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Mississippi
Heavy Construction
| Apply for the license |
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Mississippi Contractor Licensing Board
P.O. Box 320279
Jackson, MS 39232-0279
(601) 354-6161, Fax (601) 354-6715
www.msboc.state.ms.us
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| Exam Administrator |
PSI Licensure : Certification
3210 E. Tropicana
Las Vegas, NV 89121
(800) 733-9267
http://candidate.psiexams.com/ |
| Exam Type |
| OPEN BOOK |
| Exam Content |
| Subject Area |
# of Questions |
| Water and Sewer |
16 |
| Gas |
8 |
| Paving |
12 |
| Excavation, Compaction and Grading |
12 |
| Safety |
7 |
| Steel |
12 |
| Piles |
4 |
| Concrete |
17 |
| Traffic Control |
3 |
| Welding |
6 |
| MS One Call |
3 |
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| Total Number of Test Questions: |
100 |
| Time Allowed (hours) |
4.0 |
| Passing percentage |
70% |
| In Mississippi you must also pass a Business and Law Exam unless you are already a licensed contractor who is adding a classification to your license. |
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| Recommended (permitted) Reference Books |
| 1. |
Placing Reinforcing Bars, Seventh
Edition, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute. |
| 2. |
Code of Federal Regulations - 29 CFR Part 1926 (OSHA), Revised
as of 2004 or Later - OR - (OSHA) Excerpts as of 2003 by PSI. |
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| 3. |
Installation Guide for Ductile Iron Pipe,
2000, Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association. |
| 4. |
Pipe and Excavation Contracting,
1987, Dave Roberts. |
| 5. |
Pipe Welding Procedures,
1973, Hoobasar Rampaul. |
| 6. |
Hot Mix Asphalt Paving Handbook (MAPH-2),
AASHTO. |
| 7. |
Pipefitter's Handbook,
3rd Edition, 1967, Forest R. Lindsey. |
| 8. |
State of Mississippi Regulation of Excavation, Chapter
13 Regulation of Excavations Near Underground Utility Facilities |
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| 9. |
Handling and Erection of Steel Joists and Joist
Girders, Technical Digest No. 9, 1987 or 2006 edition, Steel Joist Institute. |
| 10. |
ASME Code for Pressure Piping - B31.8 - Gas Transmission
and Distribution Systems, 1999, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. |
| 11. |
Instructional Manual for Training and Certification
of Steel personnel for Unbonded Post-Tensioning, April 1999, Post Tensioning
Institute. |
| 12. |
Concrete Pipe Installation Manual,
1995, American Concrete Pipe Association. |
| 13. |
Mississippi Standard Specification for Road and Bridge Construction,
1990, Mississippi State Highway Department. |
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| 14. |
Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures,
14th Edition, 2002, Steven H. Kosmatka, William C. Panarese. |
| 15. |
Formwork for Concrete, Sixth Edition,
1995, M.K. Hurd. |
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