CCB Crackdown, June 29

The Oregon Construction Contractor Board (CCB) found 83 suspected violations of illegal construction resulting from visits to 380 job sites during a recent multistate enforcement action targeting the construction industry. The Oregon “sweeps” of job sites occurred in early June, when CCB investigators showed up unannounced at job sites in the Bend area and along the state’s northern border from Astoria to Pendleton. Most alleged violations involved contractors who had employees but lacked workers’ compensation insurance and people working without a license. CCB staff will now determine whether to issue penalties in the cases. Nearly everyone who repairs, remodels or builds a home needs a CCB license, and contractors with employees must carry workers’ compensation insurance to cover job-related injuries. Oregon joined seven other states in the nationwide action coordinated by the National Association of State Contractor Licensing Agencies (NASCLA).