I will be taking both lateral portions of the SE exam in about a month. I am currently enrolled in the AEI course, which I have found to be very helpful; however, I was looking to get input from those who have taken the lateral portions of the SE exam under the new CBT format.
Were there...
My team is working a project where the concrete contractor misaligned a few cast-in place anchors. We need to remedy this by replacing the cast-in place anchors with threaded rod epoxy anchors. The issue we're having is that the column base plates do not allow us to meet the required anchor...
I will be taking the 16 hour SE exam in April of 2025. i have been studying off and on over the past couple years when time allowed. Now that I'm less than a year from the exam, I will need to begin studying much more regularly. I also plan to take a review course prior to taking the exam...
My team is designing a grandstand, which we have done quite a few of over the years. This one in particular has a press-box at the top that is designed by a different engineer. We're having a bit of a disagreement on the risk cat. for the press-box design. The press-box EOR is dictating the...
Thanks for the input. We are designing for the 5 psf interior lateral load, the trees themselves have relatively little area to catch any lateral loads so we have not had any issue with axial or bending stresses in the column. We are able to achieve a completely fixed base for these columns as...
My team is designing Faux Trees that will be on display inside a building at a resort in Florida. The trees themselves have a self-weight of about 2,500 lb fully assembled and stand 32' tall. The customer is wanting to use HSS 4.5 x 0.337 Pipe. The pipe easily passes design checks from...
