Pulling permits for other people

[mthead]

Pulling permits for other people

re;Mass. sec 6 rule as pertains to liability-Objective is to provide an employer with protection from liability for side job work done by his employee--factors in play here are 1]wether said employee misrepresents himself as doing the job under his listed employers umbrella[this would be fraud ]2] wether said employee shows up to do this fraud but is using his employers marked truck and tools[this would unfortunately work against the employer in a liability case in court].
As to fronting for other people[puliing permits,signing off on jobs,etc..,],it may be done all the time but that doesn't make it right,legal or safe and when "the walls come down"being in front of the proverbial"fan" is a messy ,sad and lonely place to be.
We're all supposed to be smarter than that-thats how we passed all the tests in the first place.

 

[chrsb]

This is a little off topic, but how do you deal with working out of your home state? I was just approached by my GC to bid some work in WI. We have been doing some retail remodels in MI and the custormer is very happy with our work. I have looked into getting lincened in other states as MI is not recepical to anywhere else. I have thought about subing the work out as there is a lot of profit in these jobs, or even going to the state and taking there exams. I have heard of EC's paying off local contractors to get the permit, or even working out deals where when one goes to the others state they take care of each other.

So to sum up, what do you do?

 

[roger]

If there are no reciprocal means you can consider a "Joint Venture", with a local EC, this will keep things on the up and up as far as being legal in most cases.

The down side is that the Local EC will have to be listed as the controlling / responsible party and will probably adjust his fee or percentage accordingly.

Roger

 

[petersonra]

As to fronting for other people[puliing permits,signing off on jobs,etc..,],it may be done all the time but that doesn't make it right,legal or safe

It also does not make it necessarily wrong, illegal, or unsafe.

 

[haskindm]

I believe you could legally do this in Maryland, but you would need to "supervise" the work that is done. That could mean training the workers, inspecting the work, etc. In Maryland the Master is definitely responsible for and liable for any work done under his license. You are also only able to represent one Name or trading as. You would either need to change your trading as to the large company's name, or have them hire you as a subcontractor so that you may also use your company name to do your own work. Either way you are taking on a tremendous amount of liability for "5 or 10%" of the value of the work.

 

[Davis9]

re;Mass. sec 6 rule as pertains to liability-Objective is to provide an employer with protection from liability for side job work done by his employee--factors in play here are 1]wether said employee misrepresents himself as doing the job under his listed employers umbrella[this would be fraud ]2] wether said employee shows up to do this fraud but is using his employers marked truck and tools[this would unfortunately work against the employer in a liability case in court].
As to fronting for other people[puliing permits,signing off on jobs,etc..,],it may be done all the time but that doesn't make it right,legal or safe and when "the walls come down"being in front of the proverbial"fan" is a messy ,sad and lonely place to be.
We're all supposed to be smarter than that-thats how we passed all the tests in the first place.

Thanks for Clarifying that.

Tom