When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:
Director - the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
Construction management - means any work performed by a construction manager.
Construction manager - means any person who, for a fee, is contracted to supervise and coordinate the work of design professionals and multiple general contractors, while allowing the design professionals and general contractors to control individual operations and the manner of design and construction. Services provided by a construction manager may include:
The term "construction manager" does not include any licensed engineer or architect acting within the scope of his or her license.
General contractor - means 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" shall also include 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.
The term "general contractor" does not include:
General contracting - means any work that is performed by a general contractor.
The term "general contracting" shall not include work performed by licensed electricians, licensed plumbers and gasfitters, or licensed refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics, so long as the work performed by them is limited to that of their licensed profession.
Pattern of substantial code violations - means five (5) or more violations of the building code which imperil the public health, safety, or welfare, or two (2) or more violations of any stop work order issued pursuant to this code, or any combination thereof involving five (5) or more violations of this code within any six (6) month period, at one (1) or more construction sites within the District managed or controlled by the licensee.
Property owner - any person or person's authorized agent who enters into a contract for the performance of general contracting work on property owned or occupied by that person.
Payment - the transfer, directly or indirectly, of any valuable consideration, and shall include, but not be limited to, the delivery of cash, promissory note, installment contract, other written promise to pay money, chattel mortgage, or deed of trust; Provided, that the term "payment" shall not include the promise to pay embodied in the contract itself.
Person - includes an individual, firm, partnership, joint stock company, corporation, association, incorporated society, statutory or common law trust, estate, executor, administrator, receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidator, committee, assignee, officer, employee, principal or agent.
Single contract project - means the total estimated cost of a project being undertaken by a general contractor or construction manager.
Subcontractor - means any person who contracts to perform construction-related services for a general contractor, a construction manager, or another subcontractor.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-3999