Mississippi
Heavy Construction

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Mississippi Contractor Licensing Board
PO Box 320279
2679 Crane Ridge Drive, Suite C
Jackson, MS 39232
Phone: (601) 354-6161
Licensing Web Page

Exam Administrator

PSI Licensure : Certification
3210 E. Tropicana
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Phone: (800) 733-9267
Candidate Information Web Page

Exam Type

OPEN BOOK

Exam Content

Subject Areas	# 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

Total Number of Test Questions:	100
Time Allowed (hours):	4.0
Passing Percentage:	70%

The state of Mississippi also requires that you take and pass a written Law and Business Management exam for this trade.

Part of this exam requires knowledge of business management principles. We offer those study materials on a separate Mississippi Law and Business Management web page.

Books Allowed in the Exam

1.	Placing Reinforcing Bars, Recommended Practices, 8th Edition, 2005, Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute.
2.	Code of Federal Regulations, 29 CFR Part 1926, 2008 - OR -Selections by PSI, 2008, GPO.
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), 2nd edition, 2000, AASHTO.
7.	Pipefitter’s Handbook, 3rd Edition, 1967, Industrial Press.
8.	Mississippi Regulation of Excavation, Chapter 13 Regulation of Excavations Near Underground Utility Facilities.
9.	Handling and Erection of Steel Joists and Joist Girders, 1987 or 2006 Edition, Steel Joist Institute.
10.	ASME B31.8 - Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems, 2007, ASME.
11.	Instructional Manual for Training and Certification of Steel Personnel for Unbonded Post-Tensioning, April 1999, Post Tensioning Institute.
12.	Concrete Pipe and Box Culvert Installation, 2007, American Concrete Pipe Association.
13.	Mississippi Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, 1990, Mississippi Department of Transportation.
14.	Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, 14th Edition, 2002, Steven H. Kosmatka, William C. Panarese.
15.	Formwork for Concrete, 2005, 7th Edition, American Concrete Institute.

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