AR-CON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. Anderson

In entering into and undertaking to perform the contract alleged in the complaint, plaintiff was clearly subject to the provisions of G.S., Chap. 87, Art. 1. For purposes of that Article, G.S. 87-1 defines a general contractor as “one who for a fixed price, commission, fee or wage, undertakes to bid upon or to construct any building, ... or any improvement or structure where the cost of the undertaking is twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) or more and anyone who shall bid upon or engage in constructing any undertakings or improvements above mentioned in the State of North Carolina costing…