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Originally Posted by MelonBoy
Have a few questions regarding general contractors.
I'm looking at 2 future projects and would like to do the general contracting myself. I'm in the trades, so I do have some experience with the type of work being done etc.
Projects
1) Building my own house, demo old and rebuild from scratch
2) Taking the general contractor role for a reno in a commercial suite. Relatively small size store; work scope will include additional electrical, plumbing, carp/finsihing work
- What is the exact role of a general contractor?
(As for as I know. They are responsible for keeping sub-contractors on time and getting the project lined up. Pulling permits as needed)
- Do you need a licence to pull certain permits or can anyone pull them?
(I know for electrical + plumbing, they will need to pull their permit. Is there any permits a general is supppose to pull?)
- Is there specific licences ill need for?
- Any crash courses?
- Insurance matters or is it up to my sub-contractors (plumbers/carps/etc) to have insurance?
What are your thoughts regarding this + tips
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had a client (father (saw mill worker during day), son (physio therapist by day) duo) subdivide a lot and build 6 homes.
- they coordinated all the trades through subcontract and made the payments
- they hired all the architects/p.engs and paid them
- they carried insurance for property, didn't see any liability ins (presuming sub cons carried it)
- they did the books themselves and maintained the corporation
based on this, seems general contractor is another term for project manager.
for what its worth, clients were brown - so i'm guessing they found the cheapest way possible to do this...