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Raymond - I had to laugh at your post. I haven't heard the term shit sandwich since I left the Army. And funny enough I saw that you're a squid, so cheers to you.

Do you have civil background? I've thought about taking the Civil but my undergrad is Arch. Engineering so I skipped out on waste water, the higher level soils and all that other stuff. I'm wondering how much of those subjects I could learn on my own. Can you take a structural am and pm...

I broke down and bought this monster of a book. It's huge, does anyone have any thoughts on what I can gut to slim it down and make it easier to use?

You're right, sorry for the confusion. I read one thing and typed another.

Check out this website. http://www.madcad.com/index.php We must be talking about different programs. I remember in school the mech. engineers used a program that I think was also called mathcad, maybe that's what you're talking about.

Read the bylaws of your state. Some states, like NJ require a seal and does not allow stamps. IMO seals are cool but they make your drawings puffy and it's a pain to seal each page of a multiple set (granted I know all engineers have some minion that seals each page and spreads them out neatly...

My office uses MathCad, it's an online service with the ICC codes and others. I hate electronic codes, you can't tab or high light and I can find sections a lot quicker using the Table of Contents or Index. Okay, that's my rant of the day.

Probably not necessary for the test but how do you calculate the (Z) plastic modulus for steel? It appears that the ratio between Z/S is on average 1.14 if you pull it directly out of the charts and I can put my brain on autopilot and go with that when using the new steel book. (I still tend...

I used two milk crates my first time and will again for the next test. One thing I thought was pretty clever, my table mate brought metal book ends so she made a little library on the table instead of the stacks I used.

Depending on your work, the most economical society (cheap to join) I've found is the Society of American Military Engineers. It's geared for anyone doing work with the Army COE and Navy NAVFAC. The contacts are good if you're in that industry and the luncheons I've attended have been...

Okay, so I bought the book by Barker and I have to say it's kind of disappointing. I wanted a bridge design text book with examples. And while there are some examples it doesn't appear to be that helpful so far. I am still getting the new LRFD codebook.

I would disagree that you can't do "significant structures" in ASD. The new black books sets both design methodologies side by side so it's really comes down to how you think. Do you think in terms of capacities or in terms of stress? The reality is it probably comes down to your modeling and...

Design of Highway Bridges: An LRFD Approach by Richard M. Barker and Jay A. Puckett has a couple of decent reviews on Amazon. (The reviews are about the book not how it will help on the exam.) Any thoughts anyone?

I haven't used this design edition either. There is a book titled, "Design of Highway Bridges: An LRFD Approach by Richard M. Barker and Jay A. Puckett" that has good reviews by "real" bridge designers. I work on buildings so my bridge experience is really limited. Instead of buying the 3rd...