The Letter of the Law

摘要

I HAVE BEEN READING SPECIFICATIONS SINCE 1980. My first projects as a trainee estimator were small to medium-sized commercial and institutional buildings. As I have mentioned, my first project was a new Bank of America branch building. While the product and execution parts of the specifications were mostly clear, the legalese at the beginning of the document befuddled me. I was quite the pest, peppering my boss with questions every five minutes. He eventually threw me out of his office, instructing me to write up a list of questions, which I was allowed to present only when I completed my review of the specifications.