Florida Marine Seawall Work Specialty Contractor Exam Book Set - Trade Books

FLORIDA MARINE SEAWALL WORK SPECIALTY CONTRACTOR EXAM BOOK SET - TRADE BOOKS

The Florida Marine Seawall Work Specialty Contractor Exam Book Set – Trade Books, prepared by 1 Exam Prep, provides the required reference materials for candidates seeking licensure under the Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB). This complete collection supports the Marine Specialty Contractor exam, which covers seawall installation, dredging, pile driving, bulkheads, and shoreline stabilization. The set includes official texts such as the Florida Building Code, the Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, and relevant OSHA standards, aligning with DBPR exam specifications. Designed to meet Florida contractor license exam requirements, these trade books ensure full compliance with state regulations governing marine and coastal construction practices in Florida.

The Florida State Marine Seawall Work Contractor trade exam book package includes the following ten (10) references allowed into the exam room:

1. Walker's Building Estimator’s Reference Book, Walker’s, 33rd Ed.
2. Code of Federal Regulations, (OSHA) 29 Part 1926
3. Contractors Manual, 2021
4. Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures, 17th Edition, 2021
5. Placing Reinforcing Bars, 10th Edition, 2019
6. Principles and Practices of Commercial Construction, 11th Edition, 2024
7. Damage Prevention Guide (includes FL Statute Ch. 556 Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act), October 2020
8. Timber Pile Design & Construction Manual, 2016
9. A Boaters Guide to the Federal Requirements for Recreational Boats
10. Florida Building Code – Building, 2023

The following three (3) references are NOT included in the book package: 

1. *ACI 318-19(22), 5th Edition 2022 (*suggested study reference, not allowed into the exam)
2. *Construction Planning, Equipment and Methods, 10th Ed., 2023 (*suggested study reference, not allowed into the exam)
3. *USCF Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance (CG-CVC) Mission Management System (MMS) Work Instruction (WI) – Domestic Inspection Program (WSE) Requests and Workboat Designation (*suggested study reference, not allowed into the exam)

A “marine seawall work contractor” is qualified and certified by the board to install, alter, repair, maintain, relocate, and replace supporting members of piers and docks, e.g., piles or pilings, columns, posts, stanchions.  The scope of work of such contractor shall include all construction below, above, or beyond, the mean low water line, for the sole purpose of constructing, erecting or dismantling of piers, docks and seawalls.