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These are some recommended references to use during your exam preparation and for use during the exam. Most, if not all, of the references that you'll need for the exam can be borrowed from your employer or colleagues. Check the NCEES website for additional information regarding approved calculators and recommended references / current design standards.

General
 
Civil Engineering Reference Manual, Eighth Edition. Michael Lindeburg. Professional Publications, Inc.

Civil Engineering Problems and Solutions. Donald Newnan. Engineering Press.

Principles & Practice of Civil Engineering, Merle Potter, PE. Great Lakes Press.

Environmental
 
Recommended Standard for Wastewater Facilities ("10 States' Standards"). Health Education Services, Health Resources, Inc.

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. A joint publication of the American Public Health Association (APHA), the American Water Works Association (AWWA), and the Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF).

Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, Disposal, and Reuse. (Metcalf & Eddy)

George Tchobanoglous and Franklin L. Burton. (McGraw-Hill).

Applied Hydrogeology. C. W. Fetter. (Prentice Hall).

Groundwater, R. Allan Freeze and John A. Cherry. (Prentice Hall).

Groundwater and Wells, Fletcher G. Driscol, (Mower House).

Groundwater Hydrology, David Keith Todd. (John Wiley).

Introduction to Environmental Engineering, M. L. Davis and D. A. Cornwell, (McGraw-Hill).

Geotechnical
 
NAVFAC Design Manuals DM 7.1 and 7.2, Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Alexandria , VA.

Foundation Analysis and Design, Joseph E. Bowles, (McGraw-Hill).

Foundation Design: Principles and Practices, Donald P. Coduto, (Prentice Hall).

Foundation Engineering Handbook, Hsai-Yang Fang, ed., (Kluwer Academic Publishers).

Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering. Braja M. Das, (Brooks/Cole).

Principles of Foundation Engineering, Braja M. Das, (Brooks/Cole).

Structural
 
Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures, ACI 530, and Specifications for Masonry Structures, ACI 530.1, (ACI).

Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI-318) with Commentary (ACI-318R), (ACI).

Design Handbook: Beams, One-Way Slabs, Brackets, Footings, Pile Caps, Columns, Two-Way Slabs (ACI SP-017), (ACI).

LRFD Manual of Steel Construction: Vol. 1, "Structural Members, Specifications, and Codes.", (AISC).

Manual of Steel Construction, Allowable Stress Design. (AISC).

Minimum Design Standards for Buildings and Other Structures. ASCE 7, (ASCE).

National Design Specification for Wood Construction, American Forest and Paper Association.

PCI Design Handbook, (Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute).

Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges, (AASHTO).

One of the following building codes:
- Uniform Building Code, Structural Engineering Design Provisions, Vol. 2. 1997.
  International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO).
- The BOCA National Building Code. 1999. Building Officials & Code Administrators
  International, Inc.
- Standard Building Code, 1999 Ed. Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc.

Transportation
 
AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures, Volume 1 & 2, (AASHTO).

The Asphalt Handook, Manual MS-4, (The Asphalt Institute).

Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, (Portland Cement Association).

Highway Capacity Manual, Special Report 209. Transportation Research Board/National Research Council.

Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices - For Streets and Highways (MUTCD), D6.1. US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Traffic Control Systems Divisions, Office of Traffic Operations, (ITE Bookstore).

Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets ("AASHTO Green Book"). English units version. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).

Roadside Design Guide, (AASHTO).

Thickness Design for Concrete Highway and Street Pavements. 1984 (reprinted 1995). Portland Cement Association. PCA has this available on CD-ROM; IRMCA has printed versions.

Traffic Engineering Handbook, 5th ed., 1999. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington , DC . ITE Bookstore.

Trip Generation. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington , DC . ITE Bookstore.

Water Resources
 
Handbook of Hydraulics: For the Solution of Hydraulic Engineering Questions. Brater, King, Lindell, and Wei, (McGraw-Hill).

Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds (Technical Release TR- 55). United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service).

Applied Hydrogeology. C. W. Fetter. (Prentice Hall).

Groundwater, R. Allan Freeze and John A. Cherry. (Prentice Hall).

Groundwater and Wells, Fletcher G. Driscol, (Mower House).

Groundwater Hydrology, David Keith Todd. (John Wiley).

Hydraulic Design Handbook. American Water Works Association, (AWWA).

Hydrology and Hydraulic Systems. Ram S. Gupta , (Waveland Press).

Unit Operations and Process in Environmental Engineering, Tom D. Reynolds and Paul A. Richards, ( Wadsworth ).

Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, Disposal, and Reuse, (Metcalf & Eddy)

George Tchobanoglous and Franklin L. Burton, (McGraw-Hill).

Water Resources Handbook. Larry W. Mays, 1996 (McGraw-Hill).

Water Supply and Pollution Control. Warren Viessman et al., (Addison Wesley Longman).

Online Resources
 
http://www.ncees.org/ – NCEES’ Home Page  

http://www.asce.org/knowledge-learning/continuing-education/ – Information on ASCE’s PE preparation course

http://www.ppi2pass.com/ – Maintained by the company that publishes CERM

http://www.bookmarki.com/ – Available PE preparation texts

http://www.nspe.org/ – National Society of Professional Engineers website

Contributors
 
The YMF would like to thank the following individuals who contributed their insights to this effort:

Kevin Aach, PE - Michael Baker Corp.
Thomas Brady, PE - URS Corporation
Jay Etzel, PE - Urban Engineers, Inc.
Corey Hull, PE - Urban Engineers, Inc.
Brant Keeler - URS Corporation
Mike McAtee , PE - Urban Engineers, Inc.
Michael Noonan, PE - DMJM+HARRIS
Kyle Oszeyczik, PE - DMJM+HARRIS
Joyce Paulukonis, PE - URS Corporation
Brian Rasiul - Pennoni Assocaites, Inc.
Jon Schmidt, PE - DMJM+HARRIS
Dominic Tate, PE - Urban Engineers, Inc.
Christopher Wright, PE - DMJM+HARRIS
Jennifer Walsh - Urban Engineers, Inc.
Alyson Lester, PE - Urban Engineers, Inc.
Jeremy Chrzan, PE - Pennoni Associates, Inc.
 
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