LibraryScenariosHow to handle contractors who ignore your engineering designs
Scenario

How to handle contractors who ignore your engineering designs

The contractor keeps deviating from my structural drawings and when I call it out the owner sides with them because they're cheaper and I don't know how to protect myself legally.

Aurelius
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The contractor ignores your drawings and the owner backs him, leaving you exposed.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Engineering — Civil & Structural?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.