MIPE,
My suggestion is to do 1 component at a time, but if your boss is breathing down your neck you should maybe go ahead and do both. Even if you don't pass 1 or both components you will at least have had the experience of taking the exam and can gauge its difficulty.
These are the study guide books I would recommend picking up. These will help your studying go faster and more "pinpoint."
1. The book I wrote for bridges. It's 40 vertical and 40 lateral bridge example questions. You can buy it from this link.
https://www.createspace.com/6393402
2. The SEAOC IBC 2012 Seismic Design Manual Volume 1. Must have for seismic study for the lateral exam. See Amazon. Author is iccsafe.
3. PPI's 16-hour SE Exam for Buildings. This is a complete vertical and lateral exam for buildings and closely matches the difficulty of the actual exam.
https://ppi2pass.com/16-hour-structural-engineering-se-practice-exam-for-buildings-stbdpx3.html
4. Since you don't have much timber design experience maybe get PPI's Timber Design Book.
https://ppi2pass.com/timber-design-for-the-civil-and-structural-pe-exams-cstb7.html
5. You will also need to know masonry, but there isn't a good masonry book on the market for the SE exam so maybe a masonry textbook or just study the code.
There are other books out there as well, but given the short amount of time you have these books will probably be all that you can cover.
Of course, you will need all of the latest codes that the exam tests on as well.
Good luck!
