§ 308.2 - Definitions.

Except where otherwise clearly required by the context, each of the following terms shall have the meaning defined in this section when used in the regulations in this part:

(a) Building or work. Construction activity as distinguished from manufacturing, furnishing of materials, or servicing and maintenance work; including without limitation, buildings, structures, and improvements of all types such as shelters, ramps, roadways, parking lots, tunnels, mains, power lines, pumping and generator stations, terminals, plants, rehabilitation and reactivation of plants, scaffolding, drilling, blasting, clearing, and landscaping. The manufacture or furnishing of materials, articles, supplies, or equipment is not a “building” or “work” within the meaning of the regulations in this part unless conducted in connection with and at the site of such building or work as defined hereunder.

(b) Construction. All types of work done on a particular building or work at the site thereof, including without limitation, altering, repairing, remodeling, painting and decorating, the transporting of materials and supplies to or from the building or work by the employees of the construction contractor or the construction subcontractor, and the manufacturing or furnishing of materials, articles, supplies or equipment on the site of the building or work by persons employed by the contractor or the subcontractor.

(c) Contract. Any contract which is entered into for actual construction, alteration, or repair, including painting and decorating, of a building or work financed with the assistance of any contribution of Federal funds made under the provisions of section 201(i) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2281).

(d) Employed. Every person paid by a contractor or subcontractor in any manner for his labor on construction work financed with the assistance of any contribution of Federal funds made under the provisions of section 201(i) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2281) is “employed” and receiving “wages,” regardless of any contractual relationship alleged to exist.