AZ General Contractor flashcards
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- Arizona Registrar of Contractors
- The state agency that licenses and regulates contractors in Arizona, investigates complaints, and can suspend, revoke, or fine a contractor license.
- License threshold Arizona
- Arizona generally requires a contractor license for construction work totaling $1,000 or more in labor and materials, including residential and commercial projects.
- Qualifying party
- An individual who meets experience and exam requirements and is designated to qualify a contractor license, ensuring the licensed entity has responsible technical knowledge.
- A license classification
- Arizona's general engineering license classification, covering fixed works such as roads, bridges, dams, and utilities; it is broader than general building.
- B license classification
- Arizona's general building contractor license, covering construction of structures and related improvements requiring multiple trades; specialty work may require a C license.
- C license classification
- Arizona specialty contractor license covering a specific trade, such as electrical, plumbing, roofing, or concrete, rather than whole-building construction.
- Residential recovery fund
- Arizona fund that may reimburse homeowners for certain losses caused by a licensed residential contractor's failure to perform or comply; statutory limits apply.
- Statute of Frauds
- Legal rule requiring certain contracts, including those not performable within one year and certain real property agreements, to be in writing and signed.
- Mechanics lien
- A statutory claim against real property securing payment for labor, materials, or services that improved the property; strict notice and recording deadlines apply.
- Preliminary 20-day notice
- Arizona notice that certain lien claimants must give the owner and lender within 20 days after first furnishing labor or materials to preserve full lien rights.
- Prompt Payment Act
- Arizona law setting deadlines for owners and contractors to pay construction invoices and limiting when payments may be withheld; check contract and statute.
- Change order
- A written modification to contract scope, price, or schedule signed by authorized parties; it prevents disputes over extra work and time extensions.
- Substantial completion
- The stage when the work is sufficiently complete for its intended use, triggering warranty, payment, lien, and statute-of-limitation periods under contract and law.
- Concrete cubic yards
- Calculate volume as length times width times depth in feet, then divide by 27 to convert cubic feet to cubic yards; add a waste factor.
- Waste factor
- A percentage added to estimated material quantities to account for cutting, breakage, and installation loss; order quantity equals net quantity times one plus waste rate.
- Board feet formula
- Board feet equals thickness in inches times width in inches times length in feet, divided by 12; used to estimate lumber quantity and cost.
- Markup versus margin
- Markup is profit divided by cost, while margin is profit divided by selling price; price equals cost divided by one minus margin percentage.
- Critical path
- The longest sequence of dependent activities through a project network; it has zero total float and determines the shortest possible project duration.
- Total float formula
- Total float equals late start minus early start, or late finish minus early finish, for an activity; zero float indicates a critical activity.
- Rebar earth cover
- Concrete cast against and permanently in contact with earth generally requires at least 3 inches of cover over reinforcement to protect steel from corrosion.
- Vapor retarder under slab
- A membrane placed beneath a concrete slab to reduce moisture migration; lap and seal joints and protect it during placing of concrete.
- Water heater TPR discharge
- The temperature-pressure relief valve discharge pipe must terminate within 6 inches above the floor or at an approved drain, and must not be capped.
- GFCI protection
- Ground-fault circuit interrupter protection is required for receptacles in bathrooms, kitchens, outdoors, garages, and other wet or damp locations per code.
- Mortar joint thickness
- Standard masonry mortar joints are typically about 3/8 inch thick; joints should be uniform and tooled for weather resistance and appearance.
- Roof underlayment
- A water-resistant layer installed beneath roof covering to protect the deck; required by code and manufacturer instructions, with flashing at penetrations and valleys.
- Stud notch limit
- The building code limits notching and boring of wood studs; bearing walls generally allow less notching than nonbearing walls, and holes must avoid utilities.
- Fall protection threshold
- OSHA construction rules generally require fall protection when workers are exposed to falls of 6 feet or more, or into hazardous equipment or openings.
- Scaffold fall protection
- Scaffolds generally require guardrails and fall protection when the work platform is 10 feet or more above a lower level; inspect before use.
- Ladder 4-to-1 rule
- For every 4 feet of ladder height, the ladder base should be set 1 foot away from the wall, and the ladder must extend above the landing.
- Trench protective system
- Excavations 5 feet or deeper generally require a protective system unless made entirely in stable rock; a competent person must inspect daily.
- ADOSH
- The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health enforces workplace safety standards in Arizona under a state plan approved by federal OSHA.
- Competent person
- An individual capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards and authorized to take prompt corrective action, required for excavations and other high-risk work.