Bryan Holland
Silver Member
About 6 years ago, my building department was experiencing significant problems with sub-contractor documentation. In short, when a general contractor applied for a permit, they would be required to submit a sub-contractor form. In the event of a change during the construction process, a change form would have to be submitted.
This resulted in a host of problems. For one, it was really hard to monitor and track. Inspectors were spending half of their day trying to determine if the correct contractors were on the job sites and performing the work. Most of the time, the wrong subs would be listed, or changes would not be filed with our department.
So, we made a change. We decided to allow the issuance of a permit without ANY notice of subcontractor use. At the end of the project, the permit would not be closed or a CO issued until an accurate sub-contractor form was submitted.
This has spared our department alot of headaches and the contractors really like it.
6 years later, we have had 1200 permitted projects become abandoned. Now, new contractors are trying to take over these permits and becuase we were not requiring sub-contractor documentation until the end of the project, no one really knows what contractors and sub-contractors were ever involved with the projects.
So, we are reconsidering our policy on this matter.
Any suggestions or advice out there? How do you guys handle this matter.
I am thinking of combining the two practices stated above. The GC must submit a subcontractor list at the start and end of the project.
What say you?
This resulted in a host of problems. For one, it was really hard to monitor and track. Inspectors were spending half of their day trying to determine if the correct contractors were on the job sites and performing the work. Most of the time, the wrong subs would be listed, or changes would not be filed with our department.
So, we made a change. We decided to allow the issuance of a permit without ANY notice of subcontractor use. At the end of the project, the permit would not be closed or a CO issued until an accurate sub-contractor form was submitted.
This has spared our department alot of headaches and the contractors really like it.
6 years later, we have had 1200 permitted projects become abandoned. Now, new contractors are trying to take over these permits and becuase we were not requiring sub-contractor documentation until the end of the project, no one really knows what contractors and sub-contractors were ever involved with the projects.
So, we are reconsidering our policy on this matter.
Any suggestions or advice out there? How do you guys handle this matter.
I am thinking of combining the two practices stated above. The GC must submit a subcontractor list at the start and end of the project.
What say you?