Nevada § 624.215 - Contracting business

§ 624.215. Contracting business

1. For the purpose of classification, the contracting business includes the following

branches: (a) General engineering contracting. (b) General building contracting. (c) Specialty contracting. General engineering contracting and general building contracting are mutually exclusive

branches. 2. A general engineering contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business

is in connection with fixed works, including irrigation, drainage, water supply, water

power, flood control, harbors, railroads, highways, tunnels, airports and airways,

sewers and sewage disposal systems, bridges, inland waterways, pipelines for transmission

of petroleum and other liquid or gaseous substances, refineries, chemical plants and

industrial plants requiring a specialized engineering knowledge and skill, power plants,

piers and foundations and structures or work incidental thereto. 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 5 and 6, a general building contractor

is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with the construction

or remodeling of buildings or structures for the support, shelter and enclosure of

persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind, requiring in their construction

the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts, upon which he or she

is a prime contractor and where the construction or remodeling of a building is the

primary purpose. Unless he or she holds the appropriate specialty license, a general building contractor

may only contract to perform specialty contracting if he or she is a prime contractor

on a project. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 624.220 , a general building contractor shall not perform specialty contracting in plumbing,

electrical, refrigeration and air-conditioning or fire protection without a license

for the specialty. A person who is licensed pursuant to chapter 489 of NRS and who exclusively constructs or repairs mobile homes, manufactured homes or commercial

coaches is not a general building contractor. 4. A specialty contractor is a contractor whose operations as such are the performance

of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business

involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts. 5. A general engineering contractor, when acting as a prime contractor, may hire not

more than one general building contractor to provide any work, materials or equipment

as specified in subsection 3 on a single construction project. 6. A general building contractor may contract to provide management and counseling

services on a construction project for a professional fee. A general building contractor who has contracted to provide management and counseling

services: (a) Must have an active license in the same classifications and subclassifications

that are required to be held by the prime contractor on the project. (b) May hire not more than one general building contractor to provide any work, materials

or equipment as specified in subsection 3 on a single construction project. 7. A single construction project must be limited to not more than one general building

contractor who provides management and counseling services for a professional fee

and not more than one general building contractor who provides any work, materials

or equipment as specified in subsection 3. 8. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each construction project must

have one, but not more than one, prime contractor who is a licensed contractor and

is responsible for the work, materials and equipment for the construction project. A construction project is not required to have a prime contractor if the work for

the construction project or the person providing the work for the construction project

is exempt pursuant to NRS 624.031 . 9. This section does not prevent the Board from establishing, broadening, limiting

or otherwise effectuating classifications in a manner consistent with established

custom, usage and procedure found in the building trades. The Board is specifically prohibited from establishing classifications in such a

manner as to determine or limit craft jurisdictions. 10. As used in this section, “ prime contractor ” means: (a) A general engineering contractor who enters into an oral or written agreement

with an owner of a construction project or an agent of an owner to provide any work,

materials or equipment for which the general engineering contractor is licensed; (b) A general building contractor who enters into an oral or written agreement with

an owner of a construction project or an agent of an owner to provide any work, materials

or equipment for which the general building contractor is licensed; (c) A general engineering contractor and general building contractor who enter into

an oral or written agreement with an owner of a construction project or an agent of

an owner to provide any work, materials or equipment for which the general engineering

contractor and general building contractor are licensed; or (d) A specialty contractor who enters into an oral or written agreement with an owner

of a construction project or an agent of an owner to provide: (1) Any work, materials or equipment for which the specialty contractor is licensed;

and (2) Any other work which is incidental and supplemental thereto.