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GT, So I slaved for 4 months studying for an exam that one cycle later they wouldn't force me to take? I'm only kidding but did you send in a letter or anything requesting to sit for the civil PE with Structural depth. I know some people I used to work with who are structural engineers but...

P1ENG, I don't want to pick a fight here or anything but do you happen to live in GA? For the past few years the state board will not accept applicants for the 8 hour Civil PE if you practice Structural Engineering (http://www.seaog.org/SE%20Rule_Rev_16-9-7.pdf). I just passed the SE in the...

You might want to try posting here (http://engineerboards.com/index.php?/forum/12-structural). The board is mostly devoted to threads regarding the SE and traffic is somewhat higher right now because the results just came out. See this thread...

GTfitz2013, All the studying paid off as I passed both days on my first time taking the exam. My most important tip would be to make sure you first create a study schedule of some sort and stick to it, even when it gets difficult. Have an idea of when you want to start and finish studying a...

That's kinda what I'm trying to figure out what other Engineers do in pile caps and if anyone has run into this situation in 2 pile orientations where from a pure load perspective only bars in the long direction are required.

The Pile Caps are 4.5'x9' with a thickness ranging from 2' to 2'-10" thick. Based on CRSI it says to use ACI 7.12 and 10.5 for minimum reinforcement in pile cap foundations.

I'm using RAM SS to design some pile caps. We are able to use just a 2 pile orientation with overall dimensions of 4.5'x9'. The program seems to giving output for the reinforcement in the long direction that is using the loads and meets minimum requirements per ACI 318. However, in the short...

PEinc, We are designing the apartments so the site is a blank canvas to start with the retaining walls going in first.

The retaining wall will be underneath an apartment building and the low side is going to be a new parking garage. There won't be a high chance that excavation will occur in the future.

My next question would be if they can back fill both at the same time can you really only design for 22' safely as the soil below grade won't truly cancel itself out because the soil pressure on the high side will be much larger at the base of the wall than on the low side?

Due to various reasons I have to drop the bottom of a retaining wall (top of footing) well below grade so the end condition will have soil on both sides of the wall. The top of the wall is 36 feet above the top of the footing but the top of the footing will be 14' below finished grade. So I'm...

TehMightyEngineer, I think I came across your post a few days ago while researching this question. I wouldn't mind if you were to post it though. I didn't take the afternoons yet (I will this week) as I'm a little more concerned about the mornings where Bridges are included, a topic I'm not...

I'm set to take the SE exam in three weeks and am currently taking practice exams. I bought the NCEES Practice exam as well as the PPI practice exam. Are these two practice exams generally easier, harder, or about the same in difficulty than the real thing? I'm trying to figure out how good...

RASPIVEY, Good thing I have that manual and plan on starting to go through it in a week or so.

Lomarandil, I'm an overstudier (I don't think that's a word) who worries, hence the reason for this thread.

Weab, I'm using the SEAOC Seismic Design Manual (which is all seismic design examples) and Williams seismic & wind forces book.

I happen to live in Georgia when for me to get a PE license I have to take and pass the 16-hour SE exam. I have just a few generic questions that I figured people on this board might be able to answer. I've looked through these boards many times for work, just never signed up to post before...