The Contract Blueprint: Creating Agreements that Will Work in Practice

by Sara Cullen

Imagine you and I are building a house without drawings or specifications, instead relying on various tradespeople to use their experience to build what we have in mind. So the concreter lays the slab where he think is best, given his experience; the plumber puts the piping where she thinks it should go. The electrician wires the house as he deems it should be, and so on. They've all done this before, so there is no need for a plan, really. You and I don't know how to build a house anyway, and I'm sure we can both live in whatever they come up with, right?