PDD vs PPD
Hi, I am working on studying for PDD and PPD. It looks like the study materials greatly overlap which is helpful. However, I am have a little trouble figuring out the specific material each test focuses on. I'd appreciate it if someone could break it down for me.
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Albert,
The long and short of it is this:
PPD deals with the Schematic and Design Development phases of a project.
PDD deals with the full Construction Document phase of a project.
An example of this: PPD would ask you to identify which structural system would be appropriate for a building. PDD would assume you already have that selected and might ask you specific questions about it. I hesitate to use that example btw because you should NOT think that you are going to have to do crazy structural equations on either test.
See if this link helps you. It includes my study resources for the PDD test, but in this text, you'll also see the link for what I studied for PPD. I, too, took the combined study approach.
https://are5community.ncarb.org/hc/en-us/community/posts/360000825207-Passed-PPD-study-approach
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I saved a lot of the old posts for PDD and PPD that I think are helpful. Full disclosure, I wasn't planning on sharing these so I may or may not have attributed them properly. They were meant as a personal record of what I found useful to study from. Hope they help! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Q3EO_nt1y6ABD9BjVPXmtwxt0xt8HET4?usp=sharing
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