General Engineering Contractor Bond
Every Class A general engineering contractor in California carries the same $25,000 license bond. Engineering contractors live in public works, which means bid, performance, and payment bonds, DIR registration, and serious bonding capacity. We place the license bond fast and build the rest.
- Classification
- A
- License bond
- $25,000
- Statute
- BPC §7071.6
Every classification carries the same license bond. The premium is a percentage of it, set by underwriting, not what you pay in full.
Bonds a general engineering contractor needs
The license bond is the same as every classification. Engineering contractors are the most bond-intensive trade because they build public infrastructure: nearly every job is competitively bid with a bid bond and built under performance and payment bonds, DIR registration is required to bid public work, and the surety sets a capacity large enough for heavy-civil backlogs.
Required of every CSLB-licensed contractor, in every classification.
The standard program for competitively bid public works.
Helps emerging engineering contractors reach their first larger public jobs.
Not sure which of these your jobs actually require? Tell us about your work and a real underwriter will map the exact bonds you need, or read the full contractor license bond guide.
A bonding FAQs
Reviewed by Michael Melshenker, CEO. Figures verified against CSLB sources.
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