Write the whole schedule of cover down once, at the start
Every contract carries a quiet list of cover: the insurances each party must hold, the bond in place before work starts, the warranties owed to a funder or purchaser, the professional indemnity a designer must carry. Read it out of the contract once and write it into a single register, with cover levels and dates, before the job swallows everyone's attention. The schedule captured at the start is what lets you notice, later, what has gone missing.
Updated: 22 August 2026
Keeping the insurance and warranty register alive
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