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</span></span></span><![endif]>The GC on a residential construction project (owned by a Trust entity) is being terminated midway through construction.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Work has stopped and will remain that way until a new GC is retained.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Owner is in the process of hiring a new GC, but we are a few weeks off from the replacement GC being selected.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Old GC wants its name off the permit <u>now</u> (before new GC is selected and can be named as the new qualifier on the job).<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>What to do? Can the Trust be listed on the Change of Contractor form in the interim?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let me know if anyone has experience with this procedure. Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Leslie Tomczak<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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