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McEngr, if you are preparing for SE 2 - I would recommend to buy 'seismic and wind design by Alan William (kaplan). I used this book and found very useful for my prep. it covers slenderwall design for masonry, it has all masonry stuffs in SD- not good from exam point where you need ASD. But...

PE vs SE after name : If a person passed SE II, can he writes S.E. after his name irrespective of state ? My assumption is the state should have structural engieering title act rules enfrorced. that means a person in AZ can write SE and one in KC can't write? I would appreciate if some one...

ARLORD -It seems that you are heading towards California. My question to all you guys is : which states require Civil as a must? Any help will be appreciated.

Buening, congratulation!!!! You made it -That is awesome.

Jennifer, You probably wanna keep all your SE 1 books except bridge if you are taking Bldg on SE II. I would add: Civil and structural engineering: seismic design of building and bridges by Allan williams to the list by ARLORD and Bigwolf. Good Luck.

Annas- I am from Texas. thank you very much for you all and for Kevo_55 for previous posts related to STR which are great for all takers.

YES, SE II results are really in. I Passed SE II (TX). Thanks to all.

I just got mine SE II results-- passed. Want to thank you all for great support. Best luck for waiting folks. thanks.

ARLORD, Congratulations!!!!! Well done. Stay around.

I used Kaplan book for civil eng PE in addition to SERM. I heard bridge book by Kim Kim is good , but I think it is based on old code. Because 20% questions will be from Bridge section, you have to study more.

SEII-Building guys, How was your pace with time? For me -It was short in morning but I finished earlier in afternoon.

My understanding is allowable stress reduction provision based on inspections are not in recent codes( 2002 and later)- so don't worry about it anymore.

Yes, that's true. ASCE 12.7.2 is about effective seismic weight not about load combination. To add- according to IBC ASD Load combo you can ignore snow load if less than 30 psf. I don't see such provision on LRFD combo- dont know why.

See the link- that has same discussion. http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=7154

Anyway, anybody know which chapter it is for "plate girder" in new 13th edition steel code? The old code has a distinguish chapter for that. But I haven't found it on new code. Thank you.

Just for your reference, they have errata for SERM3 1st and 2nd printing on "the other board" web site that will help some your questions.

Bigwolf, That's sounds like a good idea. I am expecting your comments on NCEES SEII problems next week. I also went through this and created a thread NCEES SEII a week ago. thanks.

SE II prep, Concrete Shear wall Design(non-seismic) Chapter 14 or chapter 11.10? My understanding is for shear wall we need to use chap 11.10 Regarding NCEES building problem 260 Errata - 1) they are using chapt 14.3.2 for minimum reinforcement for shear wall which is different from that of...

Ans (2) Yes, - I just checked my PCA book- it says :there is no similar requirements for IMF/OMF.

Hey, SE II takered, First thing, just to inform that there is errata for NCEES SE II on there website incase you want are looking for it. Specifically, for Building problem 450 they have done a complete revision. It should be perfect in second time, however, I don't agree on solution for part d...