California Civil: Seismic

The California Civil: Seismic Principles exam is open book – make sure you have everything you need.

Give yourself the best opportunity to pass the California Civil: Seismic Principles exam with PPI’s California Civil Seismic Principles Complete Exam Bundle. This comprehensive collection of resources provides EVERYTHING you need to pass the PE California Civil: Seismic Principles exam the first time. The review materials in this bundle are updated to the current exam specs, contains thorough coverage of seismic engineering principles and codes, as well as numerous practice problems to challenge your knowledge of those concepts. The California Civil: Seismic Principles exam is a difficult exam to pass, with an average pass rate of 44%. This curated bundle includes the #1 reference manual in the industry, practice problems and the most realistic practice exam on the market. 

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California Civil Seismic Principles Practice Exams, 12th Edition (SPPE12) offers comprehensive practice for the California Civil Seismic Principles exam. This edition is updated to comply with the exam spec changes announced by the California Department of Consumer Affairs Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists, who offer the California Civil (Engineering Surveying/Seismic Principles) Examinations and is part of a comprehensive learning management system designed to help you pass the California Civil Seismic Principles exam the first time.

California Civil Seismic Principles Practice Exams, 12th Edition (SPPE12) features include:

• Comprehensive practice for the California Civil Seismic Principles exam
• Contains two realistic, full-length exams, each with 55 multiple-choice problems
• All exam topics are covered, from basic seismology through applications of codes and standards
• Step-by-step solutions to quantitative problems illustrate efficient problem-solving approaches
• Qualitative solutions explain the correct answers and present related supportive information
• Answer keys to both exams are included.

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The 2015 IBC SEAOC Structural/Seismic Design Manual provides a step-by-step approach to applying the structural provisions of the 2015 International Building Code® and referenced standards. Volume 2 contains code application examples of light-frame, tilt-up and masonry construction. Diaphragm flexibility, center of mass, collectors and chords, deflection and anchorage are discussed through examples. In and out-of-plane seismic loads are analyzed.

Volume 2 includes sample structures of wood, cold-formed steel, tilt-up concrete and masonry, including:

• Four-Story Wood Light-Frame Hotel
• Cold-formed Steel Light-frame Three-story Apartment on Concrete Podium
• Tilt-up Building with Plan Irregularities
• Tilt-up Wall Building with Openings An excellent reference and study guide for the NCEES Structural Exam. 

This manual is an invaluable resource for civil and structural engineers, architects, academics and students.

This 6-page laminated reference guide provides an easy-to-follow 11-step procedure for seismic design in accordance with the 2015 IBC and ASCE 7-10, with emphasis on the seismic design of a typical one-to-three story building. Illustrations are provided for many of the difficult to understand requirements. Subjects addressed include determination of mapped spectral response accelerations; consideration of exceptions to the seismic code requirements; Seismic Design Category determination; consideration of plan and vertical structural irregularities; determination of seismic base shear, redundancy coefficient and seismic load effects; and compliance with drift control requirements.