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Oh, definitely, but there's logistical issues out the wazoo. Design, tooling, ramping up production, negotiating orders, doing land surveys, ecological impact surveys, buying/eminent domaining land, the inevitable lawsuits, hiring workers, training workers, and actually putting stuff in. The Eisenhower Interstate System was fairly well planned out for a long time (there's an excellent book called Big Roads that goes into all this, and it's a fun read) and it still took decades.
There is a book about this era and the history of the Interstate system called Big Roads. My gandpa worked on the overpasses on I-94 in North Dakota back in the 50's. Fascinating story to read. We could never build this system again.
The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
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I 2nd the Seismic Design Review by Hiner. Didn't do the classes either, just studied the book and did practice problems. Passed first time and I'm in geotech.
As for regular PE, I got the Lindeberg Civil Engineering Reference Manual just so I didn't have to bring every college text book. Great for the breadth portion of the national exam. Brought my college geotech books for the afternoon depth portion.
PPI PE Civil Reference Manual, 16th Edition – Comprehensive Reference Manual for the NCEES PE Civil Exam https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1591265703/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_8MRKB182QE9XA945PVEF
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591264405/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This is the version. I believe it is a previous version but the problems are still good, I practiced with it in conjunction with the official FE books and passed.
That was a trend during the early days of the Interstate Highway System. It was discovered to be more problematic than anything.
I read an interesting book about this a few years ago, called The Big Roads, that talks about this. Very interesting read.
Soupir. Ok. Je te propose de lire. J'ai pas l'impression que c'est l'activité préférée de l'électeur conservateur moyen toutefois, mais essaye: https://www.amazon.ca/Confessions-Recovering-Civil-Engineer-Transportation/dp/1119699290/ref=asc_df_1119699290/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459616255919&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16696851648254931926&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9000386&hvtargid=pla-1187958944116&psc=1
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Ça explique POURQUOI les propositions de Duhaime en lien avec les automobiles sont absolument totalement indiscutablement IMBÉCILES.
Dude. There’s probably only recreational paths here, the German suburbs are all quite walkable. These are not because the only pleasurable way to walk, without the cars going 65 kph, is by taking back roads. Also, I’m basing my argument on the data presented in Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town by Charles L. Marohn Jr..
The US suburbs need actual bike infrastructure otherwise you have to deal with walking over 30 minutes down a main stroad without any walking paths.
You're the one without a clue. The reason they died out is because they were deliberately killed off because it was more profitable for banks, the oil and auto industries not because they weren't effective.
If you don't want to believe me, maybe some civil engineers telling you how car-centric transportation sucks ass and needs to change will help.
They are the futon of Civil Engineering, Chuck Marohn Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town.
I recommend checking out Confessions of a Recovering Engineer by Charles Marohn. The current, poor, dangerous designs came from the minds of engineers that were solely concerned about traffic flow. Computer simulations will never correctly replicate real-life scenarios.
Thanks for the shout-out. I have an engineering degree, but in a different field (materials). At my alma mater, CS was very high status, but it was a different kind of high status than engineering. The highest status department was still mechanical engineering. (But that's probably because I went to a dedicated engineering school, and not an "everything" university.)
> The best-of-the-best, I'm told, do not go into civil engineering any more.
Correct. Civil engineering is the lowest paid engineering discipline. It is mostly about infrastructure (roads, bridges, drainage systems), and not as much about buildings. So it attracts people who care a lot about the public policy around big, flashy infrastructure projects, versus people who just want to build cutting edge stuff for its own sake.
The elite engineers who just want to build cool stuff are out building robots and rockets, not bridges.
If you'd like a more in-depth look at the "public policy first, build stuff second" attitude in civil engineering, I'd recommend the new Strong Towns book, <em>Confessions of a Recovering Engineer.</em>
Refer to the last couple pages of the exam spec found here. These are the codes that you will be referencing during the exam, primarily in the depth portion.
I'd recommend the Civil Engineers Reference Manual (CERM) for studying. It covers a wide array of topics and can be used as a refresher while your studying. Here is a link to this book on amazon.
Strong Towns is great. They did a really good job of simplifying our problems with transportation in their recent Confessions of a Recovering Engineer book. I hope they continue to gain momentum. The fact that we're talking about them here is probably a good sign.
The guy with the website is also a civil engineer with a career in road design. He wrote a whole book about some of the failings of auto-centric street design and what needs to change. The whole point is that maximizing vehicle traffic speeds on streets leads to unsafe streets and dysfunctional street life. Trying to put lots of intersections and driveways on roads similarly leads to reduced utility of the road as a thing that connects places via high speed travel and also makes it unsafe.
The book is called Confessions of a Recovering Engineer (amazon link)
Mechanical here, I bought the exam reference manual (mechanical version of this https://www.amazon.com/Civil-Engineering-Reference-Manual-Exam/dp/1591265088 ) and a few example problem sets and worked them on lunch break every day for 3 months before the test… General guidance at the time was to do that for a year leading up to it, too long in my opinion but probably depends on individual capacity and knowledge level going in…
I agree with the other poster, ask the PEs you know for advice, they should know you well enough to help you decide how you should go about studying.
Prices keep going up on them. I bought a new one 2 weeks ago for $117. Ebay has a bunch of used ones as well.
most people call it the CERM (Civil Engineering Reference Manual) and its the bible of civil engineering. It was basically what i used for 90% of the PE exam.
The official CERM:
I actually have this one which i liked better:
I passed on my second try. I used the Marshall videos and the official NCEES practice exam in my first attempt and then had to really up my game the second time round and brought a second hand FE Civil practice textbook (FE Civil Practice https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591265304/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_VnVzBbD5304E4) I would honestly recommend if you had time, to go through the textbook because it covers almost every single type of question that could come up instead of only a select few where you have to pray they will be in the exam - unluckily they weren't in my first attempt :( Goodluck!
maybe yeah.. im just curious. By the way I have this book
The problems are a lot harder and I want to do all of them, but sometimes I feel like it isn't even worth doing them. I have the practice exam that has similar problems though. Did your book contain problems that were a lot harder also?
To follow up, would you recommend getting that Anthem book over this book?
Yup, I know South Carolina held out for a reallllly long time.
EDIT: Also, there's a book called The Big Roads which is a great look at building the system.
Hey, how did you end up liking the book? I'm thinking of getting it myself. Also did the book have practice problems, or did you find them elsewhere?
edit: What do you think of this book as well? It was suggested to me by a professor: http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Review-Manual-Michael-Lindeburg/dp/1591264391?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0
I just finished The Big Roads, last week. It goes into the building of the Interstate system in the US, but with more of an emphasis on the people behind the work than technical specs. Thought it was good
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004X7TM14/
Unfortunately, it isn't on massive Kindle sale anymore :(
I just took the FE this past January and passed on my first try. So here is my suggestions:
Get an approved calculator and start getting to know it early. I was so used to my TI-84 that my fingers just weren't used to the approved one.
Also, I suggest getting this book: http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Review-Manual-Michael-Lindeburg/dp/1591264391?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
It was more expensive that some of other books I found but it was by far the best one. There is a 10 question diagnostic test on each section included. To study, I took all the diagnostic tests blindly, then reviewed the solutions and made sure to find the equations in the reference manual. Then for the problems or topics I had trouble with, I read the chapters. The chapters go very in depth and are super helpful.
I bought this FE Civil Practice Problems https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591264405/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_yUQewbQFMPGY6
Studied and passed on the first try.
Good luck!
It's cheaper to buy the right books the first time than to take the test again.
I'm of two minds on this:
1) The Civil Engineering Reference Manual (http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Engineering-Reference-Manual-Exam/dp/1591264537) is an excellent basic reference for all things civil engineering. And practically required for the morning section of the PE exam. Wait until November for the best price though.
But
2) I wouldn't get rid of anything until you figure out which PE exam you're going to take. The CERM is very general and doesn't go into great depth on anything. It would never replace the AISC Manual or ACI 318 and doesn't even talk about wood design.
This is the book to read to learn the basics of civil engineering:
Eisenhower gets way too much credit; most of the system had already been planned by the time his name came into it. This is a GREAT book.
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Roads-Visionaries-Trailblazers-Superhighw-ebook/dp/B004X7TM14