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The Residential Construction Performance Guidelines have become the accepted tool in many locations throughout the country for evaluating performance by parties under residential construction contracts when a dispute may lead to litigation or arbitration. These guidelines are a collection of minimum performance criteria and should be interpreted as such. The guidelines selected for this manual deal with the issues that most frequently prompt questions for the contractor and the consumer. The developers of these guidelines examined typical building techniques and quality measures based on a general overview of residential construction within the United States.