Hernandez

FACTS

Hernandez owned and did business as Visalia Hernandez Construction. Hernandez had a Class “B” General Building Contractor license, issued to him by the Board in October 2008. In September 2014, Hernandez entered into a contract with Oscar Aquino, Jr. and his father Oscar Aquino, Sr. (the Aquinos) to remodel a commercial building located in Fresno (the Project). The contract called for dividing the building into three units, and

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2. performing all related work, including replacing doors and windows, plumbing, painting, as well as electrical work. The original contract price for the Project was $32,740. Starting in September 2014, Hernandez and the Aquinos entered into several change orders which increased the cost of the Project by $25,028. While Hernandez did undertake some of the contracted work, he never completed the…