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VA is not an SE state (yet, as far as I know), so no. You'll just be getting a PE license, same as me here in WI. To use SE after your name, for now you would have to apply for comity from an SE state, which is what I plan to do (IL and NE, not for title, but because I do a bit of work in...

Also, I think there's a couple examples in SEAOC V1 that lay this out pretty clearly.

I make sense of it this way: a parapet serves no structural function - a building system is just as functional without one. Therefore, it's a non-structural (architectural) component. All it does is attract loads. I think if you compare 12.11 to chapter 13 requirements, you'll quickly see...

Naturally, it was our guy McEngr who posted said topic: http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=17606

Can't offer a comparison as I only have SERM 6th ed. But in 6, the bridges chapter is 59 pages, and the lateral section is 56 pages (and fairly broad, though not too deep and not what I'm leaning on for lateral review). FWIW, I remember seeing a previous post stating the 6th ed was a...

Codes can't be prescriptive about everything (though God knows they try!). Some things you just need to use your judgement; err on the side of being conservative. Assuming piles are the only thing providing lateral resistance, it would both err on the side of being conservative and make a good...

Thanks for the 2c, kevo. I really respect your opinion based on what I've read on this forum.

McEngr is correct, IMO. Lower half of the first story is typically taken by your grade beam / foundation system directly. Hoven, for your example of a 1-story frame, all of the effective weight is taken at, and therefore all of the base shear is distributed to, the roof level. Extrapolate...

Hoven - your instinct is correct, which is why there's also the cantilever method, which is more suitable for taller multistory frames where it's more important to be accurate in approximating the column axials (and thus the vertical reaction couples). For a squat frame, as McEngr noted, the...

Thanks for the feedback, guys. McEngr: yeah, unless it shows up on an afternoon problem, (and even then) I'm guessing they can't go too in depth with a dynamic problem. But since I'm pretty comfortable with the ELF stuff and distributing base shears up the building, figured I'd heed the advice...

I agree with McEngr in the following ways: 1) Thanks, Adeel for the amazingly thorough breakdown! This will be very helpful, I hope, in my studies. 2) Exams do make us better engineers. To those who say passing exams says nothing about you other than the fact you're a good test taker, I say...

In Williams' "Structural Engineering PE License Review Problems & Solutions (6th ed.)", problem 1.14, part 2 (dynamic method), he does not scale down the story forces (Fi) by the I/R factor. My reading of ASCE 7-05 12.9.2 is that those forces can be scaled down by I/R (assuming the spectral...

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Asuming you're talking about ACI318, IBC 2009 adopts ACI318-08 by reference...see Chapter 35 (Reference Standards).

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Work as many example problems (especially NCEES sample exams and Lindeberg FERM) as possible, using only the NCEES Supplied Reference Handbook to solve them. Same for every other subject. Then, taking the exam it will feel like you've seen all the problems before.

Adding: I think your "complaint" about too many building ?'s on the bridge test is equally valid as the reverse. I think it's the same argument: if you're taking an exam separately designated as A instead of B, why are there still so many ?'s from B?

Can't answer the first 3, since I'll be taking it the first time this spring. But for #4: me too. Company only pays for "2nd" license costs (i.e.: comity in multiple states, SE when already possessing a PE, etc.). Could theoretically use codes/standards from our company library, but we have...

Distractions aren't bad - utilize that as part of your prep when you do practice exams. On test day there will be the distraction of dozens to hundreds of other people taking the test in the same room, punching calculators, turning pages, coughing, chewing gum, tapping pencils, leaving because...

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