The Elements of Specification Writing
Kirby, Richard Shelton![The Elements of Specification Writing](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/184/18455788/CHSBZCOP0318455788.jpg)
Excerpt from The Elements of Specification Writing: A Text-Book for Students in Civil Engineering
Much the larger proportion of construction can be classed as contract work. This is a convenient term for that which is carried on under an agreement by which the Owner is to pay the Contractor a definite sum for his work (or for each separate part), regardless of the Contractor's profits. In contract work, although the Owner's interests are stil...