Certifying a payment should not be a mindless rubber stamping of a contractor’s progress claim. Instead, it should be a contemplative process where you step back, take a breath and think! Believe it or not, certifying a payment requires time to contemplate on the Project Drawings, specifications, contracts, schedule of values, site visits, change orders, […]
Contemplation before certification Read More »
So how do you objectively evaluate and approve a progress claim that is accompanied with a schedule of values that contains broad categories such as concrete, windows and doors, or my favourite general requirements. How do you know doors and windows are 50% complete? If there is only one dollar value for all doors and
God is in the details – SOV Read More »
No matter what anyone says, chances are pretty good that there will be changes in a Project, and that at the end of the day it will cost more. So you want to be sure that you have up to date and organized records of any changes and or issues that arise during construction. This will
Organized change: change orders to requests for information Read More »
