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My company is having me learn how to use Geopak Drainage so that we can step away from solely using hand calculations to work on storm sewer design. However, I have found that the program will not correctly calculate the full flow velocity in the pipes. I also noticed that the same error is...

ASCE student chapters have been looking into using recycled material in their concrete canoe construction. I wonder if they would be able to use the concrete dust in their mix design?

With all the prepping for supplies and references to take with you to the exam, please remember to leave your cell phones at home or in the hotel if you testing site has warned you not to take them in. One guy was sitting in the front row when his phone went off, 2 minutes before they were...

You can write in the book with the problems in it. Just make sure that you do not write in any of your reference materials.

Since that crash occurred in Montana, the guardrail could of been put up to protect the traffic from a sharp side slope. According to MT's design requirements, any side slope that is steeper than 3:1 has to have guardrail designed for that area. (At least that was the requirement in 2006)...

I agree that the argument could be made. Those who choose to make the argument should make sure that they check the board rules for their state. Some state boards have limitations on who can represent themselves as engineers and may issue fines against those who misrepresent themselves.

I was at an SAME luncheon one day and the speaker, a professor at Texas A&M, asked if anyone in the audience used wiki as a core reference source. When noone raised their hand, he said that he was glad to see that. He went on to tell us that his 15 year old son is a supervisor for wiki and...

Those look like pics from a scene in a guardrail demonstation video I had to watch once. The video showed all sorts of cases of vehicles crashing into the different types of guardrails. The one that stuck in my mind the most was seeing a cable rail slicing through the vehicle when it impacted.

I had a wheeled suitcase that I was allowed to keep beside me at my table. It allowed me to keep everything organized and not clutter up the table top during the test.

I'm sure if you went back, the person behind the counter would be kind enough to apologize and hand you the spork that should have been placed in the bag originally. :P

Advice from a CPA: "Contact the IRS."

I agree with Dexman. You do not really know which chapter they are going to reference, so why risk not having all the information. Besides, the MUTCD is a free download. Check with your employeer. Since the download was free, my employeer at the time had a secretary print it out and bind it...

I guess the way I would have looked at it was whether I needed to focus on the more detailed items in the afternoon or if I needed more review over the general breadth items from the morning. They have to cover so much in such a short time that if it is the afternoon material that you need more...

Congratulations to everyone who passed!

In TX, the 4 years do not have to be consecutive. One of my co-workers is preparing his application for the October exam and he has a period in his time when he went through a company lay-off. The interesting thing is that he is having to document a reference for his time off on the application.

Speaking from the Civil side, Testmasters is great for the morning breadth, but I wouldn't count on only that class to get you through the afternoon specific. I know for a fact that the instructor who was teaching the topic I took in the afternoon did not provide enough information for me to...

Since the PE exam is a nationally based exam, the only time I am aware of people having a problem taking it in another state is whether or not seismic is included in the exam they took (i.e. in California). If there is no difference between the exam in SC and the one administered here in TX...

Does anyone watch Iron Chef? I was thinking about the earlier discussions on potato chips when they used Lays potato chips to make fried fish sticks during one of the competitions.

As of last year, TX did still require an evaluation. I'd be surprised if they changed that requirement.

+1, plus taking TestMasters in addition to self-study. I only wanted to take that test one time.