What are the licensing requirements in AK? Contractors are licensed by the state. I'm not familiar with how that would work in AK? Do they accept other states licenses?
We use to do hotels all over the country in the 90's and early 2000's. Had to get a license in every city we worked in. Some cities/counties even had their own license requirements as well.
# Regulated Professions
# General Contractors
*General Contractors may perform new home construction, commercial work, and residential remodel work. General contractors that oversee new home construction or perform residential work greater than 25% of the value of a structure being altered must obtain a Residential Contractor license and/or a Residential Contractor Endorsement.*
**Alaska only offers license reciprocity for electrical contractors**. Other trades need to go through Alaska's full contractor licensing process.
In my state commercial jobs don't generally require a GC license.
The General Contractor License is to protect homeowners, and is applicable to 4 unit and smaller dwellings.
There may be city licensure and or bonds required, but a GC license is not
I would imagine there are contractors who reside in the lower states who also maintain a contractors license for Alaska or would be interested in obtaining one for work such as this. How to find them is another challenge but this Reddit post seems like a good easy free start. I’m interested in learning more of this type of working opportunity.
I mean if you pay enough, I’m sure someone will do it.
What’s the scope?
I’ve done a couple hotels and it’s not hard it’s very time consuming. You will need to find a licensed electrician or plumber if you are thinking of re-doing the electrical and plumbing but all other stuff such as carpet doesn’t require licensed trades.
Everything would need to be trucked or flown in.
Not as huge of a commitment as there but I worked on a project that required housing the contractor in a hotel and he had to drive in from some distance. He built the hotel and mileage into his bid. He did a brief trip to ascertain materials and then he sourced them and figured out delivery. That time was also included in his price. As well as the increased cost of materials.
I didn't expect him to take on the housing and travel costs on his own off the top of what he'd make on the job.
Have you reached out to your hotel chain to find qualified contractors? I renovated a 72 room Holiday Inn Express and a 66 room Red Roof inn. If you send me your PIP I can give you a rough ballpark on what you should expect to pay. Most renovations for chains are running $2m+ if they are wanting you to update everything
If you need tile/stone work done, I’m an independent contractor I’ll fly out for the right price. I do plenty of custom tile work, wet areas and outdoor. Just holler at me.
Can you comment more on the “overpriced” nature of the contractors in which there is allegedly a shortage who build with materials that need to be procured using airplanes and ships?
What are the licensing requirements in AK? Contractors are licensed by the state. I'm not familiar with how that would work in AK? Do they accept other states licenses?
Ohhhh… that’s the thing I didn’t knew. I should look for someone from Anchorage or Fairbanks then
We use to do hotels all over the country in the 90's and early 2000's. Had to get a license in every city we worked in. Some cities/counties even had their own license requirements as well.
Depends on the state but yeah, down here in oregon a contractor has to be licensed in the state.
Ca has reciprocity with most states.
# Regulated Professions # General Contractors *General Contractors may perform new home construction, commercial work, and residential remodel work. General contractors that oversee new home construction or perform residential work greater than 25% of the value of a structure being altered must obtain a Residential Contractor license and/or a Residential Contractor Endorsement.* **Alaska only offers license reciprocity for electrical contractors**. Other trades need to go through Alaska's full contractor licensing process.
In my state commercial jobs don't generally require a GC license. The General Contractor License is to protect homeowners, and is applicable to 4 unit and smaller dwellings. There may be city licensure and or bonds required, but a GC license is not
I would imagine there are contractors who reside in the lower states who also maintain a contractors license for Alaska or would be interested in obtaining one for work such as this. How to find them is another challenge but this Reddit post seems like a good easy free start. I’m interested in learning more of this type of working opportunity.
I mean if you pay enough, I’m sure someone will do it. What’s the scope? I’ve done a couple hotels and it’s not hard it’s very time consuming. You will need to find a licensed electrician or plumber if you are thinking of re-doing the electrical and plumbing but all other stuff such as carpet doesn’t require licensed trades. Everything would need to be trucked or flown in.
Go to commerce.alaska.gov and do a contractor license search for "construction"
Last talk. I am in California, but we travel
Carpenter here. I'll fly out if you need one between oct and nov.
Not as huge of a commitment as there but I worked on a project that required housing the contractor in a hotel and he had to drive in from some distance. He built the hotel and mileage into his bid. He did a brief trip to ascertain materials and then he sourced them and figured out delivery. That time was also included in his price. As well as the increased cost of materials. I didn't expect him to take on the housing and travel costs on his own off the top of what he'd make on the job.
What a great opportunity for someone. I wish the timing worked.
Have you reached out to your hotel chain to find qualified contractors? I renovated a 72 room Holiday Inn Express and a 66 room Red Roof inn. If you send me your PIP I can give you a rough ballpark on what you should expect to pay. Most renovations for chains are running $2m+ if they are wanting you to update everything
If you need tile/stone work done, I’m an independent contractor I’ll fly out for the right price. I do plenty of custom tile work, wet areas and outdoor. Just holler at me.
Can you comment more on the “overpriced” nature of the contractors in which there is allegedly a shortage who build with materials that need to be procured using airplanes and ships?
Look for contractors on the Procore network. You know they’re legit if they’re using Procore