Wyoming · Concrete licensing · official-source guide
Wyoming has no state contractor licensing board and issues no concrete, flatwork, foundation or masonry license. Under Wyoming Statute 15-1-103, cities license this work. Casper publishes concrete flatwork and general concrete classifications, Sheridan licenses structural concrete and masonry, Laramie requires a general contractor license, and Rock Springs requires registration before work starts.
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Wyoming has no state contractor licensing board. No state agency issues a concrete, flatwork, foundation or masonry contractor license, and there is no state exam, no state fee schedule and no state renewal cycle for this trade. The licensing power sits with municipalities. Wyoming Statute 15-1-103 gives a city or town the power to license, tax and regulate any business conducted or trafficked in within its limits for the purpose of raising revenue, and requires that any license taxes imposed be uniform within the class of business on which they fall. That statute is the whole reason a concrete crew can be fully licensed in one Wyoming city and illegal in the next one up the highway. Four of the larger cities run contractor programs, and they do not match each other. Casper licenses through the Community Development Department, and its published classification list includes Concrete Contractor, Flatwork and Concrete Contractor, General. Sheridan licenses a Structural Concrete Contractor and a separate Masonry Contractor. Laramie requires every general contractor working inside city limits to hold a city license and ties that license to a certified supervisor. Rock Springs requires contractor registration with the Building Inspection Office before any work is performed inside the city. So the first question for any Wyoming concrete job is not what the state wants. It is which city or town the address sits in, and whether that address is inside the municipal boundary at all. Answer those two and the requirement list writes itself.
Sourceswyoleg.gov 1casperwy.gov 2casperwy.gov 3sheridanwy.gov 4cityoflaramie.org 5rswy.net 6
Casper publishes the most detailed concrete classification language in the state. The city's Community Development Department lists Concrete Contractor, Flatwork, which authorizes the holder to engage in the business of concrete construction involving flatwork such as driveways, sidewalks, slabs and monolithic slabs. It also lists Concrete Contractor, General, which authorizes concrete construction covering all flatwork plus foundations, structural concrete and retaining walls. The flatwork class calls for a minimum of one year of experience in concrete flatwork construction. The general concrete class calls for a minimum of three years of experience in areas associated with general concrete construction. Both are marked on the city's own page as currently not offered. That is the detail most contractors miss. The classification exists in the city's rules, the fee is published, and the city is not issuing it right now. In practice that pushes concrete and foundation work in Casper under the general and sub contractor classes instead. Class I authorizes construction, repair or alteration of any structure and asks for eight years of experience across residential and commercial work. Class IIA covers residential and commercial structures up to twelve thousand square feet inside the building footprint and asks for six years. Class IIB covers residential structures up to four dwelling units and asks for six years of residential experience. Class III covers repair, remodel or alteration of single family residences up to twenty five percent of total square footage and asks for four years. Call the Building Inspection Division before you assume a concrete class is available.
Sourcescasperwy.gov 1casperwy.gov 2
Sheridan draws the cleanest line in Wyoming between the two halves of this trade, and it is the line that decides whether a Sheridan crew needs paperwork at all. The city's contractor licensing packet lists Structural Concrete Contractor as a Type III subcontractor license. It allows installation of any structural concrete work on commercial, residential or other building types. Alongside it, the same packet states plainly that concrete flatwork that is non-structural does not require licensing or permits. A contractor pouring driveways, sidewalks and patios in Sheridan is in a different regulatory position from one pouring footings and foundation walls. Sheridan also licenses a Masonry Contractor, which allows installation of any masonry work on commercial, residential or other building types. The structural concrete and masonry licenses each cost two hundred dollars, each require a four year project verification on the city's Form B, each require a liability insurance certificate of one million dollars, and each require a ten thousand dollar license and permit bond. The city's general rule, printed at the front of the packet, is that no person shall engage in the business of contracting or subcontracting in the city on work covered by Chapter 7 of the Sheridan Municipal Code unless that person is a duly licensed contractor. The packet also answers the one job question directly: anyone performing work covered by Chapter 7 must obtain licensing first, even for a single project. Applications run through the city's online portal.
Laramie licenses contractors but does not carve out concrete as its own trade, which means concrete and foundation work is captured by the general contractor license instead. The city states that since 2021 it requires contractor licensing for construction work within city limits, and that all general contractors working in Laramie must be licensed. The trade contractor list the city publishes covers electrical, mechanical, plumbing, lawn sprinkler, fire protection, gas service, water and sewer, refrigeration, and petroleum or petroleum piping. Concrete is not on that list. The Class C building subcontractor license described in the city's own general contractor information sheet covers roofing, siding, egress windows, permitted fences and signs, and again not concrete. So a concrete or foundation contractor pulling permits in Laramie is working under a building contractor class. Class A allows permits for construction, alteration or repair of any type or size of structure and requires a qualified supervisor with seven years in the construction trade, including at least four years on projects demonstrating Class A proficiency. Class B covers one to four family residential buildings of two stories or less, other residential buildings including shops, garages and pole barns, non-structural tenant finish, and one story commercial buildings of ten thousand square feet or less, with a five year supervisor requirement. Class R covers detached single family dwellings up to three stories above grade and their accessory structures, also with a five year supervisor requirement. Every license holder must be represented at all times by a person holding a current city master or supervisor certificate of qualification.
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Rock Springs runs a registration program rather than a graded classification system, and it applies to work performed anywhere inside the city. The Building Inspection Office requires three things before any work is performed within the city: a completed application form, a registration fee of one hundred twenty five dollars payable to the City of Rock Springs by cash or check, and a certificate of insurance. The insurance minimums the city publishes are one hundred thousand dollars for property damage, one hundred thousand dollars for bodily injury or damage including death to any person, and two hundred fifty thousand dollars for bodily injury or damage including death to more than one person. The certificate must name the City of Rock Springs at 212 D Street as the certificate holder, not the homeowner and not the general contractor. The completed application, payment and certificate go to the Department of Public Services at City Hall. Because the program is a registration, there is no published concrete or masonry classification to argue about and no city exam to sit for in order to pour flatwork or foundations. The city also attaches a signage rule to its contractor registration page that most other Wyoming cities do not, which is covered later on this page. Rock Springs also publishes a page for contractors working from a residence in the city, so a concrete company run out of a home address should read that before registering. Confirm current forms with the Building Inspection Office.
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Because Wyoming has no state experience standard for concrete work, the number of years you must document changes with the city. Casper asks for one year of concrete flatwork experience for its flatwork class and three years of general concrete experience for its general concrete class, and its general building classes run from two years for Class IV up to eight years for Class I. Casper requires notarized experience affidavits submitted with the application. Sheridan does not count years in the abstract. It asks for a four year project verification on Form B for its Structural Concrete Contractor and Masonry Contractor licenses, which means you document projects, not just time served. Sheridan also publishes a two year project verification on Form A for other license types, and separate journeyman trade experience verification forms. Laramie attaches the experience test to a person rather than to the company. The license holder may be an individual, business or corporation responsible for the work, while the certificate of qualification holder is an individual, either the license holder or an employee, who oversees work in progress and acts as the primary contact with the Code Administration Division. Laramie requires a qualified supervisor with seven years for Class A, five for Class B, five for Class R, and three years in the trade for Class C, and requires that the license holder always be represented by a person holding a current city master or supervisor certificate. Laramie also requires written notice within ten days if the designated certificate holder leaves your employ.
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There is no Wyoming state examination for concrete contracting, so the cities borrow national exams. Casper publishes the specific approved tests by classification. For Concrete Contractor, Flatwork it accepts the American Concrete Institute Concrete Flatwork Associate certification or equivalent. For Concrete Contractor, General it accepts the American Concrete Institute Fundamentals of Concrete Construction certification or equivalent. That is the clearest signal in the state that the concrete trade is tested on concrete knowledge rather than general building code. For its building classes, Casper accepts International Code Council exams: G12-N or equivalent for Class I, G11-N or G12-N for Class IIA, G11-N, G12-N or G13-N for Class IIB, and F46-N plus the G series options for Class III and Class IV. Casper offers an in house exam for the Class IV classification and for Mobile Home Installer, and notes that the International Code Council offers testing in multiple languages. Laramie requires successful completion of the International Code Council National Standard General Building Contractor exam F11 or equivalent for Class A, F12 or equivalent for Class B, and the National Standard Residential Building Contractor exam F13 or equivalent for Class R. Laramie publishes an ICC how to guide for applicants and lists ICC and Pearson VUE contact information on its information sheet. Sheridan publishes its own ICC exam bulletin packet for contractor applicants. Proof of testing is submitted with the application in Casper, and Casper reviews applications before any payment is sent.
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Fees are set per city, and the spread is wide enough to matter when you are bidding across Wyoming. Casper publishes a full fee table. Concrete Contractor, Flatwork is one hundred twenty five dollars new and sixty two dollars fifty cents to renew. Concrete Contractor, General is one hundred fifty dollars new and seventy five dollars to renew. Class I general is three hundred dollars new and one hundred fifty dollars to renew, while Classes IIA, IIB, III and IV are each one hundred fifty dollars new and seventy five dollars to renew. Casper instructs applicants not to send payment at the time of application. The city reviews the application first, then notifies the applicant, who must provide a certificate of insurance and pay the license fee before the license is issued. Laramie charges five hundred dollars new and two hundred dollars to renew for Class A, four hundred fifty dollars new and one hundred fifty dollars to renew for Class B and for Class R, and three hundred dollars new and seventy five dollars to renew for Class C. Laramie also charges separately for the qualified supervisor credential at one hundred dollars new and fifty dollars to renew for each class, and its code sets a five dollar non-refundable application fee at the time of license application. Sheridan charges two hundred dollars for a standard license and two hundred dollars annually to renew, with master and journeyman licenses at fifty dollars. Rock Springs charges a one hundred twenty five dollar registration fee.
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Every Wyoming city that licenses concrete work attaches an insurance floor to it, and the floors are not the same number. Casper requires proof of insurance for its general and sub contractor classes, including both concrete classifications, at two hundred fifty thousand dollars for public liability or personal injury or death of one person from one incident, five hundred thousand dollars for personal injury or death of all persons from one incident, and two hundred fifty thousand dollars for property damage from one incident. The same three minimums apply to Casper reciprocal licenses. Sheridan requires a one million dollar liability insurance certificate for its Structural Concrete Contractor and Masonry Contractor licenses, and for its other standard contractor licenses. Laramie scales the requirement to the class: one million dollars per occurrence with a two million dollar aggregate for Class A, five hundred thousand per occurrence with a one million dollar aggregate for Class B and Class R, and three hundred thousand per occurrence with a six hundred thousand dollar aggregate for Class C. Laramie also requires that the Code Administration Division be listed as the certificate holder and that it receive twenty days notice if the liability policy is cancelled. Rock Springs requires one hundred thousand dollars property damage, one hundred thousand dollars bodily injury or death to any person, and two hundred fifty thousand dollars bodily injury or death to more than one person, with the city named as certificate holder. Carry to the highest city you work in.
Sourcescasperwy.gov 1casperwy.gov 2sheridanwy.gov 3cityoflaramie.org 4rswy.net 5
Three different bonds can land on a Wyoming concrete contractor, and they come from three different places. The first is a city license and permit bond. Sheridan requires a ten thousand dollar license and permit bond for its Structural Concrete Contractor and Masonry Contractor licenses, and twenty five thousand dollars for certain other license types. Sheridan's packet explains that master and journeyman licenses are the exception and do not require bond or insurance coverage. Casper, Laramie and Rock Springs publish insurance requirements for concrete scope but not a license bond of this kind. The second is the public works bond. Wyoming Statute 16-6-112 requires that any contract with a public entity for a public work where the contract price exceeds one hundred fifty thousand dollars must require the contractor to furnish a bond before beginning work. Where the contract price is one hundred fifty thousand dollars or less, the public entity may instead require another form of guarantee it approves. The bond must allow payment of taxes, excises, licenses, assessments, contributions, penalties and interest lawfully due, and must benefit anyone performing work or furnishing materials used on the contract. The third is a sales tax bond for out of state companies. Under Wyoming Statute 39-15-303, a nonresident prime contractor must file with the Department of Revenue a surety bond or legal security equal to three percent of the payments due under the contract, or an amount the department determines. Wyoming Statute 39-15-306 allows a nonresident contractor to file a blanket one million dollar bond instead.
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Renewal cycles differ by city, and a lapse is not treated as a paperwork delay. Laramie runs all licenses from January 1 through December 31 of each calendar year. Its information sheet warns that failure to renew by December 31 results in the need for a new license and payment of the new license fee rather than the cheaper renewal fee. The city opens its renewal period on November 15 annually, and both new licenses and renewals must be submitted through its Civic Access web portal. Sheridan renews on a rolling anniversary instead of a calendar year. All Sheridan licenses are renewed each year, twelve months after the date of license issuance. A licensee who fails to pay the two hundred dollar annual contractor fee, or fifty dollars for master and journeyman, and submit current documentation within thirty days of the renewal date is deemed delinquent. A delinquent licensee must cease activities until the one hundred dollar delinquent fee is paid and the renewal is completed. A licensee who stays delinquent for one year must reapply, including fees and examination as applicable, before resuming work covered by Chapter 7 of the municipal code. Casper publishes renewal fees next to each new license fee, including sixty two dollars fifty cents for Concrete Contractor, Flatwork and seventy five dollars for Concrete Contractor, General. None of these cities publishes a continuing education requirement for concrete scope, so plan for the fee and the insurance certificate rather than classroom hours.
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Because licensing is municipal, reciprocity in Wyoming is also municipal, and Casper is the city that spells it out. Casper issues a Reciprocal Contractor License, described as the right and privilege to conduct, carry on or engage in the business of electrical, plumbing, mechanical or general contracting under the license classification the applicant currently holds in another Wyoming jurisdiction, where that classification is equivalent to Casper licensure. The applicant carries the burden of proof. Casper requires documentation showing that the license held in the other Wyoming jurisdiction is current and in good standing, plus proof of having completed testing comparable to what Casper requires for the license type being applied for. The reciprocal fee schedule is far cheaper than a fresh license. Casper lists Concrete Contractor, Flatwork and Concrete Contractor, General at fifty dollars new and twenty five dollars to renew on the reciprocal schedule, with General Classes I through IV and Roofing Contractor also at fifty dollars new and twenty five dollars to renew. The same insurance minimums apply to reciprocal licenses: two hundred fifty thousand dollars for injury or death of one person, five hundred thousand for all persons from one incident, and two hundred fifty thousand for property damage. Note the limit built into the program. It reciprocates against another Wyoming jurisdiction, not against another state. A Colorado or Montana credential is not what this schedule contemplates. Confirm the current status of any classification marked not offered before you rely on it.
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Wyoming cities enforce this with stop work orders and daily fines, and Laramie publishes the hardest numbers. Laramie's municipal code sets a citation fine schedule for Chapter 15.24 violations. Work without a license carries two hundred fifty dollars for a first offense, five hundred dollars for a second offense within five years of the first, and seven hundred fifty dollars for a third and any further repeat offense within five years. Work without a permit runs fifty dollars, then two hundred fifty dollars, then seven hundred fifty dollars on the same escalating pattern. International Fire Code violations are set at five hundred dollars. The code makes it unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or other organization to perform any work specified by the ordinance without first obtaining a license from the administrative authority, with narrow exceptions for homeowners working on their own residence with their own hands and for certain regulated utilities. Laramie's contractor information sheet adds an enforcement path: an unlicensed general contractor or qualified supervisor receives a warning with a seventy two hour grace period, no building permits are issued until licensing is completed, a stop work order is issued for work already started, and a seven hundred fifty dollar fine is assessed per day after the grace period expires. Sheridan requires a delinquent licensee to cease activities until the renewal is cured. Rock Springs warns that noncompliance with its signage rule results in work stoppage or an out of compliance status.
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This is the layer most licensing guides skip, and in Wyoming it is almost entirely local. There is no statewide rule requiring a concrete contractor to print a license number on advertising, vehicles, websites or written estimates, because there is no statewide license number to print. What exists instead is a city signage rule, and Rock Springs is the clearest example. Its contractor licensing page requires that the name and phone number of the contractor be visibly displayed with a two inch minimum letter size on all large equipment and vehicles used or parked at construction sites. The signage must be permanently affixed or magnetically adhered. The page states that failure to comply results in work stoppage or the contractor being out of compliance, and cites Ordinance Number 2006-12 adopted May 16, 2006. Treat that as a hard requirement for any Rock Springs pour, not a suggestion. On wording, the limits follow the classification. Casper's classification language is written as the right to conduct, carry on or engage in the business of concrete construction, so the class you hold defines the business you may hold yourself out to perform. Calling yourself a structural concrete contractor in Sheridan without the Type III license describes work the city licenses. Calling yourself a general contractor in Laramie without the city license describes work the city requires a license for. Advertise the scope you are licensed for in that city, and name the city.
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Wyoming maintains no statewide license lookup for concrete, flatwork, foundation or masonry contractors, because it issues no statewide license. Verification is therefore a city by city task, and several cities have made it easy. Rock Springs publishes an online public database that lets anyone search registered contractors and issued permits. Sheridan publishes a building permit and contractor public records portal from its Building page. Laramie points residents to a list of licensed contractors and gives the Code Administration Division phone number and email for questions, and states that working with a licensed contractor helps ensure code compliance. Casper directs licensing questions to the Building Inspection Division. For the business entity behind the crew, the statewide check is the Wyoming Secretary of State. The Business and UCC Center hosts online business services including filing search, certificates of good standing and annual report filing, and the filing search runs through WyoBiz. That tells a customer whether the company is registered and in good standing, not whether it is licensed to pour. One statewide license lookup does exist in a neighboring trade. Electrical licensing is handled by the Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety, which runs licensing, permitting and inspections through a chief electrical inspector and an eLicense portal, with inspectors assigned by county. If your concrete scope touches electrical work, that credential is a state credential and is verifiable at state level.
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Four state level requirements follow a concrete business everywhere in Wyoming even though no state license does. First, workers compensation. Wyoming Statute 27-14-108 lists the employments deemed extrahazardous, and the list includes construction, sector 23, defined by the North American Industry Classification System. An employer with an employee engaged in an extrahazardous occupation falls under the Worker's Compensation Act. Second, sales and use tax. The Wyoming Department of Revenue Excise Tax Division publishes a Construction Project and General Contractor Registration form, numbered 121, along with a Non-Resident Subcontractor Information Report numbered 120 and nonresident contractor sales and use tax bond forms numbered 124a and 124b for single and multiple contracts. Wyoming Statute 39-15-303 requires a nonresident prime contractor, and a resident prime contractor who hires a nonresident subcontractor, to register a project with the Department of Revenue not more than fifteen days after the project starts. Third, entity registration with the Wyoming Secretary of State, whose Business and UCC Center handles limited liability company, profit, nonprofit and limited partnership filings, annual reports and reinstatements. Fourth, public work preference. Wyoming Statute 16-6-102 requires a public works contract advertised for bids to be let to the responsible certified resident making the lowest bid if that bid is not more than five percent higher than the lowest responsible nonresident bid, with residency certified by the Department of Workforce Services. Wyoming Statute 16-6-103 bars a successful resident bidder from subcontracting more than thirty percent of the work to nonresident contractors.
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These are common details other guides publish about Wyoming, but we could not verify them from the agency source. Confirm them directly before relying on them.
No. Wyoming has no state contractor licensing board and no state concrete, flatwork, foundation or masonry license. Wyoming Statute 15-1-103 gives cities and towns the power to license, tax and regulate any business within their limits, so the requirement comes from the municipality where the pour happens, not from any state agency.
Sheridan's contractor licensing packet states that concrete flatwork that is non-structural does not require licensing or permits. Structural concrete is different. Installation of structural concrete work on commercial, residential or other building types requires the Type III Structural Concrete Contractor license, which costs two hundred dollars.
Concrete Contractor, General authorizes concrete construction including all flatwork, foundations, structural concrete and retaining walls, and asks for three years of general concrete experience. Casper's own page marks that classification as currently not offered, so confirm availability with the Building Inspection Division before planning around it.
No. Laramie's trade contractor list covers electrical, mechanical, plumbing, lawn sprinkler, fire protection, gas service, water and sewer, refrigeration and petroleum piping, and its Class C subcontractor license covers roofing, siding, egress windows, permitted fences and signs. Concrete appears on neither list, so the work runs under a building contractor class.
Laramie's fine schedule sets two hundred fifty dollars for a first work without a license offense, five hundred dollars for a second within five years, and seven hundred fifty dollars for further repeats. The city's information sheet adds a seventy two hour grace period, a stop work order, and a seven hundred fifty dollar daily fine after that.
Rock Springs requires one hundred thousand dollars property damage, one hundred thousand dollars bodily injury or damage including death to any person, and two hundred fifty thousand dollars bodily injury or damage including death to more than one person. The certificate must list the City of Rock Springs at 212 D Street as certificate holder.
Yes. Sheridan requires a ten thousand dollar license and permit bond for both the Structural Concrete Contractor and the Masonry Contractor license, plus a one million dollar liability insurance certificate. The packet notes that master and journeyman licenses are the exception and do not require bond or insurance coverage.
Casper issues a Reciprocal Contractor License for a classification you already hold in another Wyoming jurisdiction that is equivalent to Casper licensure. You must document that the other license is current and in good standing and show comparable testing. Reciprocal concrete classifications are listed at fifty dollars new and twenty five dollars to renew.
All Laramie licenses run from January 1 through December 31 of each calendar year. The renewal period opens November 15 annually, and applications and renewals go through the city's Civic Access portal. Failing to renew by December 31 means applying for a new license and paying the new license fee instead of the renewal fee.
For Concrete Contractor, Flatwork, Casper accepts the American Concrete Institute Concrete Flatwork Associate certification or equivalent. For Concrete Contractor, General it accepts the American Concrete Institute Fundamentals of Concrete Construction certification or equivalent. Its building classes use International Code Council exams in the G and F series instead.
There is no statewide Wyoming rule, since there is no statewide license number. Rock Springs does require the contractor name and phone number displayed at a two inch minimum letter size on all large equipment and vehicles used or parked at construction sites, permanently affixed or magnetically adhered, citing Ordinance 2006-12.
Wyoming Statute 27-14-108 deems construction, sector 23 under the North American Industry Classification System, to be extrahazardous employment, and an employer with an employee in an extrahazardous occupation falls under the Worker's Compensation Act. Treat coverage as a condition of operating a crew in Wyoming, in any city.
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