09-27-2007, 04:01 AM
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........There is much more to getting a license than the qualifying work, there are fees, & bonding & insurance that a GC normally carries....
The people I know trying to get their licenses after having had licenses elsewhere have immaculate credit, could get the bonding etc - the final straw was workign under someone for 4 years - it had nothing to do with the other qualifications - in one case the state did not even look at the fact that this one guy had built 4-5 subdivision tracts in Cali as a GC and RME. All he wanted was his GC for residential here so he could build his single family residence in his "retirement" years and not have to hire a GC to do what he already knows how to do. He ended up pulling a owner/builder permit.
My point is : the state makes it incredibly difficult to get a license if you are not from Hawaii. I have known new local boy GC's that had their former bosses sign off on the requirements, when I know for a fact that they never even ran a crew, let alone framed for +4 years. Dont get me started on this one - it is the one thing that I abhor about our state and the local boy network.