Civil Engineering: Foundations and Retaining Structures

by Alan Williams

All the problems and solutions you need to review for the foundations and retaining structures portion of the "Professional Engineer (PE) exam for Civil Engineering.

This book is derived from Chapter 4 of "Civil Engineering License Review and "Civil Engineering License Problems and Solutions. It contains the complete review of the topic, example questions with step-by-step solutions, and end-of-chapter practice problems. It features a total of 52 PE problems with complete step-by-step solutions: 10 sample problems and 42 end-of-chapter problems. This code-specific review book references the 1997 UBC.

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Alan Williams worked as a script editor for the BBC, working on Absolutely Fabulous, Birds of a Feather and Keeping up Appearances amongst others. He went on to edit Writers' Monthly and now publishes two influential films and television magazines. He lives in Blackheath, London, has won awards for his short stories, and includes dieting and chocolate éclairs as his hobbies.