The Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) enforces code compliance for contractors and other trade licensees.
Revocations and current suspensions
The table below lists contractors and trade licensees whose licenses are currently revoked or suspended.
Contractor | License number | Current license status | Discipline imposed | Cause for discipline |
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BJA Construction | #56182 | Revoked | License revocation | Deviation from approved plans/scope of work. Unpermitted underpinning that caused loss of lateral support of foundation walls causing risk of collapse. |
Made Construction (Jason Cutaiar) | #55489 | Revoked | License revocation | Created falsified Certificates of Occupancy and presented them to the purchasers of new construction residencies that had incomplete permits. This caused purchasers to move into properties that the Department had not certified as safe for occupancy. |
Ilya Chebotar (VRTX Investments) | #43245 | Revoked | License revocation | Initially suspended for repeated violations that risked public safety. License later revoked for attempting to evade suspension by continuing to perform construction while deceptively claiming that other construction companies were performing the construction. |
Visionary Developers LLC | #42090 | Revoked | License revocation | Performed construction work without required permits and failed to provide requested documents and records. |
Khaliyl Collier (Operation Bulldoze) | #45329 | Revoked | License revocation | Provided false information on a license application and failed to provide requested documents and records. |
Norman Cole (Norman Cole Plumbing & Heating) | #40339 | Revoked | License revocation | Obtained permits for an unlicensed contractor and failed to provide requested documents and records. |
Q Construction | #50562 | Revoked | License revocation | Performed illegal excavation resulting in the collapse of two structures and performed work without required permits. |
Graham Builders | #47337 | Revoked | License revocation | Performed unsafe excavation without the required permit or special inspections, compromising the foundations of two neighboring structures, and performed construction without required permits at a separate site. |
Espana Demo | #50103 | Revoked | License revocation | Repeatedly performed demolition work beyond the scope of issued permits and multiple instances of unsafe or unworkmanlike work during demolition. |
Michael Murawski | #22146 | Revoked | License revocation | Repeated performing work without required permits or inspections and repeatedly violating Stop Work Orders. |
Completed suspensions
The table below is a list of contractors and trade licensees who have completed their license suspensions.
Contractor | License number | Current license status | Discipline imposed | Cause for discipline |
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PASP LLC | #46791 | Suspended through September 20, 2024 | 6-month suspension | License suspension for the collapse of Key pizza. |
RLC Contractors, Inc. (Robert Minor Jr.) | #51129 | Suspended through August 8, 2024 | 20-month suspension | Repeatedly performed machine demolition on buildings that required hand demolition, putting neighboring buildings at risk. |
Ayelet Farage | #053131 | Suspended through June 24, 2024 | 6-month suspension | Intentionally and knowingly engaging in a scheme to repeatedly undercut requirements of the Philadelphia Code by creating and submitting falsified insurance documents. |
Infinite Enterprises, LLC Development | #59601 | Suspended through February 8, 2024 | 3-month suspension | Repeatedly failing to comply with provisions of The Philadelphia Code, knowingly violating Stop Work Orders on two occasions, and causing deceptive information to be submitted to the Department to obtain permits on two occasions. |
William Baker (Expediter) | #46161 | Suspended through January 25, 2024 | 1-month suspension | Intentionally and knowingly deceiving the client by providing a falsified Department document. |
Cellich Fire Protection, Inc. | #29809 | Suspended through January 5, 2024 | 18-month suspension | Repeatedly submitted permit applications containing false information. |
Platinum Construction and Development | #53605 | Suspended through November 1, 2023 | 2-month suspension | Employing unlicensed contractors, disregarding Department approved plans and specifications, and failing to comply with all provisions of The Philadelphia Code. |
Lorenc Construction LLC (Lorenc Begollari) | #41768 | Suspended through September 7, 2023 | 3-month suspension | Operating with an expired contractor’s license, hiring unlicensed subcontractors, and allowing workers without OSHA-10 training to work on his site. |
Insite Construction, Inc. (Eliahu Alon and Isaac Azran) | #39348 | Suspended through July 1, 2023 | 12-month suspension | Repeatedly worked with expired contractor license and failed to pay Department fines. |
Eleazar Moreno and Julio Moreno (Los Guates Construction) | #52151 | Suspended through June 6, 2023 | 18-month suspension | Created an unsafe condition by performing structural work in an unsafe manner and without the required permits. |
Amiyr Muhammad (Str8 Construction) | #052915 | Suspended through May 4, 2023 | 12-month suspension | Repeatedly short-dumped debris onto private property and attempted to deceive the Department during an investigation. |
Urban Beautification (Victor Sanders and Gloria Guerrero) | #43131 | Suspended through January 20, 2023 | 4-month suspension | Repeatedly violated Department Stop Work Orders, hired an unlicensed subcontractor and workers without OSHA-10 safety training, and failed to adequately protect pedestrians while performing roof work. |
Julia Chebotar (Build Development LLC) | #55567 | Suspended through October 12, 2022 | 18-month suspension | Deceit in obtaining a license to evade the prior suspension of VRTX Investments (aka Ilya Chebotar). |
Maria Ramsay (Evolution of Construction, operated by Byron Ramsay) | #51880 | Suspended through July 21, 2022 | 18-month suspension | Repeated violations contributing to the collapse of the construction projects at 2159 and 2173 E. William Street, where Marie Ramsay (Evolution of Construction, operated primarily by Byron Ramsay) acted as the site superintendent. The framing was executed incorrectly, required horizontal support systems were not installed, and the contractors involved with this project intentionally undercut code requirements in order to cut costs by not using plywood on the exterior side walls during framing. |
Darwin Carbajal (DJ Contractors) | #53792 | Suspended through May 6, 2022 | 18-month suspension | Repeated underpinning and excavation violations that risked public safety. |
Evandro Souto (2 Hand Brothers) | #40723 | Suspended through January 21, 2022 | 12-month suspension | Repeated violations contributing to the collapse of the construction projects at 2159 and 2173 E. William Street, where 2 Hand Brothers acted as the framing subcontractor. The framing was executed incorrectly, required horizontal support systems were not installed, and the contractors involved with this project intentionally undercut code requirements in order to cut costs by not using plywood on the exterior side walls during framing. |
Freedom Construction | #42748 | Suspended through July 1, 2021 | 5-month suspension | Repeated violations related to excavation, shoring, and underpinning that risked public safety. |
OE Bros (formerly operating as Espana Brothers) | #53327 | Suspended through May 26, 2021 | 12-month suspension | Deceit in obtaining a new license to evade the prior suspension of Espana Brothers and repeatedly exceeding the scope of approved demolition work in a manner that risked public safety. |