Imagine this scenario: Your clients
want you to build a two-story addition,
with a family room on the first
floor and a master bedroom suite with
a cantilevered deck on the second
floor. The clients know it is exactly
what they want, because they have
paid an architect big bucks to design it
(or they bought a ready-made design
from a book of plans). You are a little
nervous about how this plan will actually
tie into the existing house, but
you want the job; besides, you think
you can make it work. Are there any
magic words you can put into the construction
contract to protect you in
case the client's plan is flawed?
In fact,