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Safety	Storm Water	Construction Industry Resources - Green, Legal, Forms
Government	Bidding Information	Small Business Resources / Construction Training
Electrical Certification	Septic/AB885/OWTC	Public Works, Apprenticeship, Prevailing Wage
Air Resources Board - Diesel Engines	New Building Codes / Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)	Building Department Web Sites

Safety/OSHA
State Compensation Insurance Fund- Tailgate Topics and Safety Information	www.scif.com
BuildSafe California - Safety Resources	www.dhs.ca.gov
Safety Products - Discounted for State Fund Policy Holders	www.brentonsafety.com
Cal OSHA (Div. of Occupational Safety & Health)	www.dir.ca.gov/occupational_safety.html
Federal OSHA	www.osha.gov
Federal Occupational Health and Safety Articles & Resources	www.osh.net
Underground Service Alert - USA	1-800-227-2600
TRAINING REQUIREMENTS from Cal-OSHA for the Construction Industry. Check it out.	www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH
NEW Cal OSHA Regulations - Approved	Cal OSHA Standards Board Approved
NEW Proposed Cal OSHA Regulations	Cal OSHA Standard Board Proposed

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Bidding Information - Contracting Opportunities and Results

Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento	ebs.spk.usace.army.mil
CalTrans	www.dot.ca.gov
Golden State Builders Exchanges	www.gsbe.net
USDA Forest Service Info	www.r5.fs.fed.us/contracting
Federal Projects - Listings & Docs	www.fbo.gov
California Construction Projects	www.cscr.dgs.ca.gov/cscr/

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Construction Industry Resources

Contractor Law - Sam Abdulaziz	www.aglaw.net
Contractors State License Board	www.cslb.ca.gov
Prevailing Wage, Current Rates	www.gpo.gov/davisbacon/ca.html also www.dir.ca.gov
David Kalb�s Contractor License Service	www.cutredtape.com
Forms - California State	www.dgs.ca.gov (choose �Publications� & then �Forms�)
Green Building Council (LEED Certification)	Main site: www.usgbc.org Credits by trade: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=222
Forms - All construction forms from Builders Book	Builders Book www.buildersbook.com

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Storm Water Management Program Information

State Water Resources Control Board - Stormwater	www.swrcb.ca.gov/stormwtr
Regional Water Resources Control Board Permits and Forms page	www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley
Cal Trans (Recognized as expert in Best Management Practices)	www.dot.ca.gov/hq/env/stormwater Cal Trans Best Management Practices (Adobe Acrobat file)

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Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (AB 885 Regulations)

State Water Resources Control Board - Wastewater Treatment Regulations	www.swrcb.ca.gov/ab885

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Government

Butte County Permits, Updates on Codes, News, General plan -- Development Services	www.buttecounty.net/dds
Building Standards Commission - look for new published Building Codes - summer 2007	http://www.bsc.ca.gov/apprvd_chngs.html
State of California Web Site	www.ca.gov
Labor and Workforce Development Agency	www.labor.ca.gov
Current CA Legislation Information	www.leginfo.ca.gov
CA Division of the State Architect	www.dsa.ca.gov
Air Resources Board - Diesel Engine Requirements	http://www.arb.ca.gov/diesel/diesel/.htm
CA Office of Small Business Certification & Resources	www.osmb.dgs.ca.gov
CA Dept of Industrial Relations: Prevailing Wage, Division of Labor Statistics & Research, Labor Compliance Programs, Public Works, Apprenticeship	www.dir.ca.gov Prevailing wage rates
US Department of Labor (Federal Contract Compliance)	www.dol.gov

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Electrical Certification

Division of Apprenticeship Standards Electrical Certification Program	www.dir.ca.gov
How the Law Reads California Apprenticeship Council Regs	CAC Title 8
National Electric Code Index (work requiring certification)
Certification Test Content	www.dir.ca.gov

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Building Code Changes - Including Wildland Urban Interface (WUI)

Order new code books from ICC	www.iccsafe.org/e/category.html
Building Standards Commission web site	www.bsc.ca.gov
Wildland Urban Interface, codes and regulations by Cal Fire/State Fire Marshal (includes new material list)	www.fire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fire_prevention_wildland_codes
Maps of WUI designated areas	www.fire.ca.gov/fire_prevention/fire_prevention_wildland_zones_maps
State Fire Marshal Building Materials Listing program (updated regularly)	http://osfm.fire.ca.gov/bml.html

Public Works / Apprentice / Prevailing Wage

Public Works Information / Forms	www.dir.ca.gov/dlse
Labor Compliance Program Information	www.dir.ca.gov/lcp Lots of good info!
Division of Apprenticeship Standards	www.dir/DAS/das.html
Prevailing Wage Information	www.dir.ca.gov Prevailing wage rates (journeyman) Prevailing wage rates (apprentice schedules)
US Department of Labor (Federal Contract Compliance)	www.dol.gov

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Building Department Web Sites

Butte County	Chico	Red Bluff
Colusa County	Oroville	Redding
Glenn County	Paradise
Plumas County	Marysville
Sutter County	Yuba City
Yuba County	Orland

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Small Business Resources/Construction Training Resources

Calif Labor Law and Practices, Calif Chamber of Commerce	www.hrcalifornia.com
Yuba College Small Business Development Center	www.yubasbdc.org
Butte College Small Business Development Center	www.bcsbdc.org
The Training Place, Butte College (Good, inexpensive training for managers, supervisors and workers)	Butte College - The Training Place
S.C.O.R.E. (Business Plans and search for local free help)	www.score.org
Online Management Courses (not an endorsement - just a link to help you find training)	www.constructnetonline.com
California Small Business Info	www.calbusiness.ca.gov
Online Courses, variety of subjects (not an endorsement)	www.ed2go.com
National Center for Construction Education and Research	www.nccer.org
Federal Tax and Employment Info for small businesses	www.irs.gov/business

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