Updated specifications for civil engineer professional practice exams will eliminate a common breadth of knowledge section to allow more emphasis on discipline-specific expertise. The change is set to take effect next April in this key step to gain a state professional engineer’s license.
The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) is making the change to better reflect the knowledge that professionals working in the field say is needed to gain a state license to practice in each of five current civil engineering exam disciplines—construction, geotechnical, structural, transportation and water resources and environment—according to Jason Gamble, the non-profit group’s chief officer of examinations.
