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[English | 简体] Sub-Contract Documents

When signing or countersigning the Sub-Contract documents , it must be checked very carefully against the agreed terms and conditions , tendered price and addendum . Once signed on it means accepted it . However it was experienced that some main contractors are reluctant to sign back and return the sub-contract to the sub-contractor until near completion of work . This is obviously not fair at all to the counter-party .

As mentioned before , “ back to back ” becomes a common term when discussing contracts / sub-contracts . In this situation , it is noted that the whole terms and conditions of a contract and its specifications are taken aboard by the contractor . Nevertheless this term is sometimes being used incorrectly when referring to subletting parts of the contract work that the sub-contractor only needs to abide to the technical aspects of the contract while the contractual terms should be separately dealt with .

[ Construction DB Tips : When your main contractor is reluctant to return the countersigned sub-contract for your record purpose , find a claims consultant to examine the draft , there must be some omissions of coverage and terms contradicted to the main contract . ]

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