Civil Engineering: License Review

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Summary: Civil Engineering License Review
Review: PE Civil Exam specific review. Not a complete civil reference for your career reference, but a test oriented review. Information in the book is oriented toward the problems and questions likely to be found on the PE civil Exam. Many code specific problems and references. Each chapter has several example problems. Hundreds of sample problems. Sorry, no answers to sample problems provided at all. For answers to solutions, you will need the solutions manual.

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Summary: Did not use much.
Review: Subject text is a little too theoretical. Explanations of sample problems are thorough. Content layout is very basic.

I ordered this review book for the extra practice probelms. After it came, I realized that a solutions manual was also necessary. I compared content with the Lindeburg review manual, and decided to shelve this one.

If you plan to buy this, be sure to purchase the solutions manual also--better yet, go with Lindeburg's Civil Engineering Review Manual (+Problems & Solutions Manual)--Lindeburg's are worth the money.

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Summary: Just not enough
Review: This book is only an overview of topics, none of the topics are discussed in detail, so if you just depend on this one book to pass the exam, it is not going to work. The sample problems and other topics make assumptions without reference to where they came from. As long as you have other texts or good notes from your courses, this book is OK