Mastering the Complexity ofDIR Compliance
We carry the back-office burden of certified payroll and labor-law compliance, so contractors can focus on building California's future.
Built for the way contractors actually work.
Back Office
Your Job To Serve.
C. Brown Consulting Group partners with California contractors to take the chaos out of operations and compliance. We sit on your side of the table — translating DIR rules, fixing certified payroll, and building the structure your business needs to grow without breaking.
Years inside California construction back-offices.
DIR & certified-payroll filings submitted on time.
Contractors guided from first public works job to scale.
In public works payroll administered without penalty.
A process that respects your time and rewards your build.
No bloated discovery decks. No three-month onboarding. We diagnose fast, install what works, and stay accountable for the result.
Every engagement follows the same disciplined rhythm — so you always know what's next, who owns it, and how it moves the business forward.
Discovery Call
We listen first. A 30-minute call to understand your projects, team, and the friction slowing you down.
01 / 04Operational Audit
We map your current workflow, compliance posture, and risk exposure — then show you exactly where the leaks are.
02 / 04Implementation
We install the systems: payroll cadence, DIR filings, SOPs, and reporting your team will actually use.
03 / 04Ongoing Partnership
Weekly execution and a monthly review so compliance stays clean and growth stays on schedule.
04 / 04Serving California contractors across the Southland.
Based in the Inland Empire, partnering with general contractors and subs from the coast to the high desert. On-site when it matters, remote when it doesn't.
- Los Angeles
- Long Beach
- Anaheim
- Santa Ana
- Riverside
- San Bernardino
- Ontario
- Rancho Cucamonga
Trusted by California contractors.
Owners, operators, and back-office leads on what changed once we got involved — and why they stayed.
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We were drowning in DIR paperwork before C. Brown stepped in. Two months later our certified payroll is on autopilot and we actually understand our own numbers.
Straight answers.
No legalese.
Don't see your question? Call us — we'd rather have a 10-minute conversation than write another paragraph.
If you work on California public works projects of any meaningful size, yes. The DIR (Department of Industrial Relations) requires contractors and subcontractors to register annually. We handle registration, renewals, and the project-level PWC-100 filings so nothing gets missed.
On public works, you must submit weekly payroll reports showing every worker, their classification, hours, wages, and fringes. California requires electronic submission through the DIR eCPR system. We prepare and file it for you, every week, in the format the state expects.
Bookkeepers track money. We track compliance, operations, and the construction-specific workflows your books depend on. We work alongside your bookkeeper, not in place of them.
Both. We've helped two-person shops survive their first public works job and helped established GCs build the back office for an eight-figure pipeline. The work scales to where you are.
We scope every engagement to the work. Most clients land in a flat monthly retainer for ongoing compliance and operations, with project-based pricing for audits or one-time implementations. We'll quote you after the discovery call.
Most engagements kick off within one to two weeks of the discovery call. Urgent compliance issues — a pending audit, a late payroll filing — we triage faster.
Book A Consultation
Tell us about your projects and the friction slowing you down. We'll come back within one business day with a clear next step — no pressure, no fluff.