Our Commitment to Compliance and Safety

At Shear Wall Construction Team, we strictly follow state construction laws, licensing, and safety standards as a California Class B General Building Contractor. We aim to protect clients, partners, and team while delivering every project efficiently, safely, and to the highest standards.

We partner with licensed subcontractors, engineers, and specialists to ensure every trade complies with California regulations. This guarantees legal compliance and protects your investment and property value.

Licensing & Classification

As a Class B General Building Contractor, we are licensed to manage construction projects involving two or more unrelated trades, covering both residential and commercial buildings. Our scope of work includes self-performing framing and carpentry where allowed, while all other trades—such as electrical, plumbing, HVAC, roofing, and fire protection—are entrusted exclusively to licensed professionals. For highly specialized work, like C-16 Fire Protection or C-57 Well Drilling, we engage only licensed specialty contractors. To ensure compliance and safeguard every project, we thoroughly verify the licenses, insurance, and bonding of all subcontractors involved.

Transparency & Trust

Clients and partners can verify our license with the California Contractors State License Board (CSLB). We maintain full insurance, bonding, and compliance, and manage all legal, safety, and permit matters for each project.

By choosing Shear Wall Construction Team, you work with a team committed to quality, safety, compliance, and professionalism on any project, regardless of size.

BUILDING WITH TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY

Legal Disclaimers

1. No Guarantee of Work: Subcontractor registration or inquiry does not guarantee work. All opportunities depend on project needs and qualifications.

2. Liability: Our liability is limited by contract, licensing, and insurance under California law.

3. Permits & Approvals: All work is permitted. Clients ensure property access and comply with local codes and zoning regulations.

4. Intellectual Property: Project plans, designs, and proprietary methods remain with authors or licensed designers unless otherwise agreed in writing.

B - General Building Contractor

Business & Professions Code
Division 3, Chapter 9. Contractors, Article 4. Classifications

7057. (a) Except as provided in this section, a general building contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with any structure built, being built, or to be built, for the support, shelter, and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or movable property of any kind, requiring in its construction the use of at least two unrelated building trades or crafts, or to do or superintend the whole or any part thereof.

This does not include anyone who merely furnishes materials or supplies under Section 7045 without fabricating them into, or consuming them in the performance of the work of the general building contractor.

(b) A general building contractor may take a prime contract or a subcontract for a framing or carpentry project. However, a general building contractor shall not take a prime contract for any project involving trades other than framing or carpentry unless the prime contract requires at least two unrelated building trades or crafts other than framing or carpentry, or unless the general building contractor holds the appropriate license classification or subcontracts with an appropriately licensed specialty contractor to perform the work. A general building contractor shall not take a subcontract involving trades other than framing or carpentry, unless the subcontract requires at least two unrelated trades or crafts other than framing or carpentry, or unless the general building contractor holds the appropriate license classification. The general building contractor may not count framing or carpentry in calculating the two unrelated trades necessary in order for the general building contractor to be able to take a prime contract or subcontract for a project involving other trades.

(c) No general building contractor shall contract for any project that includes the "C-16" Fire Protection classification as provided for in Section 7026.12 or the "C-57" Well Drilling classification as provided for in Section 13750.5 of the Water Code, unless the general building contractor holds the specialty license, or subcontracts with the appropriately licensed specialty contractor.

(Amended by Stats. 1997, Chapter 812 (SB 857).)

How We Operate Under California Law (Class B License Rules)

"Compliance That Protects Your Property."