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A contract in which the owner pays the contractor's actual costs plus an agreed fee or percentage is called a:

  1. Cost-plus contract
  2. Lump-sum contract
  3. Unit-price contract
  4. Fixed-price incentive contract

Answer

A. Cost-plus contract

Solution

The owner bears most of the cost risk.

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