Whose side are you on?

Krodwhodat said

no they don’t but most contracts are written where things can be interpreted differently and the you go to mediation or arbitration and I’ve more than I care to discuss where the contractor is told they knew the intent of the specifications but chose not to follow.

The student knew the intent of the teacher he just tried to outsmart him.

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it went to mediation.

Student prevailed.

Intent does not have a place in contractual arrangements unless specifically defined.

Which is exactly why your scope of work NEVER says "renovations" . Take that to mediation and see what happens. If you intend for me to do drywall at $1.00 per saure foot, but dont put that in our contract- just put " prevailing rate for drywall installation" - while your intent was to pay me $1.00/sq ft, your contract says differently.

Thats the point. Teacher should have been much more succinct in his rubric.