David Kaplan
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David Kaplan commented,
Trushna, Good luck, just do the best you can, but figure out how and when you can study and stick to it. For me, I had to get myself out of the house to get in the zone of studying. When you're r...
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David Kaplan commented,
Just to add onto this - their explanation is the problem. They say in there that "limiting the building to one story" but then they go and they add in two other important characteristics...
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David Kaplan commented,
Yong, I won't even sugar coat it: this is a shitty question on Ballast's part and you should ignore it. It is poorly worded and simply having a building be single story does not necessarily increas...
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David Kaplan commented,
Margaret, I really think that Building Construction Illustrated and Architectural Graphic Standards are your best bet. Now, no one can memorize these books. Honestly, what I did was leaf through ...
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David Kaplan commented,
^^Totally agree with Kurt's assessment above, and congrats on passing PPD Justin!
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David Kaplan commented,
Trushna, I studied for PPD and PDD at the same time for about two months before taking the first test. I studied about 8-10 hours a week, going to coffee shops at night from 8-10 a couple of times...
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David Kaplan commented,
Yes, "unprotected" means that there is no fire rated assembly that provides any rating to that structural element. You look around a IIB building, you see fully exposed steel columns and...
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David Kaplan commented,
Yong, No need to memorize things here. When it comes to fire resistive assemblies, your studying will be best spent in understanding when they are used and what they are comprised of. Others on th...
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David Kaplan commented,
Luis, Can't help you with BCI 2015 but yes, IBC 2015 is free online. I believe if you search "iccsafe.org" you will find it. You can also order a hard copy on that site if you want to.
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David Kaplan commented,
Yisroel, In order, here are what I believe are the correct answers to your questions: 1) The Sa in your example above would be 3. This is because it says "actual number of building stories ab...