When an organization that does exclusively public work prices a private job low and goes afterextras they often run into problems. The architect and owner on private projects may not be usedto this approach and feel mistreated. The process creates an adversary situation that often leads to disputes and claims. The differences in expectations on public and private work may not even beknown by the parties to the extent that avoidable disputes result. Even when the contractor,owner, and architect conduct themselves in a proper business-like manner, disputes continue.This may be part of the reason select lists, more common on private work, are being used onsome public projects.