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Ohio Department of Commerce:
Contact:
Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board
6606 Tussing Rd.
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
Fax (614) 728-1200
Phone (614) 644-3493
E-Mail dic.ocilb@com.state.oh.us
$25 Application Fee For:
Hydronics
Electrical
HVAC
Plumbing
Refrigeration
The Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (OCILB) issues State Licenses to Commercial Contractors for the following trades: Electrical, HVAC, Hydronics, Plumbing, and Refrigeration
“Contractor” means any individual or contracting company that satisfies both of the following:
(1) Has responsibility for the means, method, and manner of construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance on a construction project with respect to one or more trades and who offers, identifies, advertises, or otherwise holds out or represents that the individual or contracting company is permitted or qualified to perform or have responsibility for the means, method, and manner of construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance with respect to one or more trades on a construction project;
(2) Does either of the following:
(a) Performs construction, improvement, or renovation on a construction project with respect to the individual’s or contracting company’s trade;
(b) Employs tradespersons who perform construction, improvement, or renovation on a construction project with respect to the individual’s or contracting company’s trades.
(C) “Contracting company” means a company in the construction industry working on construction projects.
(D) “Licensed trade” means a trade performed by a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor, a refrigeration contractor, an electrical contractor, a plumbing contractor, or a hydronics contractor.
(E) “Tradesperson” means any individual who is employed by a contractor and who engages in construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance of buildings or structures without assuming responsibility for the means, method, or manner of that construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance.
(F) “Construction project” means a construction project involving a building or structure subject to Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under that chapter, but not an industrialized unit or a residential building as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code.
(G) “Training agency” means an entity approved by the administrative section of the board to provide continuing education courses.
Ohio Department of Health:
Office of Communications at OPA@odh.ohio.gov
Main phone line at (614) 466-3543.
Asbestos Contractor Licensure Application: $750.00 Fee
Ohio Public Works Commision:
65 East State Street, Suite 312, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone 614 466-0880
FAX 614 466-4664
Director
Michael Miller
614 752-9343
michael.miller@pwc.state.oh.us
Program Administrator
Linda Bailiff
614 644-1823
linda.bailiff@pwc.state.oh.us
Ohio DOT:
ODOT’s Central Office General Number is (614) 466-7170.
1980 West Broad Street, Columbus Ohio 43223