A builder's contractual obligation to ensure workmanlike completion of building work included as a provisional sum item is not impliedly varied merely because the owner separately engages a subcontractor to perform that work, particularly where the builder continues to handle payment of the subcontractor's invoices. Evidence of a comparable person's post-accident earnings is insufficient to establish loss of earning capacity where the comparative qualifications, experience and conditions of employment are not adequately established.
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