(a) A contractor may be licensed in any or all classifications. A contractor licensed as: Heavy Construction (HC), Highway, Railroad & Airport Construction (HRA), Municipal & Utility Construction (MU), Building (B), Light Building (LB), Mechanical (M) or Electrical (E) is authorized to perform any of the “specialties” associated with the classification in question. A contractor licensed as a Specialty (S) is authorized to only perform the functions of the specific specialty for which a license is held. It is the responsibility of the applicant for a classification or a specific specialty to show appropriate experience and qualifications in each classification requested and demonstrate the ability to perform said classification.

(c) A licensed Contractor may perform Construction Management within the scope of the license held. A contractor shall maintain proper personnel, financial ability and facility to perform the coordination, development and management required for the entire project being performed or managed by the contractor.

(d) A contractor holding an Electrical classification must maintain expertise, proper facility, financial ability and at least 1 full time employee holding a Master Electrician's license (issued by the Arkansas Board of Electrical Examiners) to assure proper skills in performing and maintaining electrical projects.

(e) A contractor holding a Mechanical classification must maintain expertise, proper facility, financial ability and at least 1 full time employee holding a Master Plumbers license (issued by the Bureau of Environmental Health Service - Plumbing Section) and at least 1 full time employee holding a class A or B HVACR license issued by the Arkansas HVACR Board to assure proper skills in performing and maintaining mechanical projects.

(f) A contractor holding a Specialty plumbing classification must maintain expertise, proper facility, financial ability and at least 1 full time employee holding a Master Plumbers license (issued by the Bureau of Environmental Health Service - Plumbing Section) to assure proper skills in performing and maintaining plumbing projects.

(g) A contractor holding a HVACR classification must maintain expertise, proper facility, financial ability and at least 1 full time employee holding a class A or B HVACR license issued by the Arkansas HVACR Board to assure proper skills in performing and maintaining HVACR projects.

(h) Any contractor holding a specialty classification for which a license or permit is required by another licensing or permitting authority, must hold the necessary license or permit in order to receive a license or registration from the Board.

(i) CLASSIFICATIONS AND SPECIALTIES -- A contractor holding a classification may perform any of the functions listed under that classification. Performing work not listed under that classification may constitute a violation.

Boring

Cofferdams, Dikes, Levees, & Canals

Dams

Marine (Includes Wharves, Docks, Harbor Improvements, Terminals)

Mining (Includes Surface & Underground Mining)

Oil & Gas Field Construction

Oil Refinery, Power & Energy Plant Construction

Underground Piping, Cable, Trenching

Tunnels, Shafts

Base & Paving

Bridges & Culverts

Cofferdams, Dikes, Levees, Canals

Concrete

Erosion Control

Foundation Construction or Drilling, Pile Driving, Stabilization

Grading & Drainage (Includes Grading, Drainage, Pipe & Structures, Clearing, Grubbing & Rip Rap)

Gunite

HRA Miscellaneous & Specialty Items

Railroad Construction & Related Items

Steel, Alloy, Ornamental, Metal Fabrication, Welding

Tower & Stack Construction

Base & Paving

Grading & Drainage (Includes Grading, Drainage, Pipe & Structures, Clearing, Grubbing & Rip Rap)

HRA Miscellaneous & Specialty Items

Underground Piping, Cable, Trenching, Boring

Water & Sewer Plants & Sewer Disposal

Waterwells

Awnings, Canopies

Base & Paving

Blinds, Curtains, Draperies, Theatrical

Bulk Storage Facilities

Carpentry, Framing, Millwork, Cabinets

Car Washes

Ceilings, Wall Systems, Acoustical Treatments

Chimneys, Fireplaces

Concrete

Control Towers

Conveyors, Material Handling Systems, Cranes, Hoists

Demolition, Blasting

Drywall

Erosion Control

Fencing, Gates

Floors, Floor Coverings

Foundation Construction or Drilling, Pile Driving, Stabilization

Furniture, Recreational and/or Playground Equipment, Bleachers, Seating, Partitions

Glass, Glazing, Doors, Windows, Hardware, Storefronts

Golf Cart & Foot Bridges & Paths

Golf Courses

Grading & Drainage (Includes Grading, Drainage, Pipe & Structures, Clearing, Grubbing & Rip Rap), Excavation

Greenhouses

HRA Miscellaneous & Specialty Items

Indoor/Outdoor Advertising

Institutional & Kitchen Equipment

Insulation

Interior Work

Landscaping, Irrigation, Lawn Sprinkler Systems, Streams

Lathe, Plaster, Stucco, Dryvit, EIFS

Lightning Protection

Masonry

Mausoleums

Medical Shielded Enclosures

Metal Buildings, Detached Structures, Storage Buildings

Metal Studs, Walls

Microwave Systems, Towers, Satellite Dishes

Overhead Doors & Dock Equipment

Paint Booths

Painting, Wall Covering

Passenger Boarding Bridges

Poultry & Swine Houses

Remodeling, Renovations, Restoration, Alterations

Retaining Walls

Roofs, Roof Decks, Roofing Sheet Metal

Sandblasting, Hydroblasting, Dry Ice Blasting

Siding, Soffit, Facia, Gutters

Skylights

Solar Systems

Special Coatings or Applications, Caulking, Waterproofing

Sport & Recreational Surfaces

Stack Construction

Steel, Alloy, Ornamental, Metal Fabrication, Welding

Storm Shelters

Substations

Swimming Pools, Spas

Tile, Terrazzo, Marble, Countertops

Light Building construction is new construction of commercial projects for which the cost of materials and labor is less than Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) in any project and the structure does not exceed two stories in height.

NOTE: Trade Licenses required to obtain this classification are:

Boiler Construction & Repair (Trade License Needed)

Control Systems & Instrumentation

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration

Plumbing

Pneumatic Tube Systems

Pollution, Air or Dust Control, Blower or Exhaust Systems

Piping, Process Piping, Valve Repair

Sheet Metal, Duct

Sprinklers, Fire Protection (Trade Certificate Needed)

Temperature Controls (Pneumatic)

NOTE: Trade License required to obtain this classification is:

Cable Television Lines (Above and Below Ground)

Communication, Computer or Sound Systems, Cabling

Communication Lines & Ducts

Control Systems & Instrumentation

Electrical Signs

Electrical Temperature Controls Systems

Electrical Transmission Lines

Electrical Work for Buildings & Structures

Underground Conduit Installation

Signal or Burglar Alarms, Fire Detection & Monitoring Systems

Substations

Above Ground Tanks

Asbestos (Trade Certificate Needed)

Awnings, Canopies & Gutters

Base & Paving

Blinds, Curtains, Draperies, Theatrical

Boat Docks

Boiler Construction & Repair (Trade License Needed)

Bulk Storage Facilities

Cable Television Lines (Above & Below Ground)

Car Washes

Carpentry, Framing, Millwork, Cabinets

Ceilings, Wall Systems, Acoustical Treatments

Chemical Resistant Tile & Brick

Chimneys, Fireplaces

Cofferdams, Dikes, Levees, Canals

Communication, Computer or Sound Systems, Cabling

Concrete

Control Systems & Instrumentation

Conveyors, Material Handling Systems, Cranes, Hoists

Cooling Towers

Demolition, Blasting

Dredging

Drywall

Electrical Transmission Lines

Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters, Chairlifts (Trade Certificate Needed)

Energy & Chemical Pipelines

Energy Management, Retrofit Systems

Environmental General

Erosion Control

Factory Trained Medical Equipment Technician (exemption from Electrical Board required)

Fencing, Gates

Fiberglass

Fireproofing

Floors, Floor Covering

Foundation Construction or Drilling, Pile Driving, Stabilization

Furnaces, Fuel Burning or Heat Transfer Equipment, Stokers, Refractories

Furniture, Recreational and/or Playground Equipment, Bleachers, Seating, Partitions

Gas Fitter (Trade License needed)

Generators, Turbines

Glass, Glazing, Doors, Windows, Hardware, Storefront

Golf Cart & Foot Bridges & Paths

Golf Courses

Grading & Drainage (Includes Grading, Drainage, Pipe & Structures, Culverts, Clearing, Grubbing & Rip Rap), Excavation

Grain Bins

Greenhouses

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration (Arkansas HVACR class A or B Trade License Required)

HRA Miscellaneous & Specialty Items

Hydraulics

Incinerator & Stack Construction

Indoor/Outdoor Advertising

Institutional & Kitchen Equipment

Insulation

Interior Work

Kilns, Drying Systems

Landfills

Landscaping, Irrigation, Lawn Sprinkler Systems, Streams

Landscaping with Planting (Trade License Needed)

Lathe, Plaster, Stucco, Dryvit, EIFS

Lead Abatement (Trade Certificate Needed)

Lift Stations, Pumps

Lightning Protection

Liners

Marine Docks

Masonry

Mausoleums

Medical Shielded Enclosures

Metal Buildings, Detached Structures, Storage Buildings

Metal Studs, Walls

Meter Installation & Service

Microwave Systems, Towers, Satellite Dishes

Millwright

Oil & Gas Field Construction, Rigging

Overhead Doors & Dock Equipment

Paint Booths

Painting, Wallcovering

Passenger Boarding Bridges

Piping, Process Piping, Valve Repair

Plant Maintenance

Plating & Waste Treatment Systems

Plumbing (Trade License Needed)

Pneumatic Tube Systems

Pollution, Air & Dust Control, Blower & Exhaust Systems

Poultry & Swine Electrical

Poultry & Swine Houses

Poultry HVACR

Precipitators

Railroad Construction & Related Items

Rebar

Refrigeration, Cold Storage (Trade Certificate Needed)

Remediation

Remodeling, Renovations, Restoration, Alterations

Retaining Walls

Right of Way Clearing

Roofs, Roof Decks, Roofing Sheet Metal

Sandblasting, Hydroblasting, Dry Ice Blasting

Scaffolding

Scales

Septic Tank Installation & Repair (Trade Certificate Needed)

Security, Banking, Detention Equipment (Bars & safety no certificate needed)

Service Station Equipment

Sheet Metal, Ducts, Ventilation (Trade License Required)

Siding, Soffit, Facia, Gutters

Signal or Burglar Alarms, Fire Detection & Monitoring Systems (Trade Certificates Needed)

Skylights

Solar Systems

Special Coatings or Applications, Caulking, Waterproofing

Sport & Recreational Surfaces

Sprinklers, Fire Protection (Trade Certificate Needed)

Steel, Alloy, Ornamental, Metal Fabrication, Welding

Storm Shelters

Substations

Swimming Pools, Spas

Temperature Controls (Electric)

Temperature Controls (Pneumatic)

Testing & Balancing

Tile, Terrazzo, Marble, Countertops

Tuckpointing

Tunnels, Shafts

Underground Piping, Cable, Trenching, Boring

Underground Storage Tanks (Certificate Needed)

Water and Sewer Lines

Water Lines Associated with Fire Protection

Water Wells (Water well License required)

Wind Turbines

(j) A license for any classification may be issued as unrestricted or as restricted. Licensees holding a restricted license are limited to projects less than Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000).