Prompt Payment Act Not Triggered Until Architect Issues Payment Certificate
Certificate,Liquidated damages,Payment Disputes,Prompt Payment
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Owner had no duty to make prompt payment to its construction contractor even though the architect’s refusal to certify final payment was based on an incorrect understanding of the specifications of the construction contract. The “topsoil” specification required the contractor to provide at least four inches of fill. The architect enforced that section instead of [...]
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A subcontractor worked on a project for five months without being paid and then sued the A/E for negligence, claiming that the A/E owed it a duty, as a third party beneficiary, to assure that the contractor maintained a payment bond or paid the subcontractor before being given his progress payments. Plaintiff, subcontractor, argued that [...]
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