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I completed my Bachelors in Civil Engineering May 2015. Worked one year in Site Development and for the past 10 months on Roadway Design. Passed the PE exam last Spring in Transportation. (since I am in Illinois, I don't have to wait the 4 years to take the exam) I am thinking to pursue further...

I work at a small office civil engineering firm and we use Microstation and Geopak heavily. We work as subs for DOT projects.  The computers we have aren't the best and run slow. I am trying to propose to the owner we get some new computers that render our CAD work faster and load up faster...

So today I got a job offer from a company. (I posted about going through a tough time with my boss a few weeks ago on this thread). The job offer is providing approximately $7000 more than what I currently make (I graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering May 2015 and got a job before graduating...

HI, So I am going through some issues at work. I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice on what to do. Here's my story (i'll try my best to keep it short). So i graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in May 2015. I got a job offer before my senior year ended in Site Development...

I took the Transportation PE exam Friday. I thought the AM was easier than the PM. I feel I chose more educated choices in the AM . There were some unusual questions in the PM that i didn't get how to solve. I had to do more random guess's on that portion. I thought the PM Transportation...

So I am just making sure, if given the VPI station of a vertical curve and the length of the curve, can we find the VPC station by VPC = VPI +(Length of curve/2)? I am guessing this only applies for symmetric Horizontal Curves. The reason I ask is because for the attached problem, we are given...

So with the PE exam approaching this Friday, I was wondering to get some advice for breakfast and lunch.  I am one of those people that tend to start getting sleepy after lunch, so what would be some good items to pack for lunch that wouldn't make me sleepy? (FYI, I am vegetarian :-P)

So I am having some trouble understanding this simple question thats on the NCEES Practice Exam.  Wouldn't member b have a horizontal for pointing up of 100 kips since there is an external load of 100kips pointing down? The question and solution is attached. Would appreciate anyone's...

So after about 2.5 months of studying, I feel my weakness areas for this exam is the structural, means and methods, and a little bit of the materials portion. Does anyone have any advice on how to prepare for the structural portion of the exam ?(some means and method questions are sort of...

So i have taken the NCEES PM Transportation practice exam and got a 29/40 on it. Would that be considered a good score? Also, I think I get how to solve the problems related to MUTCD Warrants (because I have been getting these type of probmels correct more or less), but does anyone have a step...

Hey Guys, I am studying for the PE in April 2016. On the exam outline provided by NCEES, it mentions "Crash Modification Factors" Highway Safety Manual.  Since it is not used so much on the exam, would anyone have the pages that I would need from this reference? Or can guide me where I could...

I am taking the PE Civil Transportation exam in April 2016. My first time taking it (and want it to be my last). I graduated from college with my bachelors in civil in May 2015 I just started studying 2-3 days ago. I was wondering if anyone could give me some good advice on how to study for...