Yesterday I was contacted by a Client of ours. They were being offered a job and were being asked to sign up to the Contractor's Inclusions List and asked if we'd take a look.
It contained the usual unreasonable clauses:
1. Unlimited snags (all risk contract).
2. Painter to snag plastering.
3. Painter to remove radiators if required to paint behind.
4. Painter to caulk around light switches.
5. Painter to caulk where skirtings abut onto floors.
4. Painter to snag their own works and if the Contractor has to snag their works, they would be charged.
5. TWO year defects liability period which only commenced once practical completion of the WHOLE site had been achieved.
All of the above clauses are because large contractors cannot organize/manage large contracts such as this: They lack the knowledge/skills/experience. Consequently, works are often done 'out of sequence' and programmes overrun.
To compensate for this they ask the painter and all other trade sub-contractors, to pay the price for their incompetence.
If only ALL trade sub-contractors, all over the UK would say NO! Maybe this situation would change, but there is always ONE who sees the large contract value and signs on the dotted line!