Recent content by onemanwolfpack

@LetsSE Just a reminder that you signed an agreement with NCEES to not discuss problems/answers of the exam. Your comment above is walking a fine line I think. @Stewie I've got a flowchart for bridge footing designs I created a few years ago if you'd like that.

This is pretty much the reason why I decided to take a review course. As a practicing bridge engineer, there's so much that you're unfamiliar with in the IBC/ASCE/Seismic AISC, it is too much of a time suck to try to learn that all of that material with no direction. If you can have an...

My email notifications for both came on a Friday at 4pm for one, and Friday at 11:20am for the other (I am in NC).

Careful of doing this for load factors. There is language buried in the text prior to Table 3.4.1-1 that changes some of those factors to something other than what is shown in the table.

NC checking in with no plans on moving. We don't recognize it here, and my company doesn't do structural work in any state that does. So I am licensed in the great state of Nebraska. The application process was far easier than Illinois.

I did all of my studying on the 7th edition, and also have a bunch of notes scattered throughout my AASHTO. It wasn't too fun switching over to the 8th at work, and I still keep my marked up 7th around for reference...though I'll probably never get rid of it.

I did this for both tests, and found it to be very beneficial. Just jotted down which group of questions were going to be in the AISC, ACI, etc., and then went back and answered them all of each at once. This also gave me a chance to read through all 40 questions and make a mental note of which...

Same as D.C., I've got a TI-30XS that I picked up when I started studying for the PE, and it's been my work calculator ever since. Pretty simple and gets the job done for ~$15.

I'm glad these boards are a spoiler-free area of the internet. You can never be too safe nowadays.

I can't wait for Endgame so we can get some quotes that are a little more optimistic (hopefully).

Can we get some Marvel quotes next?

Whoops sorry, forgot what thread I was in! No, not necessary for the Lateral. If I recall, David Connor's Lateral review book has a page that lists out all of the chapters/sections of AASHTO that have seismic provisions. I found that to be pretty helpful as a quick little reference, instead of...

Print this and bring it with you as well, table of maximum moments/shears/reactions for simple spans for HL-93 loading; http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/techpubs/manual/bridgemanuals/bridge-design-aids/page/bda_9_1.pdf

Well done! Which one(s) did you pass? Anymore left? A good feeling isn't it! I took both components last year, took EET for both of them, passed both first attempt.  I did the lateral first though, which was way harder in my opinion. 

Congrats! Looks like you were 1 of 6 to pass Lateral Bridges on their first attempt! Have you already passed Vertical, or is that next?