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Comprehensive Civil Engineering Coverage You Can Trust The "Civil Engineering Reference Manual" is the most comprehensive textbook for the NCEES Civil PE exam. This book's time-tested organization and clear explanations start with the basics to help you quickly get up to speed with common civil engineering concepts. Together, the 90 chapters provide an in-depth review of all of the topics, codes, and standards listed in the NCEES Civil PE exam specifications. The extensive index contains thousands of entries, with multiple entries included for each topic, so you'll find what you're looking for no matter how you search. This book features: over 100 appendices containing essential support materialover 500 clarifying examplesover 550 common civil engineering terms defined in an easy-to-use glossarythousands of equations, figures, and tablesindustry-standard terminology and nomenclatureequal support of U.S. customary and SI units After you pass your exam, the "Civil Engineering Reference Manual" will continue to serve as an invaluable reference throughout your civil engineering career. Topics CoveredConstruction: Earthwork Construction and Layout; Estimating Quantities and Costs; Construction Operations and Methods; Scheduling; Material Quality Control and Production; Temporary Structures; Worker Health, Safety, and EnvironmentGeotechnical: Subsurface Exploration and Sampling; Engineering Properties of Soils and Materials; Soil Mechanics Analysis; Earth Structures; Shallow Foundations; Earth Retaining Structures; Deep FoundationsStructural: Loadings; Analysis; Mechanics of Materials; Materials; Member Design; Design CriteriaTransportation: Traffic Analysis; Geometric Design; Transportation Planning; Traffic SafetyWater Resources and Environmental: Closed Conduit Hydraulics; Open Channel Hydraulics; Hydrology; Groundwater and Well Fields; Wastewater Treatment; Water Quality; Water Treatment; Engineering Economics