Contractor: The role and duties
Who is a Contractor (definition)?
Who is a Contractor (definition)?
In construction, a contractor is an organisation (or sometimes a person), hired by the client to carry out the work that is required for the completion of a project.
Nevertheless, contractors don’t always have the expertise or the trades that are needed for completing all construction work by themselves. For that reason, they are also in charge of appointing subcontractors who would be able to complete some parts of the project. Normally, there will be a significant number of subcontractors involved in a construction project.
It goes without saying that the role of a contractor has many different levels as they are responsible for a wide range of tasks and people. In this article, we try to shed some light on the various responsibilities that a contractor can have.
The responsibilities of a general contractor
Contractors can serve a construction project from many different roles and positions. That of a general contractor (main contractor) is potentially the most influential of all.
A general contractor is responsible for a plethora of details in the course of a construction project. Finding the right people to get the job done is probably one of their most important missions. But it’s not the only thing they have to do.
