Let's look at construction projects. At some point in your career, you will be engaged in a construction project, possibly several. Construction contracts have their own unique problems. Below is a fact set from a case involving the construction of a new assembly plant. Assume that you are in charge of the project for your company. How would you handle the problem?
Your company is having a new assembly plant built. The plans do not call for a drain down the middle of the floor but the general contractor installs one anyway because, in his opinion, a drain will make the area easier to keep clean and the increase in cost is nominal. Your CEO is livid, feeling that the drain ruins the appearance of the floor and will cause problems as workers move equipment back and forth across the drain. She wants you to see that the contractor takes out the drain and doesn't charge the company for the cost. Based on what you know from Unit 2, what is the likely outcome and why?