On a residential project, even a minor discipline against your contractor’s license can trigger a Recovery Fund award and a second license suspension.

By

Andrew Wenker

If the Recovery Fund makes a payment,

the license will automatically be suspended again

…

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that, if an architect or engineer is negligent in their work on a project, and if they do not have a direct contract with the project owner, they are not obligated to reimburse the…

Contractors in central and southern Arizona know all too well the work hazards that accompany Arizona’s notorious summers. OSHA’s recently launched

National Emphasis Program on Outdoor and Indoor Heat Hazards

(NEP) provides a useful reminder of the risks of heat…

If

OSHA

follows through on its threat to strip workplace safety enforcement from the state, Arizona employers should expect a much harsher regulatory environment.

On April 20, citing what it termed the State of Arizona’s “decade-long pattern of failures” in…

Unintended Consequences.

A contractor can be disciplined for, according to

A.R.S. § 32-1154(A)(20)

:

“having a person named on the license who is or was named on any other license in this state or in another state that is under…