Opinion No. (1998)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General Clayton P. Roche Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE WESLEY CHESBRO, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following question: May a company providing general engineering and construction services employ a licensed geologist to perform necessary geological work as part of its contractual responsibilities to remove a leaking petroleum underground storage tank? CONCLUSION A company providing general engineering and construction services may employ a licensed geologist to perform necessary geological work as part of its contractual responsibilities to remove a leaking petroleum underground storage tank. ANALYSIS A company with a general engineering contracting license (Bus. Prof. Code, § 7055 , subd. (a)) 1 and a general building contracting license (§ 7055 , subd. (b)) performs engineering and construction work as authorized under provisions of the Contractors' State License Law (§§ 7000 - 7077 ). The question presented for resolution concerns a contract between the company and a landowner to remove a leaking petroleum underground storage tank. May the company employ a licensed geologist to perform…