0 a person or company that does part of a job that another person or company is responsible for --
1 a person or company that a contractor pays to do part of the work that the contractor has agreed to do: --
an electrical subcontractor
2 an outside person or organization that does work for an organization that might normally be done within it: --
We interviewed 2 general contractors and 12 subcontractors that self-per form construction work on drywall, structural concrete, mechanical ductwork, process piping, and electrical systems.
Under the system, the entrepreneur supplied raw materials to subcontractors, who performed the work at home using their own machines and equipment.
One subcontractor in building construction stated that he was paid on a monthly basis, and only at a given rate per square metre completed.
Because their activities are interdependent with other subcontractors' activities, subcontractors have to consult with other subcontractors when rescheduling their activities.
Therefore, there is a need for a methodology to handle subcontractors' resource-driven schedule changes.
This resource histogram implies that some subcontractors' schedules differ from their original ones.
Changes are likely to cause schedule conflicts among subcontractors because any move affects the activities of other subcontractors in tightly coupled construction project schedules.
Traditional centralized coordination techniques used by general contractors become insufficient as subcontractors per form most work and provide their own resources.
