Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 50 - BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS › Chapter 22 - BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS REGULATIONS › Part I - Definitions › Section 18VAC50-22-20 - Definitions of license classifications

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 unless a different meaning is provided or is plainly required by the context
					 shall have the following meanings:
"Commercial building contractors" (Abbr: CBC) means those
					 individuals whose contracts include construction, remodeling, repair,
					 improvement, removal, or demolition on real property owned, controlled, or
					 leased by another person of commercial, industrial, institutional,
					 governmental, and accessory use buildings or structures. The CBC classification
					 does not provide for electrical, plumbing, HVAC, or gas fitting services and
					 does not allow construction, repair, or improvement, of dwellings and
					 townhouses as defined in the USBC.
If the CBC performs specialty services other than those
					 listed in this definition, all required specialty designations shall be
					 obtained. The CBC may act as a prime contractor and contract with
					 subcontractors to perform work not permitted by the CBC license. The commercial
					 building classification includes but is not limited to the functions carried
					 out by the following specialties for contracts of commercial, institutional,
					 governmental, and accessory use buildings or structures, including multi-family
					 housing:
Billboard/sign contracting
Commercial improvement contracting
Concrete contracting
Farm improvement contracting
Industrialized building contracting
Landscape service contracting
Marine facility contracting
Masonry contracting
Painting and wallcovering contracting
Recreational facility contracting
Roofing contracting
Swimming pool contracting
"Electrical contractors" (Abbr: ELE) means those
					 individuals whose contracts include the construction, repair, maintenance,
					 alteration, or removal of electrical systems. This classification provides for
					 all work covered by the electrical provisions of the USBC including
					 electronic/communication service contracting (ESC) and fire alarm systems
					 contracting (FAS) specialties. A firm holding an ELE license is responsible for
					 meeting all applicable individual license and certification regulations.
"Highway/heavy contractors" (Abbr: H/H) means those
					 individuals whose contracts include construction, repair, improvement, or
					 demolition of the following:
Bridges
Dams
Drainage systems
Foundations
Parking lots
Public transit systems
Rail roads
Roads
Runways
Streets
Structural signs and lights
Tanks
The functions carried out by these contractors include but
					 are not limited to t he following:
Building demolition
Clearing
Concrete work
Excavating
Grading
Nonwater well drilling
Paving
Pile driving
Road marking
Steel erection
These contractors also install, maintain, or dismantle the
					 following:
1. Power systems for the generation and primary and
					 secondary distribution of electric current ahead of the customer's
					 meter;
2. Pumping stations and treatment plants;
3. Telephone, telegraph, or signal systems for public
					 utilities; and
4. Water, gas, and sewer connections to residential,
					 commercial, and industrial sites, subject to local ordinances.
This classification may also install backflow prevention
					 devices incidental to work in this classification when the ins taller has
					 received formal vocational training approved by the board that included
					 instruction in the installation of backflow prevention devices.
"HVAC contractors" (Abbr: HVA) means those individuals
					 whose work includes the installation, alteration, repair, or maintenance of
					 heating systems, ventilating systems, cooling systems, steam and hot water
					 heaters, heating systems, boilers, process piping, and mechanical refrigeration
					 systems, including tanks incidental to the system. This classification does not
					 provide for fire suppression installations, sprinkler system installations, or
					 gas piping. A firm holding a HVAC license is responsible for meeting all
					 applicable individual license and certification regulations. This
					 classification may install backflow prevention devices incidental to work in
					 this classification.
"Plumbing contractors" (Abbr: PLB) means those individuals
					 whose contracts include the installation, maintenance, extension, or
					 alteration, or removal of all piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances
					 in connection with any of the following:
Backflow prevention devices
Boilers
Hot water baseboard heating systems
Hot water heaters
Hydronic systems
Process piping
Public/private water supply systems within or adjacent to
					 any building, structure, or conveyance
Sanitary or storm drainage facilities
Steam heating systems
Storage tanks incidental to the installation of related
					 systems
Venting systems related to plumbing
These contractors also install, maintain, extend, or alter
					 the following:
Liquid waste systems
Sewerage systems
Storm water systems
Water supply systems
This classification does not provide for (i) gas piping or
					 (ii) the function of fire sprinkler contracting except for sprinklers that are
					 tied into the domestic water supply . A firm holding a PLB license is
					 responsible for meeting all applicable individual license and certification
					 regulations. The classification may install sprinkler systems permitted to be
					 designed in accordance with the plumbing provisions of the USBC when the
					 installer has received formal vocational training approved by the board that
					 included instruction of installation of sprinkler systems.
"Residential building contractors" (Abbr: RBC) means those
					 individuals whose contracts include construction, remodeling, repair,
					 improvement, removal, or demolition on real property owned, controlled, or
					 leased by another person of dwellings and townhouses, as defined in the USBC,
					 including accessory buildings or structures on such property. The RBC
					 classification does not provide for electrical, plumbing, HVAC, or gas fitting
					 services and does not allow construction, removal, repair, or improvement to
					 commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental use structures outside
					 of dwellings and townhouses, as defined by the USBC.
The residential building classification includes but is
					 not limited to the functions carried out by the following specialties for
					 contracts of dwellings and townhouses , as defined by the USBC, and related
					 accessory use buildings or structures:
Concrete contracting
Home improvement contracting
Industrialized building contracting
Landscape service contracting
Masonry contracting
Painting and wallcovering contracting
Roofing contracting
Swimming pool contracting
"Specialty contractors" means those individuals whose
					 contracts are for specialty services that do not generally fall within the
					 scope of any other classification within this chapter.
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-1102
						of the Code of Virginia.