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How did you feel about the 2hr Lateral PM problem?

Any bridge guys weigh in on their thoughts?

4th time taking lateral, passed vertical the first time I took it.  This was by far a much more difficult bridge afternoon than the last 3 times i have taken it.  I believe the last time was much simpler and they must of had a higher acceptable rate in the afternoon so they needed to make it...

Illinois certainly isn't making this test any easier.  I just want to thank NCEES for giving the worst accommodations for taking the most important exam of my career.  There was a business party in the adjacent room where we were able to listen to people yell and get drunk and party while we...

Did you take Bridges or Buildings?

EET Class, Class is going very well, all caught up, just reviewing for the now till the big day.   Pass or fail this class has been one of the better continuing education I have done in my career even with a masters in structural.  I have also take 2 other courses in the past for the SE...

So just to be clear, are the morning and afternoon graded separate and treated as separate units?  For example you have to pass both individually or the total overall score of both is what determines pass/fail?  With these cut scores it appears that the pass/fail is determined by the individual...

This score is unfathomable to me to fail the test...

I am pretty sure they give you the methods but some it should be apparent.  Also, make sure you look at the applicability of each chapter to the problem you are solving, such as height limitations, enclosure classification and irregularities.  These applicability checks are at the front of each...

Wow, this is a great idea! Problem solved!

Any previous test takers wind the best time keep strategy or the best watch to use.  I would like a stop watch but they don't let us bring in anything electronic.

Culverts are fair game, and so are retaining walls / abutments I studied both.  Look at WISDOT bridge manual for good examples 

Once you get that email your all set to go. I called last time with the same question, they said you don't have to resubmit anything if you did it all online and the payment was confirmed. They already have all of your information since you were approved to take the 16 hour exam. Oh and...

**SEAOI...

https://www.seaoi.org/event/seaoi-refresher-course I meant to post SEOI (Structural Engineers Association of Illinois) see link above.  They put on a 6 month course with a pretty high success rate.

SEOI Course Vertical and Lateral - Fail PPI Vertical and Lateral Class, Passed Vertical Failed Lateral 2 times and going for a third in April.  I am taking the EET class now and think this is one of the best online course i have taken the material is some of the best I have found on the...

Yes if they are both the concentric frames you have shown and the other two bays are not rigid moment frames then yes the load would get split evenly. For rigid wall/frame systems the load is spit bases on the relative stiffness or relative rigidity or the systems resisting the load (R factor)...

You have it right using the unit shear forces.  You can't use the collector/struct reaction (10k) to determine the drag force.  The drag forces is derived from the lag that the shear force from the diaphragm transferring the load to the vertical force resisting system thus you need to have them...

To make it a little more confusing, a thought..  Do the graders in the afternoon know your score from the morning exam?  Due to the subjectivity of grading a written exam and if say you obtained 33/40 in the AM that you could get the benefit of the doubt in the afternoon if you were close to...

You did not understand my question.... I was under the impression that to pass one portion of the exam (one 8 hr section, be it lateral or vertical) you would need to obtain a passing score in both the morning and afternoon portion or the exam individually.  Hence, the exam is not scored based...