Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 338.1711

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: means a written contract entered into between a contractor and a public body for the provision of labor, materials, equipment or supplies for a public work. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
• Contractor: means :

  (a) A person who is licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 624 of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010

• Design-build team: means an entity that consists of:

  (a) At least one person who is licensed as a general engineering contractor or a general building contractor pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS; and

  (b) For a public work that consists of:

  (1) A building and its site, at least one person who holds a certificate of registration to practice architecture pursuant to chapter 623 of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010

• Discrete project: means one or more public works which are undertaken on a single construction site for a single public body. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
• Public body: means the State, county, city, town, school district or any public agency of this State or its political subdivisions sponsoring or financing a public work. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
• Public work: means any project for the new construction, repair or reconstruction of a project financed in whole or in part from public money for:

  (a) Public buildings;

  (b) Jails and prisons;

  (c) Public roads;

  (d) Public highways;

  (e) Public streets and alleys;

  (f) Public utilities;

  (g) Publicly owned water mains and sewers;

  (h) Public parks and playgrounds;

  (i) Public convention facilities which are financed at least in part with public money; and

  (j) All other publicly owned works and property. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010