By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
So you’ve been suspended, what now? Don’t panic I share how it won’t leave a mark if you make the right move. Then Brad, which will be explained. While success is your goal, sometimes having it your way reveals that contractor regulation is especially complex when more is on the line. Like juggling, the more balls in the air, the harder it is to keep track of each one…
Q: My license is currently suspended because my Responsible Managing Officer (RMO) has a Judgement on his personal license and I learned, by calling the CSLB that when someone has an unsatisfied judgement on one license, it affects all licenses they are associated with. If I request to have him removed from my license, will that Judgement remain associated with my company, or does it disappear, and the license goes back to good standing?
A: If you file a Disassociation Notice for your RMO, once he’s removed, the license will go back to Active and that judgement will no longer be linked to your license. Keep in mind, as we learned in last week’s question and answers, once you remove him you have 90 days to replace him with a new RME/RMO. Deadlines are always important in government rules.
Q: The person who was in charge of our licenses (Brad) and ensuring they were up to date and the proper licenses just recently left our company. I see that you were working with him on our licensing and I was also given your name by one of our affiliate companies. We have three entities with three separate licenses. The one I have a question about is the company who currently holds a “C-8” (Concrete) license. It appears that before Brad left he was working on finding someone within that company who could qualify for the “B” General Building, so it could be added to the license. Can you help me understand why we would need a ‘“B” license? I’m not familiar with the different licenses and I’ve been tasked with monitoring our licenses.
A: It really depends on what type of work that particular company is performing. The “B” license allows you to build structures from the ground up and allows you to perform, or sub-contract out, any of the work associated with building structures, as long as you are contracting for two or more unrelated trades, other than framing or carpentry, on any given job. Specialty contractors (“C” classes) can only perform their particular trade and can only sub-contract out work to the same “C”-class they hold. That said, perhaps your “C-8” company is being requested to perform work outside of the Concrete license scope, or perhaps the company would like to be the General/Prime contractor and be able to sub out other types of work besides just concrete. Or perhaps Brad was just thinking it would be nice to have the option if something ever came up. I’m here for questions as you continue to learn all about contractor’s licensing in your new role!
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