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Congratulations. I am extremely happy for you and glad this is off your back.

But you have time to come to this board and report it? Great!

@ChaosMuppetPE - did you end up taking the exam this cycle?

There aren't many one-shot solutions to the SE exam. To pass the exam, you need to keep building your knowledge and understanding of various materials, systems etc. The NEHRP tech briefs and the SEAOC book are good references to get a deep dive into the subjects. I don't think skimming the...

I second the Kim book. It's useful to pick up an old one just to go through the examples. That's what I did.

I am constantly amazed at the discussions about what rolling carts did you use, what calculator did you use? Am I the only one that thinks it has zero bearing on the end goal?

FX-991EX (CLASSWIZ)

They are available for free download. https://cfsei.memberclicks.net/free-publications

Not knowing much of your background, I would say start now. It's not an easy exam and will require a lot of dedication and commitment. Seems like a lot of people swear by the EET course. I haven't taken one, so can't comment on it.

I passed the exam without taking a course (lateral and vertical). I have previously posted about it.

I second that. It was a good reference. I had the Amrhein book as well but for the price, this book is hard to beat.

I have both those books and willing to sell. Send me a private message.

AISC has shear and moment coefficient tables. Maybe this will help. https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/aisc/publications/out-of-print/moments-shears-and-reactions-for-continuous-highway-bridges.pdf

I found them all to be useful in some form. Even after your test, you will find these books (all except maybe the PPI books on Seismic Design and Seismic Solved problems) to be useful to have as a practicing engineer. However, the PPI books are useful to get problem solving experience. There is...

Breyer's book is perhaps the best resource out there. There is some good general material (webinars, powerpoints) available for free on American Wood Council's website and also on Woodworks's website. They will help you with wood as a design material, if you're like me and don't have much...

PCI design handbook is not a referenced standard starting with April 2018 exam.

It is not a required reference for the 2018 exams. I didn't have it in April and there were no look up problems. The handbook does have a lot of good resources though and is worth having, especially for the formulae in the Appendix.

Two suggestions: Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook by Amrhein Design of Reinforced Masonry structures by Hart. http://cmacn.org/bookstore-CMACN.htm The second book is a very good resource at a very reasonable price.  Would also recommend the Code Master series for Masonry by SK Ghosh...

Background - Structural engineer with 12+ years of experience. I first took my structural 1 in 2010 and passed first try. I only took the SE exam this past April and passed both of them. I must admit that my experience probably helped me through the afternoon problems on both days. I agree with...

Used quite a few different materials. Alan Willams - Seismic and Wind Design examples Seismic Design Manual Volume 1 AISC Seismic Design Manual Seismic Design of building structures (PPI) Seismic Design solved problems - Baradar Wood design Breyer for wood diaphragms and shear walls...