Common use of Review of Progress Payment Application Clause in Contracts

Review of Progress Payment Application. After review by the IOR, the ARCHITECT will, within seven (7) days after receipt of the CONTRACTOR's Application for Payment, either approve such payment or notify the CONTRACTOR in writing of the ARCHITECT's reasons for withholding approval in whole or in part as provided herein. The review of the CONTRACTOR's Application for Payment by the ARCHITECT is based on the ARCHITECT's observations at the Site and the data comprising the Application for Payment that the Work has progressed to the point indicated and that, to the best of the Architect's knowledge, information, and belief, the quality of the Work is in accordance with the Contract Documents. The foregoing representations are subject to an evaluation of the Work for conformance with the Contract Documents, to results of subsequent tests and inspections, to minor deviations from the Contract Documents correctable prior to completion, and to specific qualifications expressed by the ARCHITECT. The issuance of a Certificate for Payment will further constitute a representation that the CONTRACTOR is entitled to payment in the amount certified. However, the issuance of a Certificate for Payment will not be a representation that the ARCHITECT has: 1. Made exhaustive or continuous on-Site inspections to check the quality or quantity of the Work; 2. Reviewed construction means, methods, techniques, sequences, or procedures; 3. Reviewed copies of requisitions received from Subcontractors, material and equipment suppliers, and other data requested by the DISTRICT to substantiate the CONTRACTOR's right to payment; or 4. Made an examination to ascertain how or for what purpose the CONTRACTOR has used money previously paid on account of the Contract Sum.