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I wanted to ask Bridge Design Experts who deal with a lot of lateral/seismic design of bridges if they could recommend any reference material or sample whereby the seismic effects from the computer analysis (like Time Period, Base Shear, Plastic Moment, Demand/Capacity Ratio, etc.) are compared...

JDrew, Greatly appreciate all your feedback. Reading your message it still seems possible to go for bot the exams at the same time (even though the exam dates is almost 9 weeks away). Could you possilby suggest on how you managed to take the COdes, Referneces and Notes for the Exams; did you...

Thank you for the help and sharing your experience.

Thank you for your feedback and sharing your experience. Putting in more effort and time can be helpful to prepare for this tough exams as we are also working professionals. You would invest 2 hours before work; how much were you investing after work and also on weekends and how much ealrier did...

Thank you for your feedback and positive vibes. I have a strongly feeling to go for both the components and try my level best. Can you possibly give me a sample/example of Cheat Sheets you have referred to...Is it like writing formulas and units for various components of the design. You can PM...

Has anyone got the chance to compare the Course Offering for the School of PE OnDemand versus the AEI OnDemand Course for the SE (Vertical & Lateral) and is biased towards one over the other. The School of PE has demo/trial lessons on their topics at their website and the instructors seem to be...

Can we use the AISC Steel Manual 14th Edition for the Exam? I have the 14th Edition but would need to buy the 15th edition if absolutely necessary (unless not much different to the 14th Edition). I would be going for the Bridges for the PM Section. If I would desperately need the 145th edition...

Thanks guys for your feedback. My hard luck is that I started off by preparing for the lateral exams as it is a weak strength for me (living and working on the east coast) and was planning to catch up on the vertical while nearing the exam; however I guess we have till Feb 24 to apply for any...

Greatly appreciate the feedback. Thank You.

I applied for taking the SE Exam at the NCEES Website (April 2022) and it originally stated as "Pending". I then checked with my home PE State (NY) requesting authorization to sit for the SE Exam and they confirmed after which my NCEES Status changed to "Approved". Would any of you know if...

How many of you are planning to take the SE Vertical & Lateral (Depth is Bridges for me) the same week end (April 2022)? I have registered for the same time but now getting nervous as reading on different places that it seems to be highly recommended to take the 2 exams separately. Have any of...