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  1. Michael Scott PE

    Equipment Productivity Problems

    Peurifoy's "Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods" textbook.
  2. Michael Scott PE

    Construction question

    [ (Base Rate + Fringes) x (1 + Burden %) ] x (1+ Markup %) "Burden" is anything a company has to pay for a worker in addition to their gross compensation, or simply put it is the extra cost of having someone on your payroll.  Worker's Comp and Taxes are considered burden, and the employee will...
  3. Michael Scott PE

    Need Urgent Help Please...............

    I assume you're referring to construction equipment.  I highly recommend Peurifoy's "Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods" textbook.  There are tons of great problems in that book covering all of the various types of construction equipment.  This book is crucial for the construction...
  4. Michael Scott PE

    Need help with Transportation Exam

    You do you, but to anyone prepping for the exam I can tell you from experience and multiple attempts on the construction exam that if you do not have one of the required reference books you are guaranteed to miss at least 3-4 questions, and probably more.  I've also spoken to quite a few who...
  5. Michael Scott PE

    Need help with Transportation Exam

    I perused your blog and I have some major issues with it.  I'll start at the end.  Your list of items you need for the exam is going to cause people to be kicked from the exam.  You CANNOT bring your own pencil and you CANNOT bring an eraser.   You have recommended that people only bring the...
  6. Michael Scott PE

    MUTCD 2009 Book in Color

    Mine is in color.  Couldn't tell you where it came from though, a coworker gave it to me.  I'm surprised that they would not print it in color given all of the signs, tapers, lane changes, etc. and the colors associated with all of them.
  7. Michael Scott PE

    Exam day resources

    If you're writing an essay to prep for your PE exam you're most certainly doing it wrong.  But good luck anyway.
  8. Michael Scott PE

    2019 Novel Coronavirus

    I have seventy, each one better than the last.
  9. Michael Scott PE

    2019 Novel Coronavirus

    A cat and a laser pointer will do the trick.
  10. Michael Scott PE

    Civil Construction PE Prep - Second Attempt

    I felt like the format, content, and difficulty of the Goswami problems was most like what I saw on the actual exam more than any other problems I worked.  I worked over 500 problems too.
  11. Michael Scott PE

    PE civil morning session

    It doesn't matter if you take structural, construction, etc.   The morning session is the same exam for everyone taking the Civil PE exam.  While I never saw an asphalt question on the morning session in the times I took the exam I wouldn't skip asphalt altogether.  I would at least do a quick...
  12. Michael Scott PE

    Coronavirus

    Absolutely.  A 0.00000000000000000001% chance.
  13. Michael Scott PE

    Civil Engineering Academy Prep Course

    I believe all of the same materials are provided whether you do the 1-month or the 1-year options.  It's a great course.
  14. Michael Scott PE

    FOR SALE: Civil PE Exam Materials

    CMWB, CERM, and both CEPP sold.
  15. Michael Scott PE

    Opinion about RSMeans and other estimating guide

    (I replied to the topic titled "Jun" but I see this topic is more appropriately named and has a response, so here's my response from the other topic) We do not use RSMeans at my company.  In fact, when I was in college and we were working on our senior design projects our professors even told...
  16. Michael Scott PE

    Jun

    We do not use RSMeans at my company.  In fact, when I was in college and we were working on our senior design projects our professors even told us to stray away from using RSMeans for the estimating tasks of the project.  RSMeans does have a lot of good information, but you can get better...
  17. Michael Scott PE

    Construction depth reference material

    100% yes.  Without it I would've given up probably 5 easy questions.
  18. Michael Scott PE

    Construction depth reference material

    I don't think you want a PDF of ACI MNL-15 or ACI SP-4.  You'll spend hours printing and binding those.  Just purchase them.  CMWB, ACI 347R, and ASCE 37-14 have to be purchased; you won't find full copies online.  You might find partial copies but those won't do you any good.  Your best bet is...
  19. Michael Scott PE

    Trying to get boss to allow the same study opportunities as coworker

    You should be glad that your employer gave any time at all, regardless of which attempt, to study during working hours.  I've never heard of an employer giving time during working hours for someone to study for the PE exam, and I know quite a few PE's.  2019 was my busiest year at work so far in...
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