The Capitol Connection is our weekly Q & A column for contractors that focuses on topics pertaining to contractor's licensing.
When your company holds multiple licenses which one do you use to bid a job? If you choose incorrectly another contractor will likely find reason to protest the award. Come along with me to visit the CSLB and meet the newest Board members… Q: We are a “C-54” tile contractor in business for 30 years. We…
We begin with what can only be described as a ‘no–win’ situation for one contractor. We finish with a ‘win-win’ for contractors everywhere… Q: As we discussed on the phone, the Responsible Managing Employee (RME) we’re going to hire has the “A”, “B” and several “C” licenses. He read some documents online that said if he…
Would you consider not ‘backing up’ your computer files? What would happen to your contractor’s license if your qualifier quit like an outdated hard drive? I will ‘quantify’ the value of being ‘responsible’ and, finally cry out on another contractor’s ‘taxing’ situation… Q: Thank you for speaking with me about securing a “back-up” license for our…
We will get down to business by the ‘numbers’ as a contractor discovers he may “B” off the mark in getting that general license. What happens to the contractor’s license when a business is ‘dead’? Does the license ‘live on’ to cause problems in the future? Not knowing may be an expensive lesson to learn… Q:…
The new calendar will put a smile on the face of many readers as it brings an ‘Unhappy New Year’ for unlicensed contractors. The ‘mystery’ of an unexpected letter from the CSLB sets a ‘suspense’ story in motion. Another general contractor wants to ‘root out’ some serious problems with his plan of action… Q: I have…
I want to wish all my readers a Happy and Prosperous 2010. This last year has been a rough one for the construction industry. As we look forward to this New Year, let us hope that the perceived economic turn-a-round is real and the potential for recovery realized in the marketplace… Q: I have heard of…
Innovation in the marketplace is one of the few benefits from a downturn. New technology, ‘green’ practices and new markets are being created in this recession. Many contractors are looking at new ways to work by adding to the utility of their existing licenses. Good news for our first electrical contractor starts us off… Q: Our…
Are you positive you know the specific difference between an employee, working ‘for’ you and a subcontractor working ‘with’ you? It’s an important distinction for ‘worker’s compensation’. Keeping it all in the family is the aim of one licensed contractor whose brother wants to take over the business… Q: My brother-in-law wants to give his Class…
Keeping an eye on CSLB policy and practice is part of my work. Sharing those developments with you, and commenting on important changes for contractors are other parts of my job. My work also takes me to meetings where discussion and decisions are made that may impact all contractors, like this one… The CSLB held it’s…