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I have a horizontal crack in one of my basement walls. The crack is about 2/3 up from the slab in a mortar joint. The wall is CMU block. The crack is about 30 ft long. The inward deflection is minor (maybe ½ inch over the 8ft high wall) but it is obviously something that I would want to address...

Used this study material and references to pass the April 2010 Civil (construction) PE exam. Several basic references helped with the level of difficulty problems from the morning section. (Example – Civil discipline specific FE/EIT review and the older Schaum’s outlines) Very low starting bid...

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Can anybody recommend a good PE civil practice test? I have already completed the following: 2000 NCEES 2008 NCEES PPI practice exam Kaplan practice exam

Can anybody recommend which sections of the construction references should be tabbed and/or highlighted? I am going through them now and tabbing sections that I have used while solving practice problems, any additional insight would be appreciated. ASCE 37-02, Design Loads on Structures During...

I might be over thinking this simple concept, but I would like for it to be automatic come test time. Below are the equations that I have come up with for BCY, LCY, and CCY while working example problems Do these look correct? Any changes or other suggestions? BCY = bank cubic yards LCY =...

I am not taking the structural afternoon section and I have to admit this is not one of my strong subjects. I am mostly going after the “low hanging fruit” in the AM section. That being said: CERM p50-3 gives two different equations for concrete beam factored loads. ACI 318 9.2 (U = 1.2D +...

I am currently working through some Hazen Willians problems and am having some difficulty choosing the correct HZ coefficient ©. I use CERM 11, App 17.A as my primary reference. I typically use the “design” column value unless the problem states that it is a new or clean pipe in which case I use...

Can anybody recommend a good concrete reference book? Ideally it would be a practical (not allot of theory) book that incorporates most of the applicable data from the ACI references. Some straight forward practice problems would also be helpful. Trying not to buy a bunch of ACI books other...

Don't know if I can post the whole problem because it might violate a copyright law, but if somebody who owns the sample test could take a look at the problem/solution and see what they think. #518 Transportation afternoon, Open channel problem. Nothing in the problem states the shape of the...