David Kaplan

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3. Last exam - PDD, pushing for the finish line!!!

Jason, I don't think there's such a thing as "too much time" to study for these tests to be honest.  I did 10 days in between PPD and PDD just because I felt PDD played to my strengths in...

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• David Kaplan
• Created March 20, 2019 12:53
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3. Last exam - PDD, pushing for the finish line!!!

Jason, See my link here, this is what I did in the 10 days between PPD and PDD: https://are5community.ncarb.org/hc/en-us/community/posts/360000867908-PDD-Pass-Study-Approach  I agree with everythin...

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• David Kaplan
• Created March 19, 2019 21:10
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2. Transitioning to ARE 5.0
3. When 4.0 to 5.0 Only Grants 1 of 2 Credits

Melissa, I can confirm 100% on this - no, it does not get you anything.  That 5.0 Calculator is really misleading, because I too thought "hey, I'm seeing that my passing of the Building System...

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• David Kaplan
• Created March 19, 2019 12:25
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3. Pre-tensioned VS Post-tensioned concrete

Shuai, Post-tensioned concrete cannot be made off-site - at least, I would be shocked to find out otherwise.  The reason this is, is because of the process of how it's done.  In a typical installat...

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• David Kaplan
• Created March 18, 2019 20:03
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3. Ballast Practice Problems vs. Black Spectacles

I fully agree that the answer is D and that you should be wary of what third party testing materials tell you.  Stick with what B101 tells you.  If you see in B101, 3.4.4 as you cite above, that th...

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• David Kaplan
• Created March 18, 2019 19:57
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3. does anyone know if it matters to add commas on the math problem answers?

NCARB has addressed this in other posts. Does not matter - commas or no commas. The software ignores them. Will not make a right answer a wrong one if you added or didn't add.

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• David Kaplan
• Created March 17, 2019 19:14
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3. Most widely used project delivery method ?

William, We get asked all the time by owners which way would be best and we happily give our opinion. I would not say you are "at risk" if for some reason it doesn't work out, no. We d...

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• David Kaplan
• Created March 16, 2019 01:41
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3. MEEB Book

Cristina, Just to offer my personal opinion, I did not like this book at all.  I bought it and wished I hadn't.  My main problem with it is that it is a phone book of information.  I couldn't get i...

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• David Kaplan
• Created March 13, 2019 21:36
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3. When calculating hourly rate, how do you round up the number?

Chia, The ARE exam will tell you how to round up should you ever be presented with a question that employs decimals.  It will usually say "round up to the nearest two decimal places" or s...

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• David Kaplan
• Created March 08, 2019 22:11
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3. PPD Pass

Congrats sir!  Kill PDD and let us know how good it feels when you're done!

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• David Kaplan
• Created March 08, 2019 14:11
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