Three liability models to start from

The library's three starting points map to the three ways post-frame builders actually run: supply-and-coordinate, self-perform turnkey, or design-build using subs.

What it is

Material Supplier + Installation Coordinator (you sell the kit and coordinate an independent crew; workmanship warranty flows up from the installer; materials paid 100% up front, labor in stages). General Contractor — Turnkey (you self-perform with employees, carry your own GL and workers' comp, provide your own workmanship warranty, progress-based payments). Design-Build with Subcontractors (you're GC of record, warrant your own workmanship, sub warranties flow up, sub insurance certs required before site access).

Also called: material supplier contract · general contractor turnkey contract · design-build subcontractor contract · installer coordinator agreement

See it
Three liability models to start from
Prepared for
Delia Yoder
1140 Ridge Line Rd · Fair Play
Shell package$35,948
Concrete & site$10,436
Doors & windows$6,958
Trim & finish$4,638
Total
$57,980
Signature
Three cards side by side with their model badges (Material Supplier / General Contractor / Design-Build) and the liability paragraph under each. ContractTemplateLibrary.tsx card view. Sample data — no customer information appears here.
How it works
  1. 1Each catalog entry declares a businessModel: material_supplier_coordinator, general_contractor_turnkey, or design_build_with_subs.
  2. 2The library badges the card with that model and explains the liability profile in plain English.
  3. 3The body itself carries model-specific clauses — e.g. the supplier model's 'Independent Installer Disclosure' section stating installers are not employees or agents and control jobsite means, methods, supervision, safety and workmanship.
Why we built it

The code comments make the intent explicit per model: the supplier template is 'the BarnHouse Structures model and matches the existing DEFAULT_CONTRACT_TEMPLATE_BODY shape exactly so a tenant migrating to the catalog flow gets the identical text they had before.' The turnkey one notes 'Single-point responsibility for the entire build; higher liability profile; carries own GL + workers' comp.' The distinction exists because using the wrong one is how a kit supplier ends up on the hook for a crew's workmanship.

The problem
  • Contracts that describe a role the builder doesn't actually perform
  • No written disclosure that installers are independent
  • Warranty language that doesn't say who owns the obligation
Sound familiar?
What you get
The document matches your real exposure
Independent-installer status stated in writing before work starts
Warranty ownership is explicit instead of assumed

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