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For the SE exam this fall, the referenced AASHTO code is the 7th edition. I have access to the 5th edition pdf but not the 7th. Does anyone know of major differences between the two that I should be aware of? Will the 5th edition suffice for the current test? Also, do I need to print all 1500...

Thanks for the information Tech! I am planning on going through as many example problems as possible. Also, I only plan on taking the lateral portion this fall, so i was looking for just a lateral review only if i could find it beneficial...

Thanks Loma. I am taking the buildings portion...

I am preparing to take the SE Exam this fall and wanted to hear opinions on the best review course. It looks like, PPI, NCSEA, AISC and school of PE all put on courses. Most are pretty spendy, but the NCSEA course is cheapest (also the shortest). Does anyone have any preference on quality of...

Thanks Mike for the quick post!

I am verifying reinforcing of an existing roof for an added mech unit. We have 4x14 existing joists at 6ft oc that have lvls added on each side for additional strength. I am trying to verify what % of the load the 4x14 takes and what % the lvls take. I have used the parallel axis theorem up to...

I was afraid you would say that hokie...thanks for the input. That is how i read the code as well.

Mike - ah yes, the wind speed will be the same. I'm trying to figure the pressures out for the bottom 70 ft of the building (sorry I should have used the word pressure vs speed in the orig post). If i use the full height of the building, I come up with about 115psf for the bottom 70 ft. If I...

Hi, We have a project that consists of an exterior renovation of the lower 70ft of a 700ft tall building. Our scope is just the cladding on the lower 70 ft. To determine my Kh and/or Kz factor, do I reference the 70 ft for the "height above ground level, z" or do I have to reference the 700ft...

Thank you both for the responses!

Hi all - I am starting to look into taking the SE exam and was hoping to get some input about the online study courses that are offered. So far I have seen Kaplan, ASCE and School of PE offering courses. Does anyone have a certain course they think is really beneficial?? It looks like School of...

Thank you all for the input. This project is a single story wood fast food restaraunt in Idaho. Just a rectangular box...the top plate consists of 2 plates that over lap, so yeah, I am a little confused. The strapping could be for redundancy, not sure. Thanks for the input everyone.

Hi all, I saw a project recently that was a single story wood building. On all the top plate corners around the building, the engineer of record had installed horizontal straps to be wrapped around the corner. I hadn't seen this before and wasn't sure why the engineer had called it out. Is...

I did see that section in the code. So, are the ties required because I have a moment due to axial(compressive) load. therefore it is compressive reinforcement? I guess I am asking what is the definition of compressive reinforcement.

I have a 20ft tall 8" cmu wall with a 2" eccentric point load on it at the top. I have run the design based on Amrhein's book and have determined that I need (2)-#5 verts right below the bearing plate. My question is - how do I know if I need to specify lateral ties around those (2)-#5 verts...