Building Contractor
Apply for the License
North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors
5400 Creedmoor Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27612
Phone: (919) 571-4182
Exam Provider
PSI Services LLC
3210 E. Tropicana Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Phone: (800) 733-9267
Exam Type
OPEN BOOK
Exam Content
| Subject Areas | # of
Questions |
|---|
| Site Work | 6 |
| Concrete | 13 |
| Masonry | 6 |
| Metals | 12 |
| Carpentry | 7 |
| Roofing | 6 |
| Associated Trades | 3 |
| Business and Law | 7 |
| Safety | 4 |
| Estimating, Plan Reading and General Building Code Requirements | 14 |
| One Call | 2 |
| Erosion and Sedimentation Control | 2 |
| Licensing | 2 |
| Liens | 1 |
| Sports Fields | 5 |
Total number of test questions:
90
Time allowed (minutes):
200
Scope of Work
Building construction activity including: commercial, industrial, institutional, and all residential building construction. It includes parking decks; all
site work, grading and paving of parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, and gutters; storm drainage, retaining or screen walls, and hardware and accessory structures; and indoor and outdoor recreational facilities including natural and artificial surface athletic fields, running tracks, bleachers and seating. It
also covers work done under the specialty classifications of S(Concrete Construction), S(Insulation), S(Interior
Construction), S(Marine Construction), S(Masonry Construction), S(Roofing), S(Metal Erection), S(Swimming Pools), and S(Asbestos).
Books Allowed in the Exam
1.
Sports Fields: Design, Construction, and Maintenance, 2nd Edition, 2010, Puhalla, Krans, Goatley
2.
North Carolina OSHA for the Construction Industry, 2022, NCDOL
3.
NASCLA Contractors Guide for General Contractors, North Carolina, 9th or 10th Edition, NASCLA
4.
North Carolina State Building Code: Building Code, 2018, ICC
5.
ACI 530-11/530.1-11 or ACI 530/530.1-13: Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures, 2011 or 2013, ACI
6.
ACI 318-11 or ACI 318-14: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary, 2011 or 2014, ACI
7.
North Carolina State Building Code: Administrative Code and Policies, 2018, ICC
8.
ANSI 117.1-2017 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, 2017, ANSI
Books NOT Allowed in the Exam
1.
Handling and Erection of Steel Joists and Joist Girders, Technical Digest No. 9, 3rd Edition, 2008, Steel Joist Institute
2.
Carpentry & Building Construction, 2010 or 2016 (Student Edition), John Feirer, and Mark Feirer
3.
Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, 16th Edition, 2016 Kosmatka, Kerkhoff, Panarese
4.
Pipe and Excavation Contracting, 2011, Dave Roberts
5.
Roofing Construction and Estimating, 1995, Daniel Atcheson
6.
Instructional Manual for Training and Certification
of Field Personnel for Unbonded Post-Tensioning, 3rd Edition, Post-Tensioning Institute
7.
Modern Masonry: Brick, Block, Stone, 8th Edition, 2015, Clois Kicklighter
8.
North Carolina 811 Safety Guidelines
9.
North Carolina Administrative Code, Title 15A, Chapter 4, Sedimentation Control, Sedimentation Control Commission
10.
North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 113A, Article 4, Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973, Sections 113A-50 to 113A-67, inclusive
11.
North Carolina Laws and Regulations Applicable to General Contracting, North Carolina LBGC
12.
SDI Manual of Construction with Steel Deck (MOC3), 3rd Edition, 2016, Steel Deck Institute
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