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Florida, Orlando area. When filling out my application paperwork, the test location was listed as Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee per the NCEES website. It wasn't until I received my exam authorization last week that I realized it had changed to a DoubleTree hotel in Orlando, 16 miles away...

I just stumbled across your post and figured I'd add my experience since I was faced with the exact same decision as you. I graduated with a BSME in 2010, took the FE for the heck of it and passed my senior year. Had I failed it, I likely would not have taken it again, as I had no desire to get...

Our test was supposed to be at a fair grounds, but when I received my exam authorization, it had been switched about 10 miles away to a hotel. Works for me! I'll be staying there the night before and they have places to eat at the hotel, so should have time to get some lunch during the break.

While I prepare for the upcoming October test, I've created an Excel sheet that breaks down the Civil Breadth and Water/Environmental Depth NCEES exam specifications. The Excel sheet includes columns for the latest edition of the CERM (15th), Goswami's All In One (3rd edition), the latest...

Dang it Exhibitguy, I think you nailed it. It's little mistakes like this that are gonna cook my goose come October 27th. Thx for catching my error!

Thx for the reply vhab. I stumbled upon a thread that supposedly shows the answer as 19', but the equations used are not the same as those in the current version of the CERM, so not entirely sure how it all relates to the equations I used.

What am I doing wrong here? The answer I get is 25.75 ft.

My apologies - the assistance is greatly appreciated!

Might be different than here in Florida - but our board permits a "Practicing Engineer" to fill out your employment verification form. They just have to submit a copy of their diploma. Our board does require that your personal engineering references be PEs however.

As an update - this does appear to be an error in the solution - the 122K gallon DAILY evap rate is combined with the HOURLY weir flow rate later in the problem, minus the required hrly conversion factor for the evap rate. However, I wrongly stated earlier that you won't get the same answer in...

I think you're on to something. 122K is the answer you'd get if you did not divide by 24 - so it's the daily evap loss. The answer asks for the elevation drop/rise for one hr though. Not at home right now but I'll check the rest of the solution to see if it's converted to hrs later on in the...

The portion below is straight from the solution (variables provided are the evap rate and the pond surface area): Total volume of water lost to evap in 1 hr: 2gpd/ft^2 x (1/24) x 1.4 x 43560 = 122,000 gallons As for the rest of the problem - you are given the run-off tract surface area, the...

It's from a Goswami practice exam: https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Exam-Civil-PE-RESOURCES/dp/1517333822 The evap question is actually just a sub-part of a larger hydrology question. Basically you have run-off from a 60 acre tract going into a pond, evap happening at the pond's surface, and a...

This seems like a pretty straightforward problem, but I can't seem to get the same answer as the solution manual. Evaporation from the surface of a pond is 2 gpd/ft^2. The surface area of the pond is 1.4 acres. How much water evaporates in one hr? The solution is:  Total volume of water lost...

I think you guys nailed it. The answer is indeed in inches.

Practice Exam for the Civil PE Exam: Breadth + Water Resources Depth Question 008 This is a settlement/consolidation problem. The varved clay layer is 10 ft thick and has a 12 ft layer of sand over it. In the solution, when solving for consolidation: s = H(delta e)/(1+e0), I thought H should...

Thanks Matt, I shied away from the 1st book in your suggested list due to Amazon reviews stating the majority of it overlaps with info found in the CERM. I'd never heard of the third book, so thank you for the suggestion. It's been 7 years since college, so I found myself struggling with even...

A little background info: I received my degree in mechanical engineering and worked for 6 yrs after college designing components for airplanes. Seven months ago I made a career path switch into Civil as a utility engineer in the water/wastewater field. My main responsibility is designing...