Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of August 21, 2017
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
We all know what we know, think we know more and often have no clue what we don’t know! In the cases of these contractor questions for our expert, the unfortunate answer was no how, no way…
Q: I currently have a Sole Proprietor General Building (“B”) license that’s been Inactive for about three years now. I want to add the “C-8” (Concrete) classification to my license in order to obtain a separate Concrete license for a Partnership that I am starting with my business associate.
Department of Labor Issues Its First Assessment Against A Direct Contractor For A Subcontractor's Non-payment Of Wages On A Private Work Of Improvement
By Bruce D. Rudman
Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman
On June 29, 2017, the California Labor Commissioner issued a press release in which it announced it had issued citations of $249,879 against a direct contractor and its subcontractor for the non-payment of the subcontractor's laborers.
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of August 14, 2017
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
Unlike Johnny Cash, Nevada contractors can’t ‘walk the line’ outside of an original contract limit. Further ‘study’ is required for an aspiring applicant and I find a ‘concrete’ way another licensed contractor can likely double his business opportunities…
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of August 7, 2017
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
They don’t just grow legs and walk away so the Contractor’s Board is warning contractors to watch their tools as we report in this issue. Technology has raised the ‘ante’ and the ‘stakes’ are high as thieves know how to ‘cash’ them in. What can you do? Read this first!...