general contractors differ in that they are familiar with all aspects of the building process, from vacant land all the way through the processes to complete a home, office building and so forth. a contractor will and can be hired BY a general contractor to accomplish a certain aspect of the process of construction.
general contractors can roughly be compared to a general practitioner.
a contractor, to a Doctor Who only specializes in one area of practice
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They are synonymous. i.e., They mean the same thing. Prime Contractor = General Contractor. Some construction projects have multiple primes (multi-prime contract), where each prime is in charge of a general area of work and hires subcontractors underneath him, and one of the primes is typically delegated the owner's duty to coordinate. But the typical construction cite just has one prime.
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There's no resemblance whatsoever between the general contractor and the Project Manager in job functions.
a general contractor is who is license with a general building license (b) and is permitted to take jobs in whole a contractor or specialty contractor are the contractor that specialized in one trade only and are permitted to take only special trades on the job for example an electrical contractor can only take electrical job
Same as drinkin water from a glass/cup. JM
A dry wall contractor is employed to build or construct dry wall sections. A general contractor on the hand is capable of not only constructing dry wall but completing a multitude of other tasks that matches his skills set.
Anyone who does work for a general contractor and is not a direct employee of that contractor is a sub-contractor. Regardless of who sets the price. The subcontractors work within the contract set between the general contractor and homeowner. Hence sub-contractor.
principal runs a school. a contractor builds buildings.
A general engineering contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with fixed works requiring specialized engineering knowledge and skill, including irrigation, drainage, water power, water supply, flood control, inland waterways, harbors, docks and wharves, shipyards, roadways, airports, bridges, etc. A general building contractor simply builds buildings.
They are synonymous. i.e., They mean the same thing. Prime Contractor = General Contractor. Some construction projects have multiple primes (multi-prime contract), where each prime is in charge of a general area of work and hires subcontractors underneath him, and one of the primes is typically delegated the owner's duty to coordinate. But the typical construction cite just has one prime.
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A residential contractor specializes in building homes which people will live in. A building contractor oversees the building of commercial property.
The main difference between a property developer and a building contractor is the developer is the person who blueprints the area and buys the land to build on. The contractor is the person who actually builds the building or subcontracts the work out.
The prime contractor is contracted by the end customer. Sub-contractors are contracted by the prime contractor or other sub-contractors.