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I mean really, ever since the Structural I, and Structural II exams came out in 2003 and the new 16 hours Structural exams in October 2011.... Why is Civil : structural afternoon still offered by NCEES now? Its all multiple choice questions in the morning and afternoon, no essay type problems...

Ref: AISC Seismic Design Manual 3rd Print Seismic Provision 14.2 on page 6.1-48 States: "Bracing Members in K, V, or inverted -V configurations shall have KL/r <= 4 (square root)(E/Fy) For HSS memberswith Fy of 46ksi and E of 29,000 ksi, this is about 100. This greatly increase the size...

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...

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...

I have been studying cumo, Reza and Mansour's books for the civil survey. I have found there are a lot of problems - if not all, are identical in Reza's book and Mansour's book. However, I have found there seemed to be one discrepancy on one of the horizontal curve problems between these two...

As title states. I am a big whiny baby :P I think I will just skip these problems on the exam and only come back to do them if I have time left.

I am a structural with zero survey knowledge plan on taking the 2014 April survey exam. I have a question regarding to the "survey principles" by Paul A Cumos published by PPI, specifically pertaining to chapter 11, 12, and 13. California coordinates system, Astronomical Observation ( really?)...

Can anyone recommend a good computer program/design aid for checking existing steel joist capacity for new concentrated load and design chord/web reinforcement for moment and shear? I have seen people setup their own spread sheet but just wondering if there is such program out there. Thanks in...