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Subcontract review for subbies: the risks and dates, with the clause
A subcontract review in minutes, not an evening: the risks with the clause behind each, the commercial terms with their exact words, and a pushback letter to edit.
The builder has a contracts administrator who wrote the contract. You sign it, and the claim day, notice bars and retention terms in it decide what you get paid.
- By hand
- 6 h 30 min
- In Excel
- 6 h 25 min
- In YourCA
- 36 min
- Saved
- 5 h 54 min
Estimate for a 6-month electrical job with 10 people on it, each contract. Set your own job.
The risk it heads off
- A notice time bar you never read kills a variation or delay claim later.Lists each time bar with the clause behind it, before you sign.
- Pay-when-paid or uncapped liquidated damages slip in unread.Flags the clauses that move risk onto you, each with its clause.
- Your claim day, retention and payment terms get typed in wrong.The six commercial terms are read from the contract, each with its clause.
Step by step
| Step | By hand | Excel | YourCA | What YourCA does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read the contract front to back for risk | 240 min | 240 min | 20 min | Reads the whole contract and lists each risk with the clause behind it. You read the list. |
| Find the claim day, notice periods, retention and payment terms | 60 min | 60 min | 5 min | Records each term with its clause and exact words. A term it cannot cite stays blank. |
| Write the pushback letter | 60 min | 60 min | 10 min | Drafts the letter and a marked-up copy for you to edit and send. |
| Put every obligation date in your calendar | 30 min | 25 min | 1 min | Every date goes on the job calendar and into your own calendar. |
| Total, each contract | 390 min | 385 min | 36 min |
How to do it in YourCA
Questions subbies ask
- Is this legal advice?
- No. YourCA is not a law firm. It shows what the contract says and where, so you know what to ask a lawyer.
- What if the contract does not state a term?
- The term stays blank and YourCA asks you. It never fills a term with a guess.
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