By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
While we get set to celebrate our American Independence holiday this July 4th, our first inquiry raises an important question about ‘independent’ contractors you may have also used on your job. How can a contractor be sure he is working with ‘independent’ contractors and not ‘employees’ on the jobsite…
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
A ‘suspense’ thriller has a happy ending for this Limited Liability Company (LLC) that begins our contractor Q&A. We save time and money for a ‘General’ whose plan was defeated by a single word. Our final Q&A helps plot the route for another LLC seeking a ‘foreign’ designation for their company…
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
Not a real earthquake like we experience in California, but contractors with Arizona licenses are being ‘shaken up’ about important changes in classifications. If you want to work over the border this may be a good time to get going with your application. We find ‘it’s one for all, all for one’ in answering a JV license inquiry…
By William C. Last, Jr., Attorney at Law
As our earlier post and emails have indicated, last year Governor Brown signed into law a new twist to The Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Act).The change goes into effect on July 1, 2014. If you are a contractor submitting a bid to a public entity for a California public works project will be required to include the contractor license number of each subcontractor you have listed.
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
What you believe you know or think is right may not always be the case when it comes to contractor regulations. We often hear from contractors who heard a rumor or were given inaccurate or incorrect information by someone else. Another aspiring contractor hopes to ‘qualify’ his experience into a license number but first we have to disappoint a contractor who hopes to ‘divide and conquer’ with just half his license…