My Sunday story described the Glaab family’s angst-inducing home renovation project in St. Louis Park, in which their original contractor performed framing and siding work that fell short of the state building code. Before you hire a contractor, you can check the state’s database that will show whether a company or individual is licensed, and whether there has been any enforcement action. The state hasn’t taken any enforcement action against the Glaabs’ contractor, North End Construction of Burnsville. But each month, it issues orders, fines and takes away the licenses of wayward builders. The monthly lists of shame are posted here.

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