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Limits of Practice for Civil vs Structural Engineers

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TimmyH76

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Mar 14, 2006
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I wasn't sure what to call the subject line...but my question is this. Lots of states have a separate designation and testing for civil engineers and structural engineers. There are limits on the size and type of buildings non-structural engineers may design. Is there a place that summarizes these limits. I am a licenesend by taking the civil engineering PE exam, I design buildings and am interested in obataining licenes in other states. I really don't want to, but am considering taking the SE exams. Thanks for the input.
 
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Iowa State University, (Ames, IA), has Architectural Engineering degree which is a 5 year or longer program.
 
University of Kansas also has a 5 year ARCE program... which is what I graduated with. Although if I were to do it again, I would do the 4 year Civil degree plus 2 year Masters. Think about it... you take classes in HVAC, power systems, lighting, plumbing, architecture, etc. You (I) ended up graduating a little about a lot of things, but not a lot about any one thing. It turned out not to be practical in the work environment, for me at least.

Anyway back to the original post... check out this document from NCEES. It has a lot of info on the various states and their licenses. It is dated 2005, but should still be reasonably accurate.

 
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