Every job
Construction / services agreement
Scope of work, materials, schedule, payment milestones, deposit, change-order procedure, and liability. The contract signed before work starts.
Builders, electricians, plumbers, landscapers, home services — the job-site contract stack for trades that get paid for their work. Free.
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The jobs to be done
The job-site problems that paper prevents. Each one has a clause that handles it.
Scope of work, start date, payment schedule. The contract that makes "we agreed on $4,000" enforceable.
Client adds work during the job. Change-order clause requires written approval and additional payment before extra work starts.
Liability cap tied to contract value. Insurance requirements. The clauses that protect you when something goes wrong on site.
Deposit required before materials are ordered. Progress payments at defined milestones. No more funding jobs out of pocket.
When you're the GC, every subcontractor needs their own agreement. Flow-down liability, insurance, and scope obligations.
The contractor stack
Job by job, client by client. The contracts that make trades businesses run professionally.
Every job
Scope of work, materials, schedule, payment milestones, deposit, change-order procedure, and liability. The contract signed before work starts.
Scope changes
Written authorization for any work outside the original scope. Price, timeline impact, and client signature required before extra work begins.
Emergency callouts
Flat callout fee, hourly rate, emergency premium, and materials markup. Signed or acknowledged before you show up.
When you're the GC
Flow-down scope, payment terms, insurance requirements, and liability to every subcontractor you bring in on a project.
Before / after
Quote the job verbally. Start work. Client adds scope halfway through. No change order. Job finishes late because of client changes. Client disputes the final invoice. You have nothing in writing. Pay for extras out of pocket.
Quote the job. Generate the service agreement: scope, schedule, deposit, payment milestones, and change-order clause. Client signs before you order materials. Every change is documented and priced. Final invoice is never a surprise.
Common deal types
Residential project
Service agreement with scope, schedule, deposit, milestone payments, and change-order procedure.
Commercial project
Service agreement with insurance requirements, lien rights, progress billing, and completion milestones.
Emergency
Callout agreement with flat fee, hourly rate, materials markup, and limited scope of the emergency visit.
Ongoing maintenance
Recurring service agreement with included visits, response time, and annual fee. The contract that locks in steady revenue.
GC role
Subcontractor agreements for every trade on the job. Flow-down scope, insurance, and payment terms from the prime contract.
Sub role
Review the subcontractor agreement from the GC. Understand your scope, payment terms, and liability before you mobilize.
The contractor risk map
Client says "we agreed that included X." Fix: detailed scope section plus change-order clause requiring written sign-off.
Client withholds final payment. Fix: deposit + milestone payments so you're never financing the job entirely.
Something breaks on site. Fix: liability cap clause + require proof of homeowner's insurance before starting.
Your subcontractor damages the client's property. Fix: subcontractor agreement requiring their own insurance and flow-down liability.
Client cancels after you've ordered materials. Fix: cancellation clause with materials reimbursement and mobilization fee.
Your flow with BizDraft
Scope, materials, labor, timeline. Your quote is the input for the agreement.
Scope, deposit, milestones, change-order procedure, and liability. Built around your quote.
Check the scope, payment schedule, and cancellation clause. Send with e-signature.
Signed agreement + deposit in hand before materials are ordered or crew mobilizes.
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