Legal Adviser: Working for the Architect

On your next project, the architect wants to contract directly with you instead of having you contract with the property owner. Consequently, you would actually be functioning as a subcontractor, while the architect performs the functions of a general contractor. Can this be a good deal? It certainly is for the architect/GC, who no longer needs to race around looking for trade subs. That remains a part of your job. Nor does the architect have to worry about workers compensation or job-site liability problems, which also remain part of your job. If you read the contract you’re offered, you’ll find that even though technically you’re a subcontractor on this job, the architect will not be assuming one little