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    Civil Construction highest failing score?

    Holy Cow. 55/80 and failed? what is going on? is it like 69.9% trunked to 69% 55/80 = 68.75 I got that very same score twice before i FINALLY passed . . . . i am pretty sure you need 56/80 to pass
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    PA PE results - Post results here

    back in 2009 i took the Spring exam and got my results by mail over the 4th of July weekend. it IS true . . . if its THIN you're IN!! . . . ONE piece of paper is all thats in that envelope! if you didnt pass its full of crap . . . i didnt even open the one i got before i passed for a week or...
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    Passed, Pay Raise?

    My point is this . . we Engineers ARE highly educated, tested to DEATH, jumped though ALL kinds of hoops to get where we are, but right now we are being shat upon due to the economy . . . i remember 5-6 yrs ago they were paying anyone with a pulse very good money. Why arent we ALL sticking...
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    Pennsylvania Exam Results

    Remember when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
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    Passed, Pay Raise?

    i quickly scanned through the comments and every day i get more and more frustrated with this business. I graduated 1989, made small increases, passed FE and got my PE in 2009 right after the economy tanked. took a 15% pay cut and in my area ALOT of engineers are out of work. got laid off 2010...
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    How many years out of college were you when you got your PE??

    passed Spring 2009 Class of '89 too tired to do the math
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    2011 Civil Engineer Pay

    $50-$60K is NOT out of line right now for a Land Development Engineer with 4-8 yrs experience. In PA it takes you AT LEAST 4 years to get a PE License, so its not like at 4 years you've got a ton of experience. The "LA" issue is one I am having trouble with. At work there are a TON of LA's and...
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    Curb Cut capacity

    REALLY??
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    Curb Cut capacity

    Hey All I am TRYING to find a solution to a roadway drainage problem and can not find the right equation or graph I have a curb cut in a vertical curb that is feeding a swale. I need to make sure all the roadway drainage (100%) gets off the roadway before a certain point with no bypass. No...
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    Curb Cut capacity

    Hey All I am TRYING to find a solution to a roadway drainage problem and can not find the right equation or graph I have a curb cut in a vertical curb that is feeding a swale. I need to make sure all the roadway drainage (100%) gets off the roadway before a certain point with no bypass. No...
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    Stormwater Loading Ratios

    Seems to me that 16 acres contributing to 1 acre of treatment is a little excessive. I would think that even 8 acres to 1 acre is a bit heavy
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    PM; Transportation Vs Construction

    I took BOTH sections in previous attpemts. At one time i was a Highway Guy, but didnt do many traffic analysis or signalization and found the Trans PM section was pretty difficult even for a Highway Guy. I took Const. Management once and failed. I bought ALL the books of the reference list...
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    Flag Retirement Ceremony

    HEY ROAD GUY AND WOLVERINE! I have been in Scouting for almost 40 years . . . . i was active as a Packmaster a few years back after my boy had gone onto Boy Scouts and the Pack needed help. The Pack had always done a Family Camping trip to Gettysburg each summer and hiked the Historical Trail...
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    Exam Cafe Questions

    School of PE classes did it for me i thought they were pretty good.
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    PA PE Exam Results

    I got my passing results in the mail Tuesday afternoon . . . i live south of York and the envelope was post dated June 30. everyone in PA SHOULD have results by now i would think???? btw . . i also got a "Sign up for a Review Class" package in the mail last week on Wednesday . . . . TALK...
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