La. Stat. tit. 37 § 2156.2

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 2,3, 6-535, and 580-647

Section 37:2156.2 - Major categories; subclassifications; specialty classifications; requirements for contractors holding major classification to perform mechanical, electric, or plumbing work

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

La. R.S. § 37:2156.2

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.

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.