On April 28th, the Washington State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (BRPELS) published a memo released by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). The memo described that beginning for the Spring of 2026, the total time for the Vertical Depth and Lateral Depth sections for the Principles and Practices of Structural Engineering (SE) Exam will be increased by 60 minutes.

The memo did not describe any additional changes regarding price, content, or the distribution of the additional time between the computer-based-testing (CBT) tutorial, break, or examination time.

The full memo published by BRPELS can be found at the following link.