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Guys, I am trying to get rid of my study material which I used to pass the seismic and survey exams. I have the following items available. Please message me if you are interested in selling, and I will provide you the information.. 1.) Civil Surveying Review Workshop- Reza Mahallati- Spring...

Guys, I was wondering if someone has the REza Survey book and can help me understand # 47 from chapter 2. I have the spring 2011 version, It is cross-sectional leveling. I just don't understand where he gets the 961.5 ft and why does he use it for both right and left intercept. If anyone has...

Guys, A few months ago, i ordered the mansour DVDs which came with 2 practice exams that are bound and also a third practice exam # 3. I don't see the answer key in the mateiral he has provided to me that was shipped. I was wondering if anyone has that information? I have emailed him in the...

I was wondering if anyone has received the Exam Notice that you take to the exam site. Last couple of times they usually come before this time. Was wondering if anyone has received it- I am in THE OC.

I was wondering if anyone used the Surveying Solved Problems for the FS and PS Exams, third edition, by Jan Van Sickle to study for the survey part of the CIvil Engineering PE exam. I know that it is for FS and PS exams but was wondering if anyone found it useful in preparation for Engineering...

Guys- i was wondering if someone had difficulty passing survey who eventually did pass can shed some light on how they eventually passed.. I unfortunately work in a section where I don't see plans that often, and on the test I have difficulty understanding the figures and then figuring out what...

Guys I am doing reza problem no. 20 in chapter 3 of his spring 2011 book.. Basically the problem asks for direction and length of segment BC. No problem with the length.. however in the direction of segment BC, I am not sure how he got North East..Isn't he doing the direction CB in his...

I am stuyding from Reza and a Mansour book and was wondering if someone can help clarify whether a CE can restablish the elevation of a benchmark ? Mansour in the chapter 1 pracice problem # 10 says you can not restablish the elevation of a benchmark Reza in chapter 1 practice problem number...

I was wondering if someone could tell me how you recognize which case is the loading using page 471 of ibc. I am not sure how you are supposed to be reading those figures.. thank you

I am really confused for how to convert back and forth in between these three, declination, magnetic bearings and true bearings.. In Reza's book, Chapter 3, problem # 11, gives the formula: True Bearing = Magnetic Bearing minus Declination.. If I look now at the Cuomo book, Example 4.5, it is...

I have the Civil Surveying Review Workshop Workbook from Fall 2009 by Reza Mahallati for Sale. I did not take the test earlier, so I bought a new one and realized that not too many changes from the old version..the book contains some pencil marking in the first one or two chapters,...

I was wondering what others experience have been with programmable calcualtors. Since the test is so much on time constraint, and they do allow the TI graphing calualtors, which I have. I was wondering if anyone knows of a program which can be used to do some calculations through the program...

My chelapathi transporatation has a figure and very very brief discussion of conflict analysis. The printing is so horrible, i can barely read it.. what are conflict problem types? is there a handy chart that someone has for type of conflicts that can be encourtered on a type of intersection...

if you have the book, do you know where does the 65 come from in the equation goswami uses to solve this example. Is it supposed to be 60? I didn't find this one on the errata....

I just checked outa copy of both of those two books just in case their is something specific from these books on the exam. What woud be good chapters or pages to tab on these two books.. any help is appreciated. THANKS...

I am looking for sample problems regarding the geometric design with reference to deflection angles...anyone has a reference that tackles understanding the deflection angles best?? I just don't understand them.

IN the goswami book, there are two tables of factors, one is 206.1 and other table is 206.2. Pages 348 and 350..I am not sure when you would use one or the other for a strip footing.. just wondering what hte difference in both are. for the exam, do they generaly provide these factors, or you...

if you have goswami's book, do you know where he is getting 10 psi from. Is it supposed to be 12 psi?

I am getting stuck on the example 2.5 (age 19) of the reza mallhati book. I understand up until the equation of original ground from P to CP = y = mx +b. I don't understand how one arises to the equation Yp = 868 + .1(3) = 868.3 feet. I don't understand where does the 3 come from. and how do...

A moist soil consists of 10 ft of sand resting on bedrock, with the groundwater table 4 ft below the surface. The unit weight of the saturated soil is 130 lbf/ft3, and the moist soil has a unit weight of 125 lbf/ft3. The earth pressure coefficient for both the saturated and moist soil is 0.40...