Jim: You, confined to the fixed price may not be reasonably expected to make these inquiries, but I must when the opportunity presents itself. Given the project management tools and fiscal tools, I might even require it. What I cannot afford is to damage or loose a resource for lack of the answer to a question I didn't ask. The craftsman who does not alert me to the question and help me review my options, does me little service. Is this the hand without a head I've heard of? -jc