What is the definition of a General Contractor?
A General Contractor is any person who, for a fee, is contracted to do construction on real property owned, controlled, or leased by another person of commercial, industrial, institutional, governmental, residential or accessory use buildings or structures. This also includes the remodeling, repair, improvement or demolition of these buildings or structures. The term general contractor also includes persons engaged in heavy construction (including highway, street, bridge, transmission line, marine facilities, and oil and gas structures construction, and dredging); land development (including blasting, test drilling, landfill, leveling, earthmoving, excavating, land drainage, and other land preparation); and the construction of new buildings.
