Contractor
typically acts as a Project Manager with no personal hands-on
work.
Complete range of interior and exterior work. Contractor is
set up to manage upscale residential and mid-to
large-scale commercial work.
Types
of Jobs:
Custom
Homes, Upscale Additions ($200,000-$500,000), Basements
($60,000-$150,000), Kitchens ($50,000-$150,000). Strip plaza
retail retrofits, office and residential retrofits, etc.
Most work requires architectural plans, structural engineering
and municipal
permits.
Jobs are typically comprised of work performed through
managed, Single-Trade Contracting Companies.
Some isolated segments of these larger jobs require the 2nd-tier
management of multiple, individual trades and are wholly
sub-contracted out to a Gen B
Class General Contractor.
Most work requires architectural plans, structural
engineering, municipal permits, etc, and are comprised of work performed through managed,
Single-Trade Contracting Companies with minor work subbed out to
individual, specialized trades.
Hands-on
project management. Owner is usually personally licensed or specializes
in one or more trades.
Owner typically manages all trades and personally performs
some of the work.
Most exterior work is subbed out to
Single-Trade Contracting Companies, or directly to the odd,
specialized individual trade (eg.: roofer, aluminum installer,
etc.) when required.
Company is set up to perform a limited volume of
small-to-midrange commercial work (stores, offices, etc.)
and performs the occasional commercial project, but its main
forte is performing residential work.
Types
of Jobs:
Moderate-to-upscale
types of jobs involving permits (additions, basement lowering,
structural modifications, all foundation-related work.
A high
percentage of these jobs require architectural plans,
structural engineering and permit.
Basement Finishing ($25K-$100K), Basement Lowering
($20K-60K), All foundation-related work, moderate to upscale
Additions $40K-$250K, moderate to upscale Kitchens
($20K-$100K, moderate to upscale Bathrooms (10K-$40K, Upscale
landscaping $10K+, Custom Sunrooms, Carports, Garages, etc.
Mainly
Residential
Some Light Commercial
Interior Only
Description
of Services:
All work is limited to interior remodeling and renovations,
with the occasional "accommodation" or
crossover to limited exterior work.
However, contractor's main
focus is interior work.
Moderate
to upscale types of renovations.
No structural or foundation-related modifications.
New foundations are performed only as part of an addition or
extension.
A smaller percentage of these jobs require permits
Types
of Jobs:
Jobs
include Basement Finishing ($25,000-$60,000), moderate
additions and extensions ($20,000-$100,000), moderate to
upscale kitchens ($20K-$100K) and Bathrooms ($10K-$30,000).
Light-to-Moderate
Commercial Only
Interior & Exterior
Description
of Services:
Hands-on
Project Management
Types
of Jobs:
Light-to-moderate
office renovations and retrofits ordered by
companies residing
within larger buildings ($10K-$50K)
Small restaurant renovations less than 1500 sq. ft ($5K-$100K)
Store fronts for individual retail stores. Interior
renovations less than 1500 sq. ft. ($10K-$75K)
Working/Managing
Licensed General Contractor or
Licensed Individual Tradesperson that also performs
"light" general contractor-level work (management of
2 or more trades)
Level
of Work:
Light
to moderate Residential
Light Commercial
Interior Only
Description
of Services:
Owner
is typically a licensed individual trade (carpenter, plumber,
electrician, etc) who has expanded to widen his scope of work,
which may develop from smaller jobs.
Owner normally has 1 or 2 unlicensed helpers with access to
full range of licensed sub-trades when required.
Jobs are primarily limited to interior of home.
Owner can perform jobs at Gen B2-Residential level, but the
main focus is on performing smaller jobs (1-2 weeks).
Types
of Jobs:
Small
carpentry jobs (below $5,000), drywall & framing,
painting, partial bathrooms, partial kitchens, economy kitchen
and bathroom retrofits ($5K-$12K), partial basements
($8K-$15K)
May occasionally accommodate a full basement through the
sub-contracting of outside individual trades and/or
single-trade contracting companies when necessary.
Most of these jobs do not require (or clients do not require)
plans or permits.
Specializing
in a specific type of trade: e.g. Roofing contractor,
waterproofing contractor, plumbing contractor, Painting
contractor, etc.
Description
of Services:
Manages
2 or more crews with junior designations (if required) of same
type of work. Owner normally carries trade license (If
license for trade type is required by province)
Typically set up to do high volumes of work, operating
throughout a town or city, an entire province or, in some
cases, on a national scale.
Types
of Jobs:
Residential
& commercial work. Company also acts as sub-contractor to general
contractors (all classifications)
Mostly
residential work, with some light commercial jobs
Description
of
Services:
Licensed
(where required) and/or insured, small scale company or
individual specializing in one type of service (e.g. roofing,
windows, decks, waterproofing, etc).
Owner manages and performs much of the work and oversees 1 or
more apprentices or labourers.
This type of service works most efficiently when confined
within a specific section of a city or large town, as capacity
may be limited (depending upon the setup of the company the
individual or the type of service)
Types
of Jobs:
Basement
waterproofing, decks, roofing, hardwood flooring, etc.
