The Drawing Changed. Did You Catch It? A Hard Lesson for Contractors About Revised Plans

By Matthew DeVries

“Every contractor has seen it. A revised drawing hits your inbox. You open the sheet, look for the clouds, figure out what changed, and move on. But what if something changed outside the cloud?

That seemingly simple question became a very expensive problem in Young Contracting/SE, Inc. v. Pitt Excavating, LLC, (Oct. 30, 2026), a recent Tennessee Court of Appeals decision involving a general contractor and its excavation subcontractor. The subcontract required Pitt to perform its work in accordance with the project drawings and specifications, “as amended from time to time.””

To read the full article as published on Mr. DeVries’ blog, Best Practices Construction Law, click here.