Built to a written specification
Most construction disputes are not about workmanship. They are about a specification that was never written down — a brand that got substituted, a date nobody committed to, a scope that quietly shrank between the quote and the slab.
We work from a line-item bill of quantities that names brands and grades, tie payments to construction milestones rather than calendar dates, and put a delay clause in the contract. That last one matters less as compensation than as a signal: a contractor willing to sign one takes the schedule seriously.