pretty good on my first try (knock on wood)... I brought orange powerade to the test and chex mix to snack on. I didn't anticipate...

I've been re-reviewing and making sure everything I can tab from the practice exam (2nd edition) has been tabbed in my references... I found an error which I think the official addendum missed: Problem #519's solution tells you the maximum floor area for a given hazard classification covered...

If you're into energy modeling, having a PE is a pre-req to taking ASHRAE's BEMP exam... That's likely in my distant future (focusing on getting my AE PE now).

I managed to get a copy of the 1st edition before reading this advice and can confirm: no reason to seek out both editions - the 2nd is an updated/improved version of the 1st. I did pick up a good tip on my own: I spent a lot of time seeking/printing/reviewing MEP fundamentals (i.e. pump...