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The following references are recommended for the South Carolina Unlimited Building Contractor (NASCLA) exam. Please note that to become a licensed commercial contractor, the business and law exam must also be passed.
The following references are permitted to be taken into the exam. You can buy the books individually or save hundreds of dollars by purchasing the package below.
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Principles and Practices of Commercial Construction 11th Edition
$178.99View ProductThe Principles and Practices of Commercial Construction 11th Edition offers you a practical approach to modern construction and a complete overview of traditional building concepts and practices. Progressing from basic to advanced material, it will guide you in applying design theory to each phase of the construction process, from site evaluation and layout, to interior design and building finishes. This text appears on the approved reference list for numerous states requiring contractors to pass licensing exams. Its flexible organization makes it suitable for a range of construction, architectural and engineering courses. The 11th Edition expands on practical applications in structural design projects. Hundreds of chapter-ending review questions reinforce concepts while helping you prepare for licensing exams.
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29 CFR OSHA 1926 Construction Industry Regulations & Standards, January 2026 Edition
$69.99View ProductMake compliance with dense government safety regulations simple with the 29 CFR 1926 OSHA Construction Industry Regulations. Updated through January 2026, the book provides you with a comprehensive set of the most up-to-date Construction regulations.
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Carpentry & Building Construction, Student Edition, 2016 1st Edition
$105.99View ProductThis newly revised edition includes content from McGraw-Hill Construction, where the professionals stay informed on the latest industry developments.
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Pipe & Excavation Contracting Revised Edition
$49.99View ProductThe Pipe & Excavation Contracting Revised Edition manual has been updated and improved to bring it more current with modern earthmoving and trenching equipment, refined excavation techniques, stricter safety rules, and improved materials. Here you’ll find how to enter and succeed in the underground utility business. Includes hands-on instructions for operating the equipment and doing the trenching, pipe laying and connecting work and answers to what causes so many skilled equipment operators and pipelayers to fail when they try to start their own business.
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The Contractor’s Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, 4th Edition
$109.99View ProductWritten by and for contractors, this publication provides insight into proven construction practices that will produce quality concrete construction. Contents include organizing for quality, concrete mixture designs, specifications, foundations, formwork,
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Roofing Construction & Estimating Revised
$59.99View ProductThe Revised Edition of Roofing Construction & Estimating is a comprehensive, hands-on guide tailored for roofing professionals and contractors. This edition offers detailed instructions on estimating, installing, and maintaining various roofing systems for both residential and commercial buildings.
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Modern Masonry: Brick, Block, Stone Tenth Edition
$147.99View ProductThe Modern Masonry: Brick, Block, Stone Tenth Edition provides a thorough foundation in the methods of laying brick, block, stone, and concrete, and presents a broad understanding of materials and their properties. The textbook is organized into functional sections closely related to the needs of apprenticeship training programs, college programs, and other related instruction. Simply and clearly written, this text covers all the important aspects of the masonry trade. Over 75 step-by-step procedures for laying brick, block, stone, and concrete provide clear explanations of recommended techniques for a variety of masonry jobs. This new edition includes the newest materials and building techniques used in the industry, including insulated concrete wall forms, insulated blocks, brick veneer, and special masonry units. The text also encourages professionalism in the field, including work habits, safety habits, continuing education, work ethic, teamwork, and leadership, to prepare students for successful and rewarding masonry careers. Digital users have access to the eBook, online Lab Workbook content, Virtual Toolbox, Understanding Measurement Tools videos, and interactive activities.
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Guide to Handling, Installing, Bracing Wood Trusses – 2025
$34.99View ProductThe Guide to Handling, Installing, Bracing Wood Trusses – 2025 will provide users, including component manufacturers, designers, framers, and building officials with an easy to understand, and use, guide that provides background information as well as prescriptive recommendations for the safe installation and bracing of floor and roof trusses. The new version of the flagship documents represents a complete revision to the document. Most notably, the historic B-series arrangement of the document has been transformed into a document with a chapter layout including section numbering to streamline content in a chronological order and reduce content redundancy. Additionally, content is presented in a single column text format with updated graphs. The technical content and prescriptive recommendations in the guide were enhanced, clarified, and improved as well.
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Gypsum Construction Handbook 7th Edition
$49.99View ProductThe Gypsum Construction Handbook has been the best reference for gypsum products and systems in the building industry. Throughout the years it has evolved and changed as the building industry itself has evolved and changed.
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SDI Manual of Construction with Steel Deck (3rd Edition) Paperback
$48.99View ProductThe new Third Edition of the Steel Deck Institute Manual of Construction with Steel Deck (MOC3) continues the tradition established by earlier editions to provide information necessary for the proper field usage of steel deck. This edition is reformatted for easier use with updated references, including those for the SDI QA/QC Standard for Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Steel Deck.
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(ACI Code 318-14) Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete
$264.99View ProductThe (ACI Code 318-14) Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete provides minimum requirements for the materials, design, and detailing of structural concrete buildings and, where applicable, nonbuilding structures. This Code addresses structural systems, members, and connections, including cast-in-place, precast, plain, non-prestressed, prestressed, and composite construction.
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Technical Digest 9: Handling and Erection of Steel Joist and Joist Girders – Paperback
$48.99View ProductHandling and Erection of Steel Joists and Joist Girders contains a thorough coverage of handling and erection procedures, including definitions of the various products, and a description of the preparing, tagging and loading of the joists at the manufacturer’s plant.
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Placing Reinforcing Bars 10th Edition
$104.99View ProductPlacing Reinforcing Bars 10th Edition presents the best accepted current practices in placing reinforcing bars. It is written for apprentices, journeymen ironworkers, and inspectors. Definitive resource for preparing provisions in project specifications. Eighteen heavily illustrated chapters cover: materials, handling bars at the jobsite, general principles for bar placing, splicing, and tying; placing bars in footings, walls, columns, floors, roofs, pavements and highway structures; and coated reinforcing bars.
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NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, BASIC 14th Ed Spiral-bound
$89.99View ProductNASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, BASIC Spiral-bound edition is designed to provide an overview of business management subjects for general contractor examination candidates applying for a license from the Maryland Licensing Board.
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Green Building Fundamentals 2nd Edition
$108.99View ProductThis material is suitable for courses that cover the fundamental concepts of sustainable design and green building and courses that cover the LEED-Green Associate exam. This material also supplements materials used for commercial construction means and methods.
This book helps students understand the fundamental concepts of sustainable design and green building practices, which will soon become common practice on every project. It is also intended as a practical guide for becoming a LEED Green Associate, with a step-by-step study guide and a study assessment (a practice exam of 80 questions with a focused discussion for each example) This book includes a discussion on why this topic is important to understand, practice, and teach. This book includes practical examples of methods that are being used to increase a project’s environmental performance, including additional study resources and references.
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Training and Certification of Field Personnel for Unbonded Post-Tensioning (Level 1: Field fundamentals) [Spiral-bound]
$98.99View ProductTraining and Certification of Field Personnel for Unbonded Post-Tensioning – Level 1 Field Fundamentals is used in conjunction with PTI’s Level 1 Field Fundamentals training program. Provides guidance for field personnel involved in inspection, installation, stressing and finishing of unbonded single strand tendons and barrier cables. Latest edition has been updated to include expanded inspection checklist, information re. slab-on-ground installation and a glossary of PT terms presented in both English and Spanish.
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ICC A117.1-2017 Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities Paperback
$69.99View ProductThe ICC A117.1-2017 Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities is a comprehensive guide developed by the International Code Council (ICC) to ensure that buildings and facilities are accessible and usable by individuals with physical disabilities. This standard is widely adopted by government agencies and organizations to update local building codes, aligning with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines.
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Erector’s Manual: Standards and Guidelines for the Erection of Precast Concrete Products Paperback
$43.99View ProductErectors’ Manual, Standards and Guidelines for the Erection of Precast Concrete Products, is intended to provide standards (shown in boldface) and corresponding guidelines (commentary) for the erection of plant-produced precast and prestressed concrete products, and to establish a level of quality that will be recognized and respected by the construction industry.
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Construction Project Management 5th Ed
$199.99View ProductThe Construction Project Management 5th Ed provides readers with the “big picture” of the construction management process, giving a perspective as to how the construction industry functions in relation to the national economy and in the public’s eye. This book focuses on the collaborative effort required to complete any public or private construction project, providing the construction professional with the skills needed to work with and alongside the owner representative, the designer, and within the public’s eye. It explains in detail the project elements and environment, and the responsibilities of the varied project professionals, and follows in detail the chronology of a project.
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Construction Jobsite Management 4th Edition
$218.99View ProductThe Construction Jobsite Management 4th Edition was published by Cengage Learning in 2016. It provides a comprehensive overview of construction project management from the contractor’s perspective, covering topics such as project team configuration, documentation, safety management, and jobsite organization. The text is designed to offer practical techniques and procedures for effectively managing construction projects from start to finish.
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NASCLA Contractor Exam Tab Pack
$149.99View ProductPERMANENT TABS PACKAGE – This package includes permanent tabs for all references allowed to be used during the exam.
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NASCLA-Accredited Examination-Commerical General Building Contractor Online Exam Prep Complete Package
Original price was: $3,016.75.$2,676.76Current price is: $2,676.76.View ProductPurchase all your required materials for the NASCLA exam along with our Online exam prep course in one bundle.
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ANSI / EIMA 99-A-2017: Standard for Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) and EIFS with Drainage
$69.99View ProductThe ANSI/EIMA 99-A-2017 standard, titled “Standard for Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) and EIFS with Drainage,” provides comprehensive technical requirements and guidelines for the design, materials, installation, and performance of EIFS used on building exteriors.
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Redi-Tag Permanent Tabs – 375 Blank Tabs
$44.99View ProductRedi-Tag permanent tabs are self-sticking and you can print on your laser printer in minutes or write directly on them. Made of heavy duty, durable plastic that won’t tear of curl. Input and format text using Windows® versions of Microsoft® Word and WordPerfect®. Actual size of tab 1-1/8″ x 1-1/4″. 100 tabs per pack.
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NASCLA General Building – Complete Book Only Package
Original price was: $2,676.76.$2,562.46Current price is: $2,562.46.View ProductPurchase all your required books and tabs for the NASCLA exam in one bundle.
