Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 37:2156.2 - Major categories; subclassifications; specialty classifications; requirements for contractors holding major classification to perform mechanical, electric, or plumbing workAny 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:
3. Foundations for buildings, equipment, or machinery4. Incinerator construction5. Installation of equipment, machinery, and engines6. Installation of pneumatic tubes and conveyors7. Insulation for cold storage and buildings8. Insulation for pipes and boilers9. Landscaping, grading, and beautification10. Lathing, plastering, and stuccoing11. Masonry, brick, stone12. Painting and flooring14. Rigging, house moving, wrecking, and dismantling16. Roofing and sheet metal, siding17. Sheet metal duct work18. Steam and hot water heating in buildings or plants19. Steel erection and installation20. Stone, granite, slate, resilient floor installations22. Tile, terrazzo, and marble23. Water cooling towers and accessories25. Driveways, parking areas, asphalt, and concrete, exclusive of highway and street workII. Highway, street, and bridge construction Subclassifications:
1. Driveways, parking areas, asphalt, and concrete2. Highway and street subsurface drainage and sewer work3. 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)8. Undersealing or leveling of roads9. Earthwork, drainage, and levees10. Clearing, grubbing, and snagging11. Culverts and drainage structures12. Bridges, over and underpasses13. Landscaping, grading, and beautification15. Furnishing and installation of movable structures or machinery, excluding electrical and mechanical workIII. Heavy construction Subclassifications:
1. Clearing, grubbing, and snagging2. Dams, reservoirs, and flood control work other than levees4. Electrical transmission lines5. Foundations and pile driving8. Industrial ventilation9. Oil field construction11. Transmission pipeline construction13. Wharves, docks, harbor improvements, and terminals14. Landscaping, grading, and beautificationIV. Municipal and public works construction Subclassifications:
1. Filter plants and water purification4. Pipe work (storm drains)5. Pipe work (waterlines)7. Sewer plant or sewer disposal8. Underground electrical conduit installation9. Landscaping, grading, and beautificationV. Electrical Subclassifications:
1. Electrical transmission lines2. Underground electrical conduit installationVI. Mechanical Subclassifications:
1. Heat, air conditioning, ventilation, duct work, and refrigeration2. Industrial pipe work and insulation4. Controls for mechanical workVII. 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 abatement2. Hazardous waste treatment or removal3. Any other classification for which the Department of Environmental Quality requires certification pursuant to law or regulation.IX. Residential constructionAdded 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.Amended by Acts 2022, No. 195,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2022.Amended by Acts 2019, No. 371,s. 1 and 2, eff. 8/1/2019.Added by Acts 1976, No. 82, §2, eff. 7/8/1976; Acts 1988, No. 635, §1, eff. 1/1/1989; Acts 1992, No. 681, §1, eff. 7/6/1992; Acts 2001, No. 968, §1.