Classification sub-group 401-02 - Building construction

Industry sector 4 – Construction

Rate risk category 200%

Included	Similar but classified elsewhere
Construction, alteration or renovation/repair of buildings, including: Residential houses and garages Apartment buildings Commercial buildings Farm buildings Industrial plants. Quonset and butler type buildings Pre-fabricated, ready-to-move or mobile homes The buildings may be constructed of wood, sheet metal, pre-cast concrete, cast in place concrete or any combination thereof. Includes general contracting. Project management activities where workers and/or sub-trades are hired and paid by the project management company.	Construction of large steel buildings (requiring structural steel framework) is found under 405-02 – Constructing dams, wharves, bridges and steel. Construction of grain elevators is found under class 409-03 – Tower and energy construction. Demolishing or moving a building is found under classification 401-06 – Wrecking and moving buildings. Manufacturing recreational vehicles is found under 310-09 – Manufacturing vehicles. Architects and engineers providing project management services, where construction workers and sub-trades are not hired and paid, are found under 703-02 – Architects and engineers. Independent home inspection services or construction consultants are found under 704-02 – Inspecting and testing.
Homeowners and property owners hiring workers to construct or renovate their own dwelling or building.	Property management firms that do incidental and routine repairs and maintenance to buildings they manage are found under 701-09 – Property management.
The following specialized building construction activities/trades, including: Framing and rough carpentry Finish carpentry Masonry Bricklaying Stone-setting Placing of reinforcing steel Siding installation on residential buildings. Non-metal siding installation on commercial buildings. Construction, repair and lining of refractories.	Other specialized construction activities/trades are found under separate industry classifications, and include: 401-03 – Flooring and tiling 401-04 – Installing metal products 401-05 – Painting and decorating 401-08 – Drywall and stucco contracting 401-09 – Installing doors and windows 401-10 – Concrete work 401-12 – Installing case goods and fixtures 401-15 – Landscaping 402-03 – Electrical contracting 402-04 – Plumbing, insulating and mechanical 404-03 – Roofing and eavestroughing 406-02 – Installing elevators 407-02 – Sewer and water construction 407-06 – Excavation, foundations, installing pools and tanks 408-02 – Trenching and drainage
Erecting wooden fencing – includes incidental post-hole drilling	Custom post-hole drilling is found under 408-09 – Equipment contracting. Erecting metal fencing is found under 401-04 – Installing metal products.
Providing, erecting and dismantling scaffolding for large construction projects.	Rental of scaffolding where the customer sets up and dismantles the equipment is found under 610-04 – Heavy industrial equipment rental services.

PLEASE NOTE: Homeowners and property owners renovating their own dwelling who hire professional work via subcontracting are not eligible to purchase WCB coverage.