NASCLA Accredited Commercial General Building Contractor Book Package

NASCLA Accredited Commercial General Building Contractor 

The NASCLA Accredited Commercial General Building Contractor Examination requires 24 books for the exam. 

This book package includes all of the required references for your NASCLA Examination: Updated December 2025 Book List!

1. Mechanical and Electrical Systems for Construction Managers 4th Edition, 2024
2. ANSI A117.1 Standard for Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, 2017 
3. BCSI: Guide to Good Practice for Handling, Installing, Restraining, and Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses 2018 - Updated 2020 OR 2025 edition
4. Carpentry and Building Construction, 2016 
5. Code of Federal Regulations - 29 CFR Part 1926 (OSHA)
6. Construction Jobsite Management, 5th Edition, 2024
7. Construction Project Management, 5th Edition, 2022
8. NASCLA Contractors' Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, Basic 14th Edition
9. Erectors' Manual - Standards and Guidelines for the Erection of Pre Cast Concrete Products, 1999, 2nd Edition
10. Green Building Fundamentals 2011, 2nd Edition
11. Gypsum Construction Handbook, 7th edition, 2014
12. Technical Digest No. 9 – Handling and Erection of Steel Joists and Joist Girders, 3rd Edition, 2008
13. International Building Code 2024 Edition (Starting 8/7/2025 you may use either the 2021 or 2024 code.)
14. ACI 318-19 (2019): Building Code Requirements for Structural 
    Concrete and Commentary
15. Training and Certification of Field Personnel for Unbonded Post-Tensioning - Level 1 Field Fundamentals, 2003, 3rd Edition
16. Modern Masonry - Brick, Block, Stone 9th edition 
17. Pipe and Excavation Contracting, 2011
18. Principles and Practices of Commercial Construction, 2024, 11th edition
19. Roofing Construction and Estimating 1995
20. Placing Reinforcing Bars, Recommended Practices 10th Ed
21. SDI (Steel Deck Institute) Manual of Construction with Steel Deck 3rd
22. The Contractor's Guide to Quality Concrete Construction 4th ed
23. Developing Your Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan – A Guide for Construction Sites, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2007
24. ANSI/EIMA 99-A-2017: Standard for Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) and EIFS with Drainage, 2017
    

You can find the NASCLA Accredited Bulletin here.

Some states do require contractors to pass a separate “Business and Law Exam”. This exam is open book and requires the State specific NASCLA Business, Law and Project Management book. This State specific book would be required in addition to the Basic NASCLA Business, Law and Project Management book required for the NASCLA Accredited Exam.

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