Posts Tagged ‘general contractors’

New Requirements for “Owner-Contractor” Building Projects

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

One of the bills enacted by the General Assembly this session imposed new requirements for “owner-contractor” building construction projects.  S.L. 2011-376 (HB 648) is summarized in the Purchasing and Contracting Legislative Wrap-up blog post and the 2011 Purchasing and Contracting Legislative Summary.  Since the law’s enactment, a number of questions arose about these new requirements.  […]

Contracting Without a License? Beware.

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

You’ve just received bids on a construction project costing $50,000, and discovered that the lowest bidder is not a licensed general contractor.  When you bring this to the bidder’s attention, she tells you that she will be licensed by the time the project is scheduled to start.  Can you accept her bid?