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Yeah, I agree, I didn't have the "official" IBC code book.  I just printed out chapters 16 through 23 (ie just the structural chapters).  

I can answer 2 & 3.   2) Split the exam.  Too much to study for all at once. After the taking the vertical exam Friday, you are too fried to gear up for the lateral exam Saturday.  When I took it, I did lateral first since I thought it would be the more difficult portion, but what I found...

Yes, AISC 341 is in the back of the Seismic Design Manual, along with AISC 358 - Prequalified Moment Connections. The NCEES specs refers to the manuals for both Steel Design and Seismic. Plus the manuals have tables that will help you solve problems faster. For the current SE exam you need the...

You are probably OK with the 3rd edition of the PPI practice exam.  You are more going for practice with taking the exam and the pace you will need to maintain. As opposed to knowing if a certain concept in the code was moved to a different section.  You need to be aware of that, but that's not...

I'm not sure when the switch to IBC 2015 occurred, but my guess is it would have been going into last years exams. In the past, on the NCEES website, it would say, "These are the codes for the 2018 exams" meaning there would not be a change in the codes mid-year. It no longer says that. So...

I was able to pass it without a course.  I actually think the lateral exam was easier to study for than the vertical exam. You know that 75% of the exam will cover seismic, and about 25% wind. You know to study every section of ASCE 7 seismic chapters, and if you work out every problem in the...

Yep, that is me.  Didn't realize my book was being referred to as the "Connor" book. :)    Anyway, I wrote the book specifically for building engineers (such as myself), to help us out on the SE exam bridge questions. I couldn't find any other "good" resources for studying the kind of bridge...

Yeah, I would concentrate on the ACI 318 provisions for prestressed & post-tensioned concrete. Use SERM or another reference for design examples, etc. An older copy of PCI is probably fine. 

Congrats on passing. I'm glad my book was the final piece of your puzzle to pass.  Thank you for buying my book and the kudos!

Lots of questions about study guides, figured I would repost this one since it may have gotten lost in the mix.   For masonry, I think this is the only book you will need for both vertical and lateral.  2015 Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures by Concrete Masonry Association of California...

They are very helpful. Probably won't be anyone on here that wants to get rid of them, since they are really good references to have. 

If you look on my website www.davidconnorse.com there is an SE exam study calendar on the site that I recommend following in regards to how much you should study for each subject, etc. It is split into taking the vertical and lateral exams separately, which I also highly recommend doing.

The PPI SE exam by Joseph Schuster is much more in line with the difficulty of the actual exam in my opinion. NCEES practice SE exam is more like the Structural PE exam.

For the lateral exam, the best examples for seismic are SEAOC IBC Seismic Design Manual Vol. 1. Volumes 2-4 are also great. Absolutely essential before any other study guides for the lateral exam in my opinion.

I asked NCEES this a couple weeks and per them they will not be changing the codes for the April 2019 exam.  Hopefully that will also be the case for the October 2019 exam, but I guess they could update then as well.  I do know that when they update to AASHTO 8th edition, it will be a pretty big...

For those of you that did not good news this week, see above from TehMightyEngineer. This is THE MOST DIFFICULT of any NCEES exam, so do not beat yourself up if you did not pass. For those that did pass, Congratulations! 

This is the greatest "I Passed!" story I have ever heard.  Congratulations Rick!  

Grading workshop was this past weekend, so I would not expect anything this week.  My guess is next Friday, December 14th.

According to NCEES website, they are planning to have the SE exam be computer based around 2024.  Not sure if that affects anybody since it's 5 years out, but I just noticed it. No more essay? https://ncees.org/exams/cbt/

Thanks Stewie!