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Originally Posted by kevman
Here's a perhaps quick one for the CP brain trust.
I've got a GC who dropped off an invoice two weeks ago and has recently followed up about payment. Our contract stipulates 7 days for payment but when I received the bill I had some questions that have not been addressed yet. When he followed up I asked if he's had a chance to address the errors yet and then I'm happy to pay. The errors with one of his subs were as follows:
Section 1 - Claims works is 100% complete and is requesting full payment but this work is not 100% complete yet.
Section 2 - Cost increase of 26% with no additional details. There were minor scope changes to this work but between deletions and increases it should be a wash. This one is minor and on it's own I'd likely pay and move on.
Section 3 - Cost increase of 51% with no additional details and no scope change. This one is more significant and I'd like to know why the estimate was so off.
Earlier in the project I paid the first invoice within days and there were deficiencies that were noticed later on. These deficiencies have never been addressed (after 8 months) so I'm feeling a little burnt on that one which is leading to my hesitation on paying an invoice for work that is not completed in full yet.
Am I being unreasonable? I'm trying to be amicable about this and see the project through but after months of delays, poor quality work and random cost increases I feel like we're being pushed around and this feels like one of my only courses of action.
Thoughts?
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Based on your side of the story, I think you're smart to withhold payment. Once you pay you'll have lost your leverage (obviously you know that or you wouldn't be doing it). Hold the line, dude.