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NJ mike, make the jump. Seriously. I worked for a small consulting firm 8-15 over the years for 12 years. Start as EIT at 29k and hit the ceiling at 65k after I have been EOR signing drawing for over 7 years. Oh, no bonus for couple years before I finally decided to left. It wasn't the money...

Hi Palvarez, Strength Design, or Load Factor Resistance Design is you mulitiply a load factor to your service load, thus called a "Factored Load". You then multiply your Nominal capacity by a reduction factor, then you compare the two. Your reduced nominal capacity needs to be greater than your...

I felt pretty good walking out both exams and thougth lateral was easier than vertical too. Yup, all it takes is strict discipline and determination and stick to the study schedule. Not too many people can afford that though and I applaud you for accompolishing that. Respect, bro. I have seen...

Just want to add my two cents. I was already PE (structural I ) back in 2005, same as you. I decided to take 16 hrs SE in 2012 because new job requires me to register in all states and some states requires structural II or the new 16 hrs SE. Since I didn't take structural II back then I have no...

Mark L, I am in the same boat. Already a SE in most western states like WA UT and AZ but taking CA Survey to get my CA PE. I don't understand why you need to wait 3 years to apply CA SE though. I thought that requirement is for eligibility to sit for the national 16 hr SE in CA which I already...

Could it be that Malaysian military accidentally shot down the airplane and tried to cover it up so they don't look like an *****? How can a 777 just disappeared into thin air without a trace. Its been more than a week and they haven't even found a scrape metal. No, I don't believe in UFO's :0

What he said ^ ^ Don't be cheap and jeorpardize your chance of passing the PE. Even the tables look the same, there are some R and Cd or strength factors minor change that may affect your answers. Have your company pay for the lastest code and tell them its required to pass PE.

This is my graphical explanation to the problem. Hope it makes sense. This question got me too when I first looked at it because when reading the problem we see the picture in our head, and when Magnetic Bearing changes from N7'25'W to N2'30E, we visualize that the Bearing Line is moving - so...

Oh and this problem has nothing to do with TN....don't draw TN on your diagram. Your referenced datum line MN Has to be move from Right side to the left side of your fixed bearing line if the description changes from N7'25'W to N2'30'E. You see it now?

I would pick A too. The easy way to see it is this, the bearing line is actually a fixed line it doesn't move. What is moving is the MN, and thus the Bearing description change, the referenced datum line ( MN) is moving. Draw your diagram, there are actually two MN lines, old and new.

I am sure you will do fine, pirate. I felt quite the opposite when I was taking lateral portion of the SE. It was a narrower topic than vertical. There is really not that much to cover on the wood and masonry part of the seismic. Concrete is just the special detailing part that you need to be...

Dear fellow structural engineers, This question is more real work experience related than exam related. I am curious to know what do you do when using ASCE 7-05 simplified method to calculate the MWFRS wind and Component & Cladding wind on the parapet wall? I have looked every where and...

Structural - strictly buildings. Steel , concrete, wood and masonry. In-house structural in a A/E firm. 14 yrs exp. Dealing with architects and interns every day. Anyone licensed structural in CA or west coast states willing to be my reference providing that I send you samples...

Doh! now I feel like wanting to kick myself in the balls for not reading the problem statement close enough! Unacceptable behavior during the exam... Thanks for pointing out the obvious though.

Help will be very much appreciated if somebody can take a look of this problem. Reza Mahalatti's Practice Exam, chapter 3 question 17 part III, where the question is to ask to calculate the area of a closed traverse. The solution given is using criss-cross method to find the double area, my...

I signed up for CA Survey Exam with Prometric in Northwest Arkansas on 4/3, 3 weeks away! I swear this will be the last exam that i WILL EVER take in my life. I just want to get this exam out of the way and go back to my normal life... I started study since 12/30/13 and have put nearly 100 or...

Nope. It has to do with how a structure respond to the seismic acceleration based on its fundamental period. There may be questions on the exam asking you to find Sa based on the Periods T given. So know figure 11.4-1 and section 11.4.5 of ASCE 7 well. From Fig 11.4-1 you can tell that longer...

Adeeel is an inspiration. You just don't see that kind of determination and dedication to pursue a career in some of the young EIT these days. The civil engineers in CA are expected to know seismic because any CEs in CA can legally design and engineer commercial structures, even private...

No loose leaf. But 3 ring binder is acceptable. I know this for sure because I called prometric. Also they comply to CA board rule which allows 3 ring binder. You cannot take them off binder during exam. They have cameras.

Open book. Bring as many books you want but take my advice, you don't have time flipping through books looking for similar problems. If you do, then you are loosing valuable time to solve as many problems as possible. And most likely you won't pass. All you really need to be familiar are few...