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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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That's a good question, I am not sure if they did. So this is the one I purchased and compared it to the old one, https://www.amazon.com/FE-Civil-Review-Michael-Lindeburg/dp/1591265290/ref=sr_1_10?crid=P91LVPQN0NEG&keywords=fe+exam+lindeburg&qid=1670811743&sprefix=fe+exam+lindeburg%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-10&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.fa474cd8-6dfc-4bad-a280-890f5a4e2f90. Did they release a newest version?
my school had us use this for the review course. I don’t really think anything beyond this and some practice problems is necessary if everything is relative fresh.
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.
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?
The Hiner workbook is the best study guide for the seismic:
http://www.amazon.com/Seismic-Design-Review-Workbook-Professional/dp/B0006R2WNA
You'll have to search for a copy but everyone generally uses it to prep.
Surveying, I felt, wasn't very hard. You just have to work fast. In general, you can just use trigonometry to figure out most problems, but using the equations and methods that surveyors do saves you some time.
You can split up the tests, but now that they're handling seismic and survey at testing centers, there's space between tests, which makes it easier to deal with. Just take all 3! Spend 6 weeks on seismic, 2 weeks on survey, a week on the 8 hour and you should be ok.
Hey, ummm... I don't know how to break this to you but... Code Master already does this.
But I still commend you on the effort that you put into this and the level of understanding an insight to the code that you now have.