General Contractor additional licenses

 ✔ Congratulations on becoming a licensed general contractor!

If you are a general contractor your next move would be to get a roofing, plumbing, commercial , AC/mechanical,  or a solar license.

Once you are a general contractor you run into some difficulties when dealing with subcontractors.

 

As a general contractor you automatically qualify for all other contractor licenses. Most of us know that you will not be doing all of the work on your new construction or renovations, however, you want to be able to have control over your subcontractors.

 

This can be done by obtaining an additional license for roofing , Air conditioning, plumbing contractor, or pool contractor. This allows you to pull all the permits and control subcontractor is a job is not completed on schedule or pricing and availability of labor is. If you pull the permits you have control of all of the projects. You control the permitting process, you control the pricing, you control who does the work on these jobs.

 

Some very successful contractors have hired in many trades and use them for HVAC plumbing, and  carpentry, to assist in finalizing the project.  This allows you to have one person on a job site they can do many functions and getting you paid faster.

 

Here are some of the links to the books and optional courses to obtain these licenses: