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Main Contractors Reduce Payments to Subcontractors - No Surprise There! Published 21st January 2017 Referring to the Construction Enquirer article ‘Subbies under attack from new breed of aggressive QS’ (20/01/2017) it states, “Subbies are coming under pressure on site from a new breed of “super aggressive” quantity surveyors employed by main contractors...it’s pretty depressing at the moment. There’s certainly a new breed of younger QS who are drilled by the main contractors to get back what they can". However, to be fair to Main Contractors, this is not new, they have always been very successful at reducing payments to subcontractors. They rely on the fact that many subcontractors do not fully understand the implications of the contracts that they sign. Main Contractors very effectively exploit subcontractor liabilities. However, contracts are not just one way. Subcontractors should use them to receive fair payment. Starting at the beginning, Subcontractors should refuse to accept spurious clauses in contracts which have been added by the main contractor. |
