Construction Contract Administration

That's a good list. I'd add two items to the list for Substantial Completion: Copy of Certificate of Occupancy by the AHJ without any substantial limits. Without that, you can't occupy and use the project read more

Here is a general check list that we use during close-out: Substantial Completion: Written notice Punchlist List of items not yet in conformance with the Contract Documents Written Acceptance read more

I haven't used Masterson for some time, but they used to have a 'tool' that would search all files in a folder and report the file / spec section number, name, and the text of the "submittals" paragraph. read more

Here is a non-spec section list. It can be used in a letter to the GC/CM or put in spec. Closeout Check list 1. Certificate of Occupancy a. Temporary C of O - Date b. Permanent C of O - Date read more

Whenever I have faced this problem, either the GC has negotiated down the deposit, has backed down and took the contractual risk of paying the deposit, or the Owner went against my advice and insisted read more