What 5606 covers
- Project managers, construction executives, construction managers, and superintendents with administrative or managerial responsibility for projects.
- People who split time between the office and job sites, checking progress with the site superintendents or foremen.
- Supervision exercised through the contractor's own foremen, or through subcontractors that have their own supervisor on each job.
What doesn't belong in 5606
- Anyone directly in charge of the crew at a job site — site superintendents and foremen take the construction classification of the work.
- Anyone who performs any actual construction work, even occasionally.
- Sole proprietors or owner-operators with no employees working as a subcontractor.
Official titles by state
Each rating bureau publishes its own definition. Titles below are quoted exactly as the bureau publishes them; follow the link for the full official description.
| State | Official title for 5606 | Source |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | CONTRACTOR - PROJECT MANAGER, CONSTRUCTION EXECUTIVE, MANAGER OR SUPERINTENDENT. | North Carolina bureau lookup |
| Massachusetts | CONTRACTOR - PROJECT MANAGER, CONSTRUCTION EXECUTIVE, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OR CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT | Massachusetts bureau: 5606 |
| New York | Contractor – Executive Supervisor, Construction Executive, Construction Manager, Construction Superintendent or Project Manager | New York bureau: 5606 |
New York separately rates corporate executive officers who perform these duties under its executive officer classification, provided they don't regularly work as foremen, workers, or outside salespeople.
Codes 5606 is often confused with
What a premium audit looks at
- Organizational charts showing who reports to whom on each project.
- Whether each person in 5606 has foremen or subcontractor supervisors between them and the crew.
- Any evidence of hands-on construction work, which disqualifies the classification.
Frequently asked questions
Can a superintendent be classified as 5606?
Only if they supervise through job-site foremen. A superintendent who is directly in charge of workers at a site is assigned the construction classification for that job.
Does occasional hands-on work disqualify someone from 5606?
Yes. The bureau descriptions exclude anyone performing any degree of actual construction work, so even occasional hands-on work typically moves the payroll to the construction classification.
Check the official manuals
- NCCI Class Look-Up The official tool for the states where NCCI administers the classification system.
- WCIRB California Classification Search California runs its own classification system; its code numbers don't map one-to-one to NCCI's.
- NYCIRB Classification Digest New York's official classification descriptions.
- WCRB Massachusetts Class Code Lookup Massachusetts' official classification descriptions.
- NCRB North Carolina Class Code Lookup North Carolina's official classification descriptions.
Related terms
General information, not a classification ruling. Summaries on this page are written in plain English from the bureaus' published descriptions; the classification manual for the state where the work was performed governs, and the carrier and rating bureau determine the classification for any policy.