Questão jurídica principal
Whether the work contract was a fixed-price agreement or an unit-price/variable-price contract
Decisão extraída
The parties could not be understood to have agreed on a fixed price; the contract had to be read as allowing billing by actual quantities and additional regie work.
Fundamentação extraída
The contract distinguished lump sums, unit prices, and regie work; the bore-plan was only indicative; the geological prognosis was uncertain; and the signed confirmation made clear that the risk of finding water was on the owner, but not all other risks were transferred to the contractor.