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    PE Civil Structural Exam

    Thanks. I managed to pass the breadth lateral this spring, still waiting on results for the depth. I was down to the last second on both of those exams. I have began studying for the vertical portions and have found the PE Civil Structural practice exam to be very rudimentary compared to the SE...
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    PE Civil Structural Exam

    I recently took the SE Lateral exams this spring, and will be taking the vertical portions this fall; I will be taking the PE Civil Structural exam in a month, as I figured studying and taking this exam will only benefit me in taking the SE later this year. It's a bit unclear to me what topics...
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    SE CBT Exam

    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...
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    Reduction in Strength of epoxy anchors based on reduced anchor spacing

    Thanks, I'll look into this.
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    Reduction in Strength of epoxy anchors based on reduced anchor spacing

    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...
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    SE Exam

    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...
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    Penthouse Risk Category

    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...
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    Slenderness Ratio for Architectural Structure

    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...
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    Slenderness Ratio for Architectural Structure

    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...
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