Tennessee NASCLA Commercial Building Contractor Exam Book Bundle

The National NASCLA Commercial Builder Exam is accepted as a trade exam in 16 states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia & the U.S. Virgin Islands.

These are the books you will need to take the NASCLA Commercial Builder Exam at PSI. PSI will allow you to bring up to 23 books into the exam; we have determined that the 22 books listed below contain all of the material necessary to pass the exam.  

Tabbing and Highlighting these books is part of our exam prep curriculum. Tabs are sold separately and can be purchased here. In a hurry? You can purchase our exam-ready pre-tabbed and highlighted book bundle here to save hours of time tabbing and highlighting!

1. Construction Jobsite Management, 4th Edition
2. BCSI: Guide to Good Practice for Handling, Installing, Restraining, and Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses, 2013 (updated March 2020)
3. Contractor’s Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, Basic 13th Edition
4. Erectors' Manual - Standards and Guidelines for the Erection of Precast Concrete Products, 1999, 2nd Edition
5. Training and Certification of Field Personnel for Unbonded Post-Tensioning - Level 1 Field Fundamentals, 2003, 3rd Edition
6. SDI (Steel Deck Institute) Manual of Construction with Steel Deck, Third Edition
7. Pipe and Excavation Contracting
8. Gypsum Construction Handbook, 7th edition
9. Placing Reinforcing Bars, Recommended Practices, 10th edition
10. Technical Digest No. 9 – Handling and Erection of Steel Joists and Joist Girders, 3rd Edition
11. Modern Masonry - Brick, Block, Stone, Clois E. Kicklighter, 9th edition
12. Principles and Practices of Commercial Construction, 2018, 10th Edition
13. Code of Federal Regulations - 29 CFR Part 1926 (OSHA), with latest available amendments
14. Carpentry and Building Construction, 2016 
15. ANSI Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, 2017
16. Roofing Construction and Estimating, Daniel Atcheson, 1995
17. The Contractor's Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition
18. Green Building Fundamentals, Michael Montoya, 2011, 2nd edition, 
19. International Building Code, 2021 edition
20. Developing Your Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan: A Guide for Construction Sites, Environmental Protection Agency
21. ANSI/EIMA 99-A-2017: Standard for Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) and EIFS with Drainage
22. Optional: Construction Project Management
    Note: our instructors have found there is a significant amount of overlap in content between Construction Project Management and other books within this bundle. If you are not very familiar with standard Project Management procedures, we recommend you purchase this additional book.
    

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