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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2156.2

  • contractor: includes persons who receive an additional fee for the employment or direction of labor, or any other work beyond the normal architectural or engineering services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:2150.1

            Any contractor possessing a major classification is permitted to bid or perform any of the specialty type work required to perform its scope of work for its respective classification. Under each major category listed in this Section is a list of subclassifications that a specialty contractor may obtain, as follows:

            I. Building construction

            Subclassifications:

            1. Acoustical treatments

            2. Fire sprinkler work

            3. Foundations for buildings, equipment, or machinery

            4. Incinerator construction

            5. Installation of equipment, machinery, and engines

            6. Installation of pneumatic tubes and conveyors

            7. Insulation for cold storage and buildings

            8. Insulation for pipes and boilers

            9. Landscaping, grading, and beautification

            10. Lathing, plastering, and stuccoing

            11. Masonry, brick, stone

            12. Painting and flooring

            13. Pile driving

            14. Rigging, house moving, wrecking, and dismantling

            15. Roof decks

            16. Roofing and sheet metal, siding

            17. Sheet metal duct work

            18. Steam and hot water heating in buildings or plants

            19. Steel erection and installation

            20. Stone, granite, slate, resilient floor installations

            21. Swimming pools

            22. Tile, terrazzo, and marble

            23. Water cooling towers and accessories

            24. Drywall

            25. Driveways, parking areas, asphalt, and concrete, exclusive of highway and street work

            26. Fencing

            27. Labor only

            II. Highway, street, and bridge construction

            Subclassifications:

            1. Driveways, parking areas, asphalt, and concrete

            2. Highway and street subsurface drainage and sewer work

            3. Permanent or paved highways and streets (asphalt hot and cold plant mix)

            4. Permanent or paved highways and streets (asphalt surface treatment)

            5. Permanent or paved highways and streets (concrete)

            6. Permanent or paved highways and streets (soil cement)

            7. Secondary roads

            8. Undersealing or leveling of roads

            9. Earthwork, drainage, and levees

            10. Clearing, grubbing, and snagging

            11. Culverts and drainage structures

            12. Bridges, over and underpasses

            13. Landscaping, grading, and beautification

            14. Fencing

            15. Furnishing and installation of movable structures or machinery, excluding electrical and mechanical work

            16. Labor only

            III. Heavy construction

            Subclassifications:

            1. Clearing, grubbing, and snagging

            2. Dams, reservoirs, and flood control work other than levees

            3. Dredging

            4. Electrical transmission lines

            5. Foundations and pile driving

            6. Industrial piping

            7. Industrial plants

            8. Industrial ventilation

            9. Oil field construction

            10. Railroads

            11. Transmission pipeline construction

            12. Tunnels

            13. Wharves, docks, harbor improvements, and terminals

            14. Landscaping, grading, and beautification

            15. Fencing

            16. Labor only

            IV. Municipal and public works construction

            Subclassifications:

            1. Filter plants and water purification

            2. Pipe work (gas lines)

            3. Pipe work (sewer)

            4. Pipe work (storm drains)

            5. Pipe work (waterlines)

            6. Power plants

            7. Sewer plant or sewer disposal

            8. Underground electrical conduit installation

            9. Landscaping, grading, and beautification

            10. Fencing

            11. Labor only

            V. Electrical

            Subclassifications:

            1. Electrical transmission lines

            2. Underground electrical conduit installation

            3. Electrical controls

            VI. Mechanical

            Subclassifications:

            1. Heat, air conditioning, ventilation, duct work, and refrigeration

            2. Industrial pipe work and insulation

            3. Plumbing

            4. Controls for mechanical work

            VII. Plumbing

            Subclassifications:

            1. Potable and nonpotable water systems; construction, removal, repair, and maintenance for buildings and premises.

            2. Sanitary and nonsanitary waste and sewerage construction; removal, repair, and maintenance for buildings and premises.

            VIII. Hazardous materials

            Subclassifications:

            1. Asbestos removal and abatement

            2. Hazardous waste treatment or removal

            3. Any other classification for which the Department of Environmental Quality requires certification pursuant to law or regulation.

            IX. Residential construction

            Added by Acts 1976, No. 82, §2, eff. July 8, 1976; Acts 1988, No. 635, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1992, No. 681, §1, eff. July 6, 1992; Acts 2001, No. 968, §1; Acts 2019, No. 371, §§1, 2; Acts 2022, No. 195, §1.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 635, §§2, 3.}}