Recent content by Michael Scott PE

Peurifoy's "Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods" textbook.

[ (Base Rate + Fringes) x (1 + Burden %) ] x (1+ Markup %) "Burden" is anything a company has to pay for a worker in addition to their gross compensation, or simply put it is the extra cost of having someone on your payroll.  Worker's Comp and Taxes are considered burden, and the employee will...

I assume you're referring to construction equipment.  I highly recommend Peurifoy's "Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods" textbook.  There are tons of great problems in that book covering all of the various types of construction equipment.  This book is crucial for the construction...

You do you, but to anyone prepping for the exam I can tell you from experience and multiple attempts on the construction exam that if you do not have one of the required reference books you are guaranteed to miss at least 3-4 questions, and probably more.  I've also spoken to quite a few who...

I perused your blog and I have some major issues with it.  I'll start at the end.  Your list of items you need for the exam is going to cause people to be kicked from the exam.  You CANNOT bring your own pencil and you CANNOT bring an eraser.   You have recommended that people only bring the...

Mine is in color.  Couldn't tell you where it came from though, a coworker gave it to me.  I'm surprised that they would not print it in color given all of the signs, tapers, lane changes, etc. and the colors associated with all of them.

If you're writing an essay to prep for your PE exam you're most certainly doing it wrong.  But good luck anyway.

I have seventy, each one better than the last.

A cat and a laser pointer will do the trick.

I felt like the format, content, and difficulty of the Goswami problems was most like what I saw on the actual exam more than any other problems I worked.  I worked over 500 problems too.

It doesn't matter if you take structural, construction, etc.   The morning session is the same exam for everyone taking the Civil PE exam.  While I never saw an asphalt question on the morning session in the times I took the exam I wouldn't skip asphalt altogether.  I would at least do a quick...

Absolutely.  A 0.00000000000000000001% chance.

I believe all of the same materials are provided whether you do the 1-month or the 1-year options.  It's a great course.

CMWB, CERM, and both CEPP sold.

Sold.