Bashford v. North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors

LEWIS, Judge.

Petitioner-Bashford is a general contractor who contracted with the Parkers to build a house in Raleigh utilizing a set of plans prepared by an independent design firm. Petitioner had never performed the type of masonry work required by the plans. According to the North Carolina State Building Code (Code), masonry must be supported by either steel, concrete, or masonry. Petitioner took the plans, which specified steel, to North Carolina Steel (NCS) to have the appropriate steel angle fashioned to support the nonstructural masonry veneer on the gable over the garage. The angle NCS…