Subcontractors must beware of contract clause disasters

By Stephen Rockhill Stephen Rockhill 2009-08-23T00:00:00

Imagine the scenario. You are a medium-sized subcontractor and have been asked to tender on a large project. Your first figure of £2m gets squeezed down to £1.9m by the main contractor, then to £1.8m. You are appointed, but then your surveyor notices this in the contract documents:

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