The Subcontracting Work and Subcontractors Clause Samples

The Subcontracting Work and Subcontractors. A contractor is often hired by a company or individual, involved in a construction project, to undertake the responsibility for and ownership of getting the actual work completed. In turn, however, the contractor most often does not do all of the work, that is a rarity, rather other parties are brought in by the contractor to undertake aspects of the work. With different parties being involved, specific terminology is used to help define their involvement and relationship. The originator of the project is often referred to as the owner. The entity hired to do all the work is designated as the general or prime contractor. Third parties brought in by the general contractor are referred to as Subcontractors. This can get more complex as Subcontractors may bring in other parties and therefore subcontract out aspects of work, they themselves have been subcontracted to perform by the general contractor.