Assent to Unsigned “Standard” Subcontract Cannot Be Inferred

 A subcontractor’s assent to the terms of a “standard subcontract agreement” could not be inferred. The sub had worked under an executed work order. That work order referred to a prospective subcontract agreement, but the sub’s express assent to the terms of that agreement would have to be proved.

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