SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT, READY TO EDIT.
A full subcontract agreement for hiring a subcontractor under you: the parties, the upstream contract it flows from, the engineer, the scope and the terms.
Most specialty contractors hiring their own subs do it on a purchase order or an email, which means the terms flowing down from the contract above them don't flow down at all. When the job goes wrong, the obligations you owe upstream have no matching obligation from the party who caused it. It's emailed as an attachment, and everything you need to change is highlighted. This one goes DOWN: to a subcontractor or supplier working under you.
Read this before you send it. This is a real legal document rather than an example, and it's a starting point rather than a finished one. Notice windows, filing deadlines and the enforceability of several standard clauses vary by state, and your own contracts will have terms this doesn't know about. Have your attorney review it before you use it. SPM isn't a law firm and nothing here is legal advice.
3 THINGS, IN ORDER.
Flow your upstream terms down. The reason this document exists is so what you owe the general contractor is what your sub owes you.
Fill every highlighted field. Job number, subcontract number, all three parties from their certificates of insurance, and the project from the contract above.
Have your attorney review it before the first one goes out. It's a contract, the enforceability of several standard clauses varies by state, and this is a starting point rather than a finished agreement.
No charge. It goes to a real address rather than sitting on a link, which is the only thing asked for. Every field you need to change is highlighted in the document itself.
EVERY CONTROL TEMPLATE, ONE QR CODE.
Collecting these one email at a time works. A QR code printed in the book, with a password behind it, opening every CONTROL template as a download at runoncfos.com. The ebook is $3.99 on preorder until 5 October 2026 and $9.99 after that, and the paperback is $24.99 from 1 October.
BEFORE YOU USE IT.
