Special Civil Engineering Examinations Reference List

General References

The Professional Engineers Act (Business and Professions Code Sections 6700-6799)
The Board Rules (Title 16, California Code of Regulations sections 400-476)

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Engineering Surveying Examination

Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers
5th Edition, 2003
Edited by F.S. Merritt
McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York

Subdivision Map Act, 2010
Subdivision Map Act, Section 66410 - 66499.58 of the Government Code (GC 66469-66499.58)
Available online from the Legislative Counsel's web site (check the box next to Government Code and enter 66469 as the search term).
Available for purchase from:
CELSOC (Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California)
1303 J Street, Suite 370
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 441-7991
OR
CLSA (California Land Surveyors Association)
P. O. Box 9098
Santa Rosa, CA 95405-9990
(707) 578-6016

Surveying
10th Edition, 1997
F. H. Moffitt and J. Bossler
Prentice Hall

Surveying: Theory and Practice
7th Edition, 1998
Davis, Foote, Anderson and Mikhail
McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York

Surveying with Construction Applications
6th Edition, 2006
Barry F. Kavanagh
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, N.J.

Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms
2005
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations
Secon Edition, 2007
Tyler Hicks (Author)
McGraw Hill Inc.

Civil Engineering Formulas
Secon Edition, 2010
Tyler Hicks (Author)
McGraw Hill Inc.

The Civil Engineering Handbook, New Directions in Civil Engineering
Secon Edition, 2003
W.F. Chen (Editor), J.Y. Richard Liew (Editor)
CRC Press, LLC

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Seismic Principles Examination

Design of Wood Structures ASD/LRFD
6th Edition, 2007
Donald E. Breyer, Kenneth J. Fridley, Kelly E. Cobeen
McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York

2006 Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures
July 2007
Chukwuma G. Ekwueme and Gregg Brandow
Concrete Masonry Association
6060 Sunrise Vista Drive, Suite 1875
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
(916) 722-1700

The Seismic Design Handbook
2nd Edition, 2001
Farzad Naeim, Kluwer Academic Publishers

2006 IBC Structural/Seismic Design Manual, Volume 1
Code Application Examples and Building Design Examples
Structural Engineers Association of California
International Code Council
5360 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601-2298
1-800-284-4406
www.iccsafe.org

2006 IBC Structural/Seismic Design Manual, Volume 2
Building Design Examples for Light Frame, Tilt-up, and Masonry
Structural Engineers Association of California
International Code Council
5360 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601-2298
1-800-284-4406
www.iccsafe.org

2010 California Building Code, Volume 2 (CCR, Title 24, Part 2, Volume 2)
International Code Council
5360 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601-2298
1-800-284-4406
www.iccsafe.org
(If you currently have the 2009 International Building Code (IBC), you may use that in lieu of purchasing Volume 2 of the 2010 CBC because the two codes contain the same material and the same section numbers. Both the CBC and the IBC refer to the ASCE 7-05 for the effects of earthquake motion.)

NOTE: Beginning with the April 2011 examination, the 2010 California Building Code (CBC), which is based on the 2009 International Building Code (IBC), will be used.

Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE/SEI 7-05

ATC-20 Procedures for Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings and ATC-20-1 Field Manual: Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings, 2nd Edition
1995
Applied Technology Council
(650) 595-1542
www.atcouncil.org