The relationship changes but the contract stays.

Verbal agreements in construction are probably a very old-fashioned thing, and it's nice to have, and it's nice to be able to do that, but unfortunately the industry has changed so much, and industry has really moved towards contracts, contracts, contracts. And what actually happens in construction is relationships don't go away, they just go missing. People move on, and then someone else comes in like, well, I can't abide by some agreement that's no longer here anymore. That's what happens. People keep moving on. And so verbal agreements are really not worth the paper they're written on anymore. You've got to, you know, for the sake of your company, the sake of your employees, you've got to get everything in writing, have your contracts in place. That is what is important in construction in this day and age.