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On a public works contract with a county, the county is holding 5% retention. In turn we are holding 5% on our subcontractors, one of our subcontractors who is providing traffic control services claims that retention can not be held on him because he is only providing a service?
CaliforniaIs releasing retainage for completed Task Orders permissible even if the contract is still in progress?
CaliforniaWe are a subcontractor for a private commercial project where the contractor has been paid by the project owner but the contractor is not paying their contracted retainage. It’s only $1100 but would like to know if there is any cost efficient way to recover these amounts due. We have no outstanding work for the contractor.
South CarolinaWe have yet to receive our retainer on the Miami Twp Firehouse that we filed a lien on. We have spoken and emailed everyone that we can. Including the owner of the project. The owner told us that JayCarr, the general contractor, has our money. However, when we ask anything we do not get resolution.
OhioIf there is bank funding on a construction project and the bank loan closes in the middle of construction, does retainage typically get paid out on the latest AIA at closing and then start over on the next payment? I was told this is Florida law. Thanks!
FloridaI was called by the mohave colege in kingman az to do some prodjects for them on four differnt times showed five peaple my license for ut and when the job was almost complete two rows tile to do they stopped the work five peaple sighned off and said we were ok to do the work and when it came time to pay they said that i need an roc number to get paid we came from utah they looked at the license and ok you ca n do the work. I went to kingman court and the judge dismissed the case and. Ow the roc has changed the case numbers and are saying that i have to pay a 2500 fine i live in az and they know that but they have sent it to utah and utah is up to 3500 dollars. Can they do this when five differnt peaple at the colege including the president of that facility the chief financial officer also came into the room that she told me to make up a bill and give it to her she called me a bunch of bad names created a hostile situation and then called the roc when i was told that the roc could not go on property it did not matter and i have several whitnesses what she said ther are a lot of damages that the people at the colege did cause for me including they promissed to pay 14000 dollars they payed for the other jo b s that i done just not the forth one and because they called me now they have caused so that az refused theaz license and denied that bond. If you could call me at 8016374836 john i would like to know what recourse i have to collect and with treable damages please call 8016374836
ArizonaIf a contractor causes some damage to nearby private property during the course of their work, and the damage is their responsibility to fix, can a public entity use the funds from retainage to compensate the private property owner for the damage? This is in regards to paint overspray from a municipal painting project landing on a nearby vehicle.
WashingtonCan a contractor withhold retainage from a change order? Or are they only able to hold retainage from the original contract?
WashingtonOur California HVAC contractor is demanding payment in full upon start up of the system, even though the system has not had a hers test, has not been inspected by the city inspector, and the permit has not been final.
CaliforniaI have a question about retainage bonds. We have been waiting to get our retainage from a job and we decided to get a retainage bond. can we charge a percentage to our subs to pay for the bond fee ?
WashingtonPrivate project I am a subcontractor seeking payment from prime contractor. They're telling me I can't get paid until they get paid which happens to be around 90 days from when I started working project will be done 100% way before that not received one dime as of yet. Please advise
CaliforniaI am pretty sure a contractor is holding my retainage to pay for other bills, when asked about it they said there was paperwork that still needed to be turned in from other subcontractors.
WashingtonWe worked on a school in Sanford, FL. We finished and billed for 95% of the job and was paid very slowly. The GC wanted us to use materials that was not approved by the architect and go over block work that someone else had messed up on. Without letting us know they brought in another company that was doing terrible work, using the non approved materials and making a mess of the work we had already completed. We have pictures of the work we did and up to 95% completion that was approved by the GC. We also have pictures of the other company using the non approved materials and doing work that was not up to the quality of work that our company had done on the buildings. We now want to get our retainage for the work that had been approved(up to 95%) completion. They were slow to pay at best and looking to cheat us out of the work that we had already completed. At this point we are worried they will try to keep the retainage that is owed to us. Should we bill them for the retainage or put a lien to be sure to get our retainage money?
FloridaRetainage is not mentioned in the new private residential construction contract. Texas state law requires home owner to withhold a 10% retainer. The project is 70% complete. Retainage has not been withheld so far. Can the home owner retroactively require funds already paid be refunded as retainage or place in trust escrow or withhold due payments as retention until retainer the 10% retainer law has been met.
TexasI'm looking to finish my active projects and close the company in September. We are in a good spot to get all AR paid off and have some earnings at the end. My concern is if I go through with it will the GC's hold our retainage check throughout the 1 year warranty we are obligated to provide at the end?
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