{"id":3405,"date":"2018-02-07T14:55:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T19:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/?p=3405"},"modified":"2026-02-16T06:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:06:54","slug":"dont-minimize-miscellaneous-contract-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/dont-minimize-miscellaneous-contract-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t minimize miscellaneous contract items"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/category\/strategy-legal-operations\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Strategy, Legal &amp; Operations<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDon&#8217;t minimize miscellaneous contract items\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-8 col-lg-4 entry-header__image\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"entry-header__thumbnail js-hero-section\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1064\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/1675w-x-1275h_0002_Layer-21-1064x810.jpg\" class=\"entry-header__thumbnail-image\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/1675w-x-1275h_0002_Layer-21-1064x810.jpg 1064w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/1675w-x-1275h_0002_Layer-21-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/1675w-x-1275h_0002_Layer-21-1536x1169.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/1675w-x-1275h_0002_Layer-21.jpg 1675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1064px) 100vw, 1064px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \">Published <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2018-02-07T14:55:24-05:00\">February 7, 2018<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"Don&#8217;t minimize miscellaneous contract items\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/dont-minimize-miscellaneous-contract-items\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/alexanderbarthet\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/04\/CRE-Alex-Barthett-1-350x350.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"CRE Alex Barthett\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Alex Barthet<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Over the past few months, we have addressed the things you need to know about the various sections of construction contracts, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/danger-watch-lien-requirements-subcontract\/\">lien requirements<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/business-type\/construction\/\">hidden obligations<\/a>, and \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/warranties-your-obligations-once-the-work-is-done\/\">warranty work<\/a>. Most construction contracts will also have a catch-all \u201cmiscellaneous\u201d section. This area of the contract, usually at the end of the contract, can be several pages long and often includes subjects not necessarily unique to construction agreements. Just a few common contract terms include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Governing law:<\/strong> This typically applies to the state where the construction takes place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Venue and jurisdiction for any dispute:<\/strong> This is also often the specific locale where the construction occurs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Merger of all prior agreements into the subcontract:<\/strong> These agreements, which can be written or oral, are what is now found in the agreement you are asked to sign.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Waiver of trial by jury:<\/strong> Most contractors usually prefer the reduced expense of a nonjury trial.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevailing party\u2019s right to recover legal fees and costs:<\/strong> This addresses that the winner has his\/her fees and cost paid by the other side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also at least two miscellaneous provisions that are unique to construction contracts: temporary facilities and work obligations during a dispute. Let\u2019s take a closer look at each.<\/p>\n<h2>Temporary facilities<\/h2>\n<p>Unless provided, temporary facilities such as utilities and storage are the subcontractor\u2019s responsibility. Most subcontracts spell this out in a provision similar to this:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Contractor shall have no obligation to furnish or make available to the subcontractor any temporary facilities or services, it being specifically understood, without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, that the subcontractor is responsible for its own utilities, hoisting, parking, lighting, security, storage, mobilization, demobilization, and clean up.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To avoid any conflict, subcontractors should make sure they clearly understand if any temporary facilities will be provided and exactly what they shall be responsible for.<\/p>\n<h2>Work obligations during a dispute<\/h2>\n<p>General contractors don\u2019t want work to stop when a dispute arises. To protect against this, a provision such as the following is often added to subcontracts:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>In the event of any dispute as to whether any item or portion of the work is within the scope of the work to be performed by subcontractor or any dispute as to whether subcontractor is entitled to any extra payment or additional time, subcontractor shall continue to proceed diligently with the performance of the work, this subcontract, and any disputed work, pending any resolution. The existence of a dispute shall not be grounds for any failure to perform by subcontractor nor limit the right of contractor to proceed to remedy any default by subcontractor.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Subcontractors, understandably, will want to limit this type of open-ended requirement.\u00a0 As in so many contract provision, the best way to do that is to add a reasonable timeframe. In this particular case, subcontractors may insert that they will continue work for a certain number of days even if a dispute arises as long as <em>\u201ccontractor is diligently and reasonably pursuing a resolution.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>However, subcontractors should have the right to stop work if they haven\u2019t been paid. To insure this right, another provision should be added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Subcontractor can slow or stop work without liability or penalty if it has not been paid its draw request within 30 days after submission.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The main thing for subcontractors to keep in mind is they do not want to stop work without knowing what their contract says about termination. Walking off a job comes with significant risks, including being sued for substantial damages.<\/p>\n<h2>Get it in writing<\/h2>\n<p>Above all, make sure you have a written agreement in place before you start work. Ideally, work with a construction advisor or lawyer to make sure what\u2019s in your contract will support your best interests\u2014from the first-page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/construction-contracts-pay-attention-preamble\/\">preamble<\/a> to the last-page of miscellaneous items \u2013 and do so before you sign that agreement.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"single-cta\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner on-scroll-highlight__target\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">Subscribe to our Sage Advice Newsletter<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Get our latest business advice delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"#gate-ab515c6e-7e90-4c2f-a67e-113872516e8b\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"single-cta__button button button--primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1073797282-1440x810.jpg\" class=\"single-cta__image\" alt=\"Working from home with tea in hand\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1073797282-1440x810.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 33vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"more-topics alignfull has-grey-light-background-color wp-block-sage-post-topics\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-lg-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"more-topics__title h2\">Browse more topics from this article<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-12 col-lg-8\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"post-tags__list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-tags__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/hub\/construction\/\" class=\"post-tags__link button button--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConstruction\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-tags__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/hub\/construction-risk-management\/\" class=\"post-tags__link button button--secondary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConstruction &#8211; 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loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Mar2025_Construction-Commerical_0861-684x384.jpeg 684w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Mar2025_Construction-Commerical_0861-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Mar2025_Construction-Commerical_0861-1214x810.jpeg 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 250px, (min-width: 30em) 100vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-post__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"card-post__meta-text\"><span class=\"posted-on \"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-09-23T04:08:21-04:00\">September 23, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"card-post__meta-text\"><span class=\"reading-time\">5 min read<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"card-post__title h5\">\n\t\t\tIntroducing Sage HCM for Construction: Connecting workforce and financial data for smarter operations\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-6 col-lg-3 card-grid__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article\n\t\tclass=\"card-post related-post related-post-4 post-36506 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-construction category-money-matters tag-accounting-101 tag-construction tag-construction-financial-management tag-construction-it tag-growing-a-business tag-staying-competitive business_type-small-business business_type-growing-business industry-construction-and-real-estate\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"card-post__link\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/property-management-guide\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"card-post__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Mar2025_Construction-Commerical_0503-684x384.jpeg\" class=\"card-post__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Mar2025_Construction-Commerical_0503-684x384.jpeg 684w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Mar2025_Construction-Commerical_0503-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Mar2025_Construction-Commerical_0503-1214x810.jpeg 1214w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 250px, (min-width: 30em) 100vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-post__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"card-post__meta-text\"><span class=\"posted-on \"><time 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Most construction contracts will also have a catch-all \u201cmiscellaneous\u201d section. This area of the contract, usually at the end of the contract, can be several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":3406,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":"","_yoast_wpseo_schema_page_type":"","_yoast_wpseo_schema_article_type":"","_sage_video":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"44","sage_membership_post_content_type":"article","sage_membership_post_featured_video_id":"","sage_membership_post_video_type":"trailer","sage_membership_post_featured_video_duration":"","post_featured_image_hide":false,"sage_hide_published_date":false,"sage_hide_read_time":false,"sage_hide_share_buttons":false,"_pwl_sage_podcast_buzzsprout_src":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[192,173],"business_type":[],"lilypad":[],"context":[],"industry":[50],"persona":[],"imagine_tag":[246],"coauthors":[627],"class_list":["post-3405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy-legal-operations","tag-construction","tag-construction-risk-management","industry-construction-and-real-estate"],"sage_meta":{"region":"en-us","author_name":"Alex Barthet","featured_image":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/1675w-x-1275h_0002_Layer-21.jpg","imagine_tags":{"246":"Construction"}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Sage Advice US","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/3406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"business_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/business_type?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"lilypad","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/lilypad?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"context","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/context?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"imagine_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/imagine_tag?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}