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By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

We help a Vice President ‘waive’ goodbye to the former owner and ‘qualify’ to grab a higher rung in his rise to better things! However, it’s a yes and no answer, like our second question from a contractor ‘moving’ on to a new state. The fingerprint requirement is just the first hurdle a ‘foreign’ contractor must complete, as our expert answer points out another they didn’t anticipate in becoming licensed in CA…

by John McGill

Sometimes the help we get causes more problems than it solves. Doctors have the right idea; they have the directive to “do no harm”.  Not so much in the law though.  In the legal system the effort is to reach the correct decision within the constraints of what the statutes provide.  For the most part it works, but sometimes it works a little too well- and then we have problems.

By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

It’s not ‘smoke and mirrors’ but a General needs to ‘reflect’ on my answer before taking action!  While not a ‘marriage’ breaking up is still hard to do when you’ve got a shared license between you. First, we ‘engineer’ a solution by breaking down this three-part question…

Q:  Can you tell me whether a licensed General Contractor and licensed Professional Engineer may form a legit Joint Venture (JV) for both public and private works in California?